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A Guide to Commit Messages, Tracking Development History
I love this guide from Aaron on keys to maintaining a solid SCM history.
WordCamp GR 2017 – Development With Material Design – Matt Christensen
Matt Christensen – https://www.mattchristensen.net/ History Announced 2014 2015 Most Google apps use it Intended for Android Focused on Native Mobile, web was an afterthought What Is It? – https://material.io/ A metaphor – think paper Uniting Style – look the same everywhere Design as a physical medium Paper and Ink Seams & Edges Motion has meaning Web Features – https://getmdl.io/components/ Cards – base component (could be used as a means to layout “table” data) Drawers Snackbar – nice feedback component, can hide automatically Tables Out of the box there is styling but not responsive jQuery Alternative – https://datatables.net/ Frameworks MDL (Material Design) Materialize – http://materializecss.com/ (stay away from Materialize WP, not much development) MDLWP – http://mdlwp.com/ (most features in commercial) Bootstrap Material Design – http://fezvrasta.github.io/bootstrap-material-design/ How Do You Design? What are you…
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WordPress Meetup – February 2019
Show & Tell Grammarly – Proofreading Google Docs – for writing Zoho – online productivity suite Invoicely – Small business client management & automation Plutio – Project management WordPress.org Favorites – When installing new plugins you can use favorites and use any WordPress.org username. WordPress Plugins TablePress Advanced Custom Fields Block Lab WordPress Themes Hestia WordPress Theme Development Foundation 6 JointsWP FoundationPress WordPress Management WP All Import DVS, Grand Rapids, MI
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Looking Back on 2017, the Year of Firsts
I don’t recall if I’ve ever written any sort of year-in-review blog post or even social media post, but this year I have had so many firsts that I wanted to reflect on and share my thanks for. Health In the health department I not only reached my initial target goal weight but actually surpassed it, and my second target. I think this year I’ve weighed the least that I have in 26 years. I have always struggled with my weight and living a more healthy lifestyle. I attribute my success primarily to my wife, and also to the encouragement of many friends and family. I also had to have a lot of self-determination as well, but that was only had by seeing the impact my…