It’s a RAPIDFire episode where we answer your questions like: applications for jobs with abstract questions, Webpack vs Gulp, marking up e-mail addresses, alpha #hex confusion, and we debate CSS preprocessors as only ShopTalk Show can.

Q & A

2:50 Do front-end developers really need to be amazing at building abstract algorithms?

17:25 Is it worth trying to keep squeezing steps into our current build process or should we be looking at replacing the entire gulp process with something more solid like webpack?

25:50 What is the most accessible way for marking up e-mail addresses these days?

35:35 Is alpha hex a new thing? It seems to be supported in Chrome 52, but I can’t find any more information on it.

41:50 Please debate this article: Why I don’t use CSS preprocessors

Links

Toptal

Imposter Handbook

Webpack

The Cost of Small Modules

Rollupify

Browserify

Gulp

Example of alpha hex in Chrome Tools

BoostedBoards.com

Why I don’t use preprocessors

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