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- Luring Clients away from WordPress
On this episode, we’re joined by Sebastien Dehesdin from Bleeps & Blops to talk about luring clients away from WordPress.
WordPress powers a massive slice of the Internet, but its hold is slipping as modern web development advances, and other solutions offer a better develop and content authoring experiences.We delve into strategies we use to lure clients away from WordPress, and talk in depth about what works, and what doesn’t work.We also discuss at length what it’d mean if Craft CMS ever went fully OSS, and if this would be a good or a bad thing for developers and clients.Bleeps & BlopsCraft PartnersCraft for our organizationWordPressAdvanced Custom FieldsHeadless WordpressWhy we develop websites using Craft CMS instead of WordpressMatrixLive PreviewHeadless Preview in Craft CMSCraft CMS 3.3 with GraphQLQuick Start: Gridsome + Craft CMS GraphQL APICraft CMS pricingMozBarefoot ContessaGuide DogsRafflesia56 min - Turning knowledge & passion into your own SaaS
In this episode, we talk to Matt Gray about his journey from working at an agency to freelancing to developing his own software as a service (SaaS) called “Servd”.
We delve into the nuts and bolts of Servd, which aims to be a one-click hosting solution for Craft CMS that implements a number of best practices such as scalability, image optimization, robust queue running, log aggregation, and more!The Servd service sounds amazing, but even more incredible is Matt’s story of personal hardship that caused him to want to leverage his knowledge & passion to create a SaaS in 2019. Join us for Matt & Mandy’s wonderful story!ServdBlogs on ServdDevops GarbageKubernetesKooky Kubernetes name & pronunciationDocker: Part 1 - Local DevelopmentHow do you pronounce RedisGalapagos Marine Iguanas1 hr 1 min - Dot All 2019 Conference Recap & Analysis, Live from Montreal!
The devMode.fm crew recaps the Dot All 2019 Conference in Montreal, Canada… joined by Ben Croker and Lindsey DiLoreto. If you couldn’t make it, this podcast is for you!
We talk about and analyze the news announced at the Dot All 2019 conference such as Craft Cloud, Craft CMS 4, and more!We also discuss the talks that we heard, in terms of what talks we found memorable. The videos of all of them will be published for those who were unable to attend, or want to see them again.We delve into the benefits of meeting up with your colleagues, and how the conference is really about the people & connections.DotAll 2019Craft CloudState of Craft 2019Craft 4 and Craft Cloud Announced at Dot All 201948 min - What traits does it take to be a good developer?
In this roundtable discussion, we delve into what traits we believe it takes to be a good developer. We’re joined by special guests Jennifer Blumberg from Next Solutions, Paulo Elias from IDEO, and Ransom Roberson from Venveo for a fantastic discussion.
We separate out the traits that it takes to be a “good human” that are fairly universal to traits that are specific to being a good developer.Are there some traits that make you a great developer, but a terrible human (and vice versa)? Are there some traits that we conventionally consider “bad” that can be good?devMode.fm website code on GitHubWe fired our top talent. Best decision we ever made.The Coming Software ApocalypseAnger is a GiftThe 5 WhysAn Annodated webpack 4 Config for Frontend Web Development1 hr 13 min - Returning sanity to the webdev process
In this episode, we talk to Chris Ferdinandi believes that many of our modern best practices are harming the web.
Chris has ideas for a new set of best practices that bring more simplicity and sanity to the dev process. They involve such heretical ideas as not using the popular JavaScript frameworks, and using vanilla JavaScript instead.We also delve into static site generators, and how the complexity that frontend development has morphed into creates exclusionary “gatekeeping”.GoMakeThings.comChris Ferdinandi on TwitterHow it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016The Cost of JavaScriptThe “Developer Experience” Bait-and-Switch@pika/webRian Rietveld resigns from WordPress accessibility teamLoadJSThe Great DivideSplitForestry1 hr 2 min - The Honesty Required to Run a Profitable Business
In this episode we talk with Stephen Callender about what it takes to run a profitable business. As it turns out, it requires a whole lot of honesty.
Stephen shares his journey from dual masters degrees to being a preacher to finally ended up running his own web development agency from Argentina.Running your own business isn’t always roses, and Stephen talks candidly about how despite his business generating substantial revenue, he ended up $45k in debt… something he later had to confess to his wife.It’s a really fantastic talk about the reality of running your own business, and spoiler alert: a great comeback story!Foster CommerceProfit FirstProfit WellBare MetricsBoss Life: Surviving my own Small BusinessF*uck You, Pay MeWeb Developer Support & Maintenance RetainersCommerce Minded Podcast1 hr 11 min - Theming in Gatsby JS
On this episode we’re joined by Jason Lengstorf and Chris Biscardi to talk about the newly released Gatsby Themes!
We discuss out Gatsby themes are not your daddy’s ThemeForest, they are composable so you can utilize multiple themes in one project. They are also granular, so you can replace the look and functionality of only the pieces you need to override.We go on to discuss the themes in depth, and how they leveraged some of the design token work from styled-system, system-ui, and theme-ui.We got on to discuss other cool stuff in the Gatsby world, such as Gatsby Cloud, Gatsby Preview, and some top secret upcoming projects the team is working on!Announcing the Stable Release of Gatsby Themes!Customizing Styles in Gatsby Themes with Theme UIBuild Blazingly Fast Websites with GatsbyStyled-SystemSystem-UITheme-UIAnnouncing Gatsby Theme Jam!Open Beta for Gatsby Preview is here!Integration Guide for Gatsby CloudComposing and styling Gatsby themes — Learn With Jason videoSetting up your own Image Transform ServiceThe Decline of the American Dream in the 1920sBrean Landyacht Club1 hr 1 min - New awesomeness coming in Vue.js 3.0
In this episode, we talk to Vue.js core team member Chris Fritz about what awesome new features we can look forward to in Vue.js 3.0!
First we discuss a misconception / miscommunication about Vue.js 3.0: the existing templating & component syntax is will not only continue to be supported, it will continue to be recommended!Then we go on to talk about the additional functionality that composition functions (aka “hooks”) will bring to the party, should you choose to use them.We go on to talk about better performance, enhanced developer experience, fewer edge cases, and a number of other features coming in Vue.js 3.0!Chris Fritz on TwitterVue.jsVue.js DocumentationPlans for the Next Iteration of Vue.jsRFC: Function-based Component APIVue RFC: Expose logic-related component options via function-based APIs insteadVue 3 will change Vue in a big wayVue's Darkest DayChris Fritz "Vue 3 Trends" presentationVue.js Reactivity CaveatsYou will waste hours of productivity if you don't know this54 min - What's New in Craft CMS 3.2 with Brandon Kelly
In this episode we have on Brandon Kelly from Pixel and Tonic to talk about the newly released Craft CMS 3.2!
Craft CMS has long worked as a “headless” CMS via the Element API or GraphQL courtesy of the CraftQL plugin, but the new Headless Live Preview support takes it to the next level.We talk about that in depth, and then also discuss a number of other new features that have been added such multiple Preview Targets, the attr() function, multi-site Element Queries and more!Then Andrew decides to update the devMode.fm website to Craft CMS 3.2 live on air, and blindly push it to production… find out how that turned out!That brings us to discussing the new testing features built into Craft CMS 3.2 that allow for test driven development via Codeception which can mitigate disaster.Craft 3.2 is HereCraft CMS 3.2.0 changelogGoing Headless with Craft CMS 3Deane Barker's Squirrel Notesattr() Twig functionCodeceptionTesting with Craft with Giel TettelaarCreating your First Test in Craft CMSSetting Up Your Own Image Transform ServicePluginfactory.io1 hr - Design, Build, and Launch with Webflow!
In this episode we talk about the visual development tool Webflow with co-founder Vlad Magdalin. Webflow is a visual website builder targeted at developers rather than end users.
We talk to Vlad about his roots as a web developer that ultimately led to his creation of Webflow the company, and the tool. The impetus was taking the repetition out of the job of web development, allowing you to focus on the higher level decision making and design where you bring value.We discuss how Webflow is very much targeted at developers, and overcoming the stigma in a world jaded by the likes of SquareSpace and Wix was a challenge. But now Webflow is used on a large number of websites big and small, and has been actively adding important new features such as Ecommerce.We were joined by special guest host Verity Stothard on this really intriguing deep dive into Webflow. We hope you love it!Webflow.comWebflow UniversityInventing on Principle videoWebflow EcommerceVlad on Twitter1 hr 16 min
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devMode.fm is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to the tools, techniques, and technologies used in modern web development. We cover JavaScript frameworks like React, Vue.js, and Svelte, tooling like…
webpack, Vite, Docker, Nginx, Next, Nuxt, etc. and CMS systems like Craft CMS.