TIL: Ecto supports a query inside another query
Small queries mean big progress
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DockYard’s blog about digital product development, user experience, design, engineering, and innovation.
Narwin-Pack: A PostCSS Package for DRY and Efficient CSS
After DockYard’s recent transition to PostCSS, we realized that we needed better plugin organization. So we created narwin-pack. Here’s an overview of the plugins that make up narwin-pack and why our UXD team chose each PostCSS plugin.
TIL: Elixir pattern matching for argument equality
pattern matching versus guard expressions
How does project communication become complex?
Learning about communication patterns in larger teams
{{component helper}}
Help optimize your code with the component helper, in conjunction with other helpers
Transitioning into Tech: From Googling “What is Ember.js?” to Interning at a Software Consultancy
I was conducting psychiatric research at one of the nation’s oldest hospitals. Now I intern at DockYard, a software consultancy that’s at the forefront of web design and development. Here are my observations from my first thirty days.
Phoenix Tips and Tricks
Tips and tricks to keep your phoenix code clean and concise
EmberConf 2016 Recap
The Year of Progress and Progressive Web Apps
Choosing a Strategy + Design Partner
It can be hard to tell agencies apart. Strategy can make all the difference. Learn how to spot a strategic agency.
A learning experience in web application design (part 2 of 2)
A speculative project that challenged me to fully consider a range of interface states.
Is it time to call a designer?
Since its beginnings in the 1800s, design as a profession has grown to the point that it now touches almost every aspect of our lives. But we still often assume it’s just about decoration.
Ember: Declarative Templating with Composable Helpers
Use small, composable helpers to power up your templates.
TIL: Elixir can pattern match at multiple depths in a single statement
Matching is easy
A Match Made In Heaven
An example of how `ember-concurrency` could have helped reduce code complexity in a timer-heavy app.
Some user involvement is good for design. But is more better?
Collaborative design is being touted as the next level of user-centered design. But it doesn't guarantee a better outcome. Learn about some of the pitfalls — and how to avoid them.
EmberConf 2016 - Bigger and Better
A personal look at EmberConf 2016
Announcing VerifyOrigin
Securing your API without a CSRF token
Announcing: ember-deferred-content
Handling the states of async content
Served with FastBoot (again)
You are now reading a live FastBoot site
Prefer Integration Tests over Acceptance Tests
Integration testing should be an integral part of your test suite.