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25 Posts in Software Development
Quick Tip: Download Offline Documentation with wget
Here’s a quick way to download developer documentation for any language or framework that has a public website. Maybe you’re about to get on a plane or train that doesn’t have WiFi and you want to use that dead time to actually get some development work done. The key here is two switches in the wget command, -r and -k.
Quick Tip: Routes for a Non-Resourceful Rails Controller
Let’s say you have a few routes that are all related, but don’t really map to the usual resources. For example, a login/logout controller named SessionsController doesn’t really fit the usual resourceful route model. Head past the break for all the details.
SASS Antipattern: The Selector Bomb
SASS is a really powerful tool, which sometimes means that one has to be careful. It can generate all kinds of insane CSS that is hard for debugging and hard for the browser to parse and apply. Now and then, you have to take a step back and ask yourself if you really need to use SASS for the task at hand. I’d like to attempt to coin a new term for an anti-pattern that I, and many others, have stumbled upon.
Multiple Background Images in CSS
Nearly every software developer who works with front-end code has probably used the CSS property background-image. What some might not know is that background-image can take many images and set how those images are positioned. This could be particularly useful if you don’t have full control over the HTML that is being generated for whatever reason. You could also have multiple elements and use an nth-of-type selector to achieve the same effect. Click through for the code and a JSFiddle demo.