Here at WebDevStudios (WDS) we use a GitFlow-like process during development. The branch and merge strategy allows for multiple developers to work on a multitude of various features concurrently. In practice, it allows us to have greater development speed and product stability with a larger team. The names here are arbitrary, but these are some conventions […]
We all have pride. Whether that pride comes from our career or what we create outside of work, we all have a sense of pride in something. In web development, it is critical to balance personal pride in your work with taking constructive criticism about your creations. After dedicating a great deal of time and energy into developing a website, it can
TL;DR? JavaScript is eating the world, often with PHP by its side. To give some background, my programming introductions went something like: 1986 – Logo on an Apple IIe 1994 – Programming on a Texas Instruments TI-81 graphing calculator 1995 – BASIC, Pascal 1996 – C, Java 1997 – Assembly, JavaScript (mostly while learning HTML) 2002
What Programming Language Should Aspiring Developers Learn First? Read More »
As all business owners who operate an ecommerce website know, it can take a while to hit full stride in terms of conversion rate. When results are underwhelming, the first instinct might be to make big changes across the board. What a lot companies fail to realize is that a great deal of buying decisions
4 under-the-radar UX flaws that are killing your conversion rate Read More »
Using Elasticsearch (ES) on your site can help boost performance, especially with complex search setups. When using Elasticsearch on your local development environment, it can be tricky, because the names of indices are based on URL and can be the same as another dev’s; and you don’t want to overwrite the data of your team
Using Elasticsearch on Your Local Dev Environment Read More »
You might be thinking, what’s the fuss about website speed? What is important about the average page loading speed? According to Aberdeen Group, a 1-second delay in page load time yields: 11% fewer page views A 16% decrease in customer satisfaction A 7% loss in conversions Amazon reported an increased revenue of 1% for every
How to scale web design to improve page loading speed Read More »
