🍊 Idiomatic Gitpod
In short, "You're holding it wrong" . I'm just joking! There are several ways of "holding Gitpod right" . But there's one way of using…
How to create an icon lib for React within a Nx monorepo
Sorry for the lame title: this time I just wanted it to be obvious . One of the most frequently asked questions in the Nx Community Slack…
The John Cena framework
React developers never say the word "Angular" . According to major podcasts, Twitter personalities, and conference speakers, the main…
Introducing the Trumbitta Flow: a Git rebase flow
In 2008, my friend and then colleague Andrea Dessì introduced me to Git at work. Soon after, I discovered git-flow ; I started using it…
React's default way of appending itself to a DOM tree considered harmful
For the impatient Don't do this Do this instead Or, as Andrew Luca once offered: go even deeper! What am I talking about? If you ever…
4 types of programmers
Over the course of my career, I had the fascinating privilege of working side by side with very smart people, crazy people, kind people, and…
How to set up environment specific configurations with Ionic and Webpack
At the time of writing, Ionic hasn't any official way to get environment specific configuration variables. There's an open discussion on…
Angular Trumbitta 0.7.0 Released
Angular Trumbitta – my Yeoman generator for enterprise Angular apps – v0.7.0 is now available. Notable changes: Added thin directive sub…
Angular Trumbitta 0.6.0 Released
Angular Trumbitta – my Yeoman generator for enterprise Angular apps – v0.6.0 is now available. Notable changes: Fixed Angular version to 1.…
Heresy: put your sidebars to the right
Recently, the ever-insightful Luke Wroblewski – a.k.a. Mr. Mobile First – shared a couple LinkedIn statuses about how the hamburger menu…
Angular Trumbitta 0.5.1 Released
Angular Trumbitta – my Yeoman generator for enterprise Angular apps – v0.5.1 is now available. Notable changes: Fixed Angular version to 1.…
William versus technical interviews
I found out I'm not built for classic technical interviews. I'll go a step farther and declare I, in fact, hate the aforementioned kind…
Whishlist: Featured repository on GitHub
(Discuss on HN) You know that feeling. You stumble upon someone interesting at a conference, on Twitter, on Facebook, Reddit, Hacker News…
GitHub's home page, a study
(Discuss on HN) Quick post, this one. Yesterday I envisioned some improvements to GitHub's home page. This PDF is the result . (Discuss on…
A survey view with Bootstrap
A survey view using progress bars, to be precise. In 4 simple steps. Prerequisites node.js npm (which comes with node since v0.6.3) git…
Bootstrap: fun with labels
Labels in the official docs are quickly introduced and dismissed. They might seem not much useful, besides for adding the occasional "New…
Bootstrap buttons: bits beyond the docs
1. A checkbox-driven single toggle button The official docs show us a stateful, single toggle, button: After that, it's the turn of a…
Why I'm betting on Angular and Ionic
As I start writing down this post, I know it will be fairly short: I have just a couple things to say, and one can only add a finite number…
4 habits that could make you win
Am I special? Yes you are. And I am special, too. I think every human being is special, but only a few among us stand out of the crowd. Why…
A SELECT form field bad practice, and 4 ways of fixing it
The firestarter Yesterday, a younger colleague of mine and extremely talented designer, shared his latest mockup on our Basecamp. As always…
New book: HTML & CSS - The easy path
Did you know you can write web pages, too? New year, new book! During the last holiday season this winter, some friends of mine started to…
How I wrote Bootstrap In Practice
Today I got a very kind email from a reader of Bootstrap In Practice, my ebook about Bootstrap 3 for starters . Hi William, I recently…
My first Bootstrap theme With Themestrap
Heads up! I originally wrote this article as a lesson for my 30-day free course about Bootstrap 3 tips. That's why the closing "Goodbye…
Bootstrap in practice: Lift off! We have a lift off!
And... Action! Bootstrap In Practice is live now . For those who don't know, Bootstrap In Practice is my introduction to Bootstrap 3. I…
Bootstrap in practice: Tomorrow is the day
It's done. It's all ready. Tomorrow is launch day for Bootstrap In Practice . It's been a long ride, and I am tired but happy. I learned a…
Bootstrap in practice: A preview
First things first: the book is ready! If you already subscribed to the mailing list, you may have received a little sneak peek with the…
Bootstrap in practice: Blogception
Sorry Plauto : metablog just wasn't cool enough. I have a plan Hello! Since I was going to redesign my blog using Bootstrap 3, I thought…
Bootstrap in practice: a landing page
Heads up! 2013-09-10 · Updated to Bootstrap 3.0.0 stable. TL;DR Live Demo Here we go Let's see how to build a landing page with Bootstrap…
Why you should submit your first pull request now
My first contributions to Open Source software happened back in year 2000. The italian translation of the Bash Programming Introduction…
Bootstrap 3: the new grid system, for starters
Heads up! 2013-08-20 · Updated to Bootstrap 3.0.0 stable. 2013-08-15 · Updated to reflect the changes in Bootstrap 3.0.0-rc.2 . 201…
From tables to tablets - Part 3 of 3: Adulthood
Looking for Part 1 of 3: Childhood ? Maybe Part 2 of 3: Adolescence ? With great power comes... YOU KNOOOOW... In early 2005 I joined a…
From tables to tablets - Part 2 of 3: Adolescence
Looking for Part 1 of 3: Childhood ? Just keep on learning So, table layouts. Table layouts and not a single bit of CSS, no sir. My daily…
From tables to tablets
This is a three-part post I'm writing about my personal love story with CSS and web standards. After 15 years, I think this passion of mine…
How I tamed Unity on Ubuntu 13.04
I like Unity. I mean, I like the new menu system and window manager. And. It. Stops. Right. There. So here's how I managed to retain some…