Createsource Blog

2021-02-23

I Am a Recovered “Else” Addict

Even if you never touch a Laravel installation, I highly recommend a subscription to Laracasts, the video series by Jeffrey Waye. It is filled with tons of videos that are not specifically about Laravel and everything to do with coding well. I return to it often. The one that has stuck with me and you read more >> . . .

2021-02-02

Why I love My IDE

I started my first code in Windows 3.0 using Notepad. When HotDog and Netscape’s editor came along, it seemed a pretty good idea to use something that did some of the work for me. When I started coding for Flash, Dreamweaver* was bundled with the Macromedia package and seemed okay until I viewed the source read more >> . . .

2021-01-19

Code Markup in WordPress

In various pages of this site you’ll see sample code marked up for display. At first I manually marked up a couple samples, and still do for small snippets, but it didn’t take long to realize this would be a tedious task. I put together a shortcode and free-standing class object to more easily add read more >> . . .

2021-01-19

Creating Skip Navigation Links

In Ensure Web Pages are Accessible, I discuss how every page I publish is built ground up with accessibility elements in mind. The WAI/WCAG requirement for the ability to skip navigation links is often overlooked in designing web pages. This post covers how I implemented skip navigation links on this site and (mostly) follows the read more >> . . .