Devon Campbell: Blog

Connect to BrowserStack's Local Testing Tunnel with Grunt

Devon Campbell — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 13:41:10 EDT

BrowserStack is a great tool for testing against multiple browsers and operating systems. On their live testing plans, they will spin up a server running the specified OS and browser and allow you to remotely interact. They also offer a screenshot…

Woo Clients by Showing Instead of Telling

Devon Campbell — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 09:50:54 EDT

Most pitches consist only of telling the client how you will meet their needs. However, showing is a far more effective way to instill confidence in prospective clients that you are the best candidate for the job.

Phantom Spacing on inline-block Elements

Devon Campbell — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:47:40 EDT

Wait a minute. What's making that space between my inline-block elements? The margin and padding are both at 0. It turns out, the culprit is actually the space character. Learn why this happens and how to avoid it.

Test Web Sites in Chrome for Android on a Mac

Devon Campbell — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 14:39:51 EDT

Chrome for Android is one of the most widely used mobile browsers. You don't need to buy an Android phone to test your web site. Mac users follow this tutorials to get Chrome running on the Android emulator for Mac.

Make and Change Directory Shell Alias

Devon Campbell — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:49:21 EDT

This alias will allow you to make a new directory and change to it in a single command in bash shells.

The Pitfalls of Chasing SEO

Devon Campbell — Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:54:20 EDT

Google's search ranking algorithms are largely a mystery. Find out what's actually important and how we can use SEO to gently guide our online strategies while avoiding the pitfalls of chasing perfect SEO.

Adding to Git's Ignorance

Devon Campbell — Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:39:13 EDT

I learned a trick a while back to make my . gitignore file (and add to it) directly from the terminal. Here's a common ignore for Python development to illustrate. echo "*. pyc"

Becoming Self-sufficient with Grunt.js

Devon Campbell — Thu, 25 Jul 2013 10:59:35 EDT

I’ve fallen in love with Grunt, the so-called JavaScript task runner. Before I go into the namesake of this post, I want to first talk about what Grunt is and why you should be using it. Although the “JavaScript taskrunner” is, in a very…

Superscript your ordinal numbers (2nd, 3rd, etc.) in WordPress post meta data

Devon Campbell — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 10:20:37 EDT

Here we have an example of WordPress post meta data that uses an ordinal number for the date. In this case, November 2nd (that’s the ordinal part), 2012. You may have noticed, though, that it’s really ugly. The “nd” is much taller than the…

Contact

Devon Campbell — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 22:34:53 EDT

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