TinyMCE news and updates have a new home
We’re pleased to announce that you will find TinyMCE related content on our new blog. Moving forward, we will post all TinyMCE and developer-related content there too.
WebRadar end of life announcement
After many years delivering advanced content analytics and search to IBM’s Web Content Manager, Ephox is announcing the end of life of WebRadar.
Ephox joins Adobe, Automattic as winner of 2017 EContent 100
Ephox continues to lead the rich-text editing and content creation market, joining Adobe and Automattic as winners of the 2017 EContent 100 Content Creation category. Learn why we’re recognized as one of the companies that matter most in the digital content industry.
Talks we love: Propositions as Types
Ephox engineer Dylan Just continues his “Talks We Love” series on the blog discussing influential lectures in the world of Functional Programming. In this post, he highlights talks that explore the relationship between Logic and Type Theory.
Live Q+A with Matt Mullenweg at WordCamp Europe 2017
WordPress fans rejoice. We transcribed Om Malik’s interview with Matt Mullenweg from WordCamp Europe 2017. Here’s an unedited transcript of the interview, with pix and tweets for extra value. Enjoy!
Installing TinyMCE from a GitHub repository through NPM
Have you ever wondered if TinyMCE can be installed and maintained with a package manager like NPM? It’s a reasonable inquiry: why wouldn’t you want your TinyMCE project to inherit all of the advantages offered by a JavaScript package management system like NPM? Well, the answer is a resounding yes! TinyMCE is completely NPM compatible….
Talks we love: Category Theory
The techniques and philosophies behind Functional Programming are considered the “bread-and-butter” within the Ephox Engineering team. Developer Dylan Just continues his two-part series on sharing the influential talks in FP that have been critical to the team’s success. In this post, he dives into the mathematical theory that underlies a lot of the core concepts functional programming, Category Theory.
Talks we love: Functional Programming
Functional programming plays a critical role within the Ephox Engineering team. In this post, Ephox Developer Dylan Just shares two influential FP talks that have shaped the path of his career and explain why developers should care about FP.
A new content creation experience for WordPress
We’re excited to announce that the same content creation tools used some of the world’s largest businesses are now available for WordPress. And they’re easily within your reach, today.
3 ways developers can deliver more value to WordPress clients
It’s no longer enough for WordPress developers and agencies to build great websites for their clients. In this post we’ll give you 3 simple ways to use content tools to win your clients over.
Flexbox and Sass Grid tutorial: How to streamline Responsive Design
Toptal developer Juan Manuel Varela decided to reinvent the wheel and create his own grid system. He says he was “surprised by how easy it turned out to be”. Read on to see how he did it.
Efficient React components: A guide to optimizing React performance
React has fundamentally changed the way front-end developers build their web apps, making them faster and more efficient than ever before. Yet underneath all the magic, some React apps still tend to perform poorly. Toptal guest author William Wang covers how to avoid common pitfalls in setting up components and best practices for creating a more performant web application in React.
Building cross-platform apps with Xamarin: Perspective of an Android developer
In this post, guest Toptal author and Android Developer Emran Bajrami walks through a sneak peek at Xamarin for cross-platform application development. Learn about the different features and mechanisms behind Xamarin to help you save time (and money) developing for your mobile project.
When we design for disability, we all benefit
I recently stumbled on a remarkable TED talk by Elise Roy called, “When we design for disability we all benefit.” If you are a product designer, you should watch it. In the talk, she put forth a personal and universally applicable premise: Designers who take into account users’ disabilities almost invariably improve their project. Designing for…
Make your CSS dynamic with CSS Custom Properties
If you write CSS, you might have tried your hand at CSS Custom Properties. Using CSS variables are a great way help save time and use less code when referencing a specific value to be reused throughout a document. Toptal Guest blogger Nicolás Engler writes about how to use CSS custom properties to make your stylesheets more dynamic, as well as a brief walk-through of the syntax behind it.
TinyMCE 4.6 update looks to the future of rich-text editing
TinyMCE 4.6 marks a significant update to the project since our last major release, and the many minor releases since. The majority of our work focused on restructuring the TinyMCE core, as we look to continuous delivery of editor updates, and a mobile future. But there’s one big update for users. Read on to learn more.
Unlimited scale and free web hosting with GitHub Pages and Cloudflare
Github Pages and Cloudflare are great tools for web developers. They can help save time while helping a client scale their website. Toptal guest blogger Amin Shah Gilani goes into the various aspects of deploying each, and how to make the most of what Github Pages and Cloudflare have to offer.
A beginner’s guide to managing software development with Kanban and Trello
What makes an agile software development project successful? It’s all in the leadership and processes in which you manage your team. Toptal guest blogger Demir Selmanovic explores how to visually organize your tasks using tools like Kanban and Trello to help you save time, stay on track, and keep your customers happy.
Time management secrets of an efficient engineer
There are never enough hours in the day for developers. Guest Toptal blogger Dmitry Ryazantsev shares these tips and tricks to help boost your productivity and maximize the efficiency in your development workflow.
How to get your Tiny Cloud API key setup in less than 5-minutes
The uptake of our free Tiny Cloud service has been overwhelming. We’re approaching 10,000 developers on the platform. In less than 10-weeks since launch. With a thousand developers joining us every week, we receive a lot of queries about setting up the API key. If that’s you, five minutes is all it takes. You’ll need your API key…