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    11 Javascript Resources For Every Level of Expertise web developers

    11 Javascript Resources For Every Level of Expertise

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 05:23 AM PDT

    Is Phaser still the go-to engine if you want to create a multiplayer browser game?

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:14 PM PDT

    First Day as a Junior Dev what to expect?

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 03:29 PM PDT

    I'm really excited! After many years of teaching myself in my spare time, I've finally got my first web dev job. I'll be junior dev at a really great digital agency whose work and culture I have admired for a long time. I'm going to be doing a lot of React it sounds like.

    So what is the first day/week like for a Junior Front End Dev? This is a digital agency so it isn't one massive code base, but many simultaneous projects. Obviously it's totally different between companies. What was your start like? Any tips? Surprises?

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    Looking for responsive SPA designs to learn from

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 02:54 PM PDT

    Hello,

    I'm looking for designs/examples/layouts for nice modern responsive SPAs (doesn't need to be a "progressive web app", just SPA in the general sense). Or even if it's not technically an SPA at all, but a multi-page app that's responsive at least. Just looking for the HTML/CSS, because my goal here is to learn by example. I'm trying to learn more modern frontend design for fun, since I've been out of the web dev scene for years. Does anyone have any pages I could look at, or even tutorials (that provide all the HTML/CSS in the end), or even just Github pages. ToDo list apps (or anything simple and list-related) would be perfect. And even more ideally, if it was done using Bootstrap or Bulma.

    And of course I know I can easily find a million great tutorials/books on Google for this, but like I said, I'd just like to see some good actual examples I can learn from/take inspiration from.

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    How do I get Google to show my business name instead of URL? See this example in green text

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:58 PM PDT

    Now that the free Wunderground API has been killed, let's talk about the best free API for current weather conditions.

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:22 AM PDT

    News:

    As of May 2018, free keys are no longer available for the Weather Underground API.

    You might notice that they don't even list their pricing on their website anymore. Now I know why:

    Access to Wunderground's API now starts at the low, low price of $850/month (= $10,200/year).

    This is a tragic turn of events. Wunderground is the most accurate weather source in my experience (in suburban Ohio, USA). The second-most accurate weather source is Weather.com (aka "The Weather Company"), but they bought out Wunderground and they don't have their own API.

    The parent company of The Weather Company is IBM. If this sudden decision to "enhance their relationship with their users" has taught us anything, it is to place zero faith in IBM.

    It's been a fun ride, but now is time to abandon ship.

       

    Alternatives:

    This is a helpful website that ranks the various weather forecasting services by their actual accuracy: ForecastAdvisor.com

    I am strictly interested in APIs that are 100% free for at least a couple hundred calls a day. I am also only interested in real-time weather conditions (ie, what it looks like outdoors currently), not future forecasts or past data.

    The only API that I have significant experience with is Open Weather Map.

     

    Open Weather Map API: (link)

    Pros:

    • Truly free (60 calls / minute) and will remain that way for the foreseeable future. (Being free is in their mission statement.)

    • Easy to use.

    • Most important: OWM has robust and descriptive "weather conditions" with granular distinctions. The problem is that...

    Cons:

    • Too often, OWM weather conditions are not very accurate. On a daily basis, it shows a blatantly incorrect weather condition. Eg: OWM says "light rain", but it is clear & sunny outside, or it says "clear" and it is overcast.

    This is because OWM has only 40,000 weather stations (vs Wunderground's 250,000) and OWM also updates less frequently than competitors.

    If you just need temp or RH, then OWM should be fine, but for weather conditions, it simply is too all-over-the-place that ≈15% of the time.

    • OWM does not provide a "feels like" or wind-chill temperature.

    You can always calculate it manually with a simple formula, but the "big boys" have complex algorithms that factor in way more info than just the temp and wind speed to arrive at their "feels like" temperature.

     

    AccuWeather API: (link)

    Super accurate, but...

    You only get 50 free calls per day (= once every 28 minutes), so they're pretty much out of the picture.

     

    Dark Sky API: (link)

    • 1,000 free calls per day (= once every 1.5 minutes).

    • More accurate than OWM, but still considerably less accurate than Wunderground.

    • Piss-poor descriptions for the current weather state. They are "Partly Cloudy", "Clear", "Mostly Cloudy", and about 5 more. Compare this to the dozens that OWM provide.

    • If you need forecasting (which I don't), they seem to have the strongest focus on time-based predictions like "rain will start in 5 mins and end in 25 mins."

     

    AerisWeather API: (link)

    • 750 free calls per day (= once every 2 minutes).

    • But, this access only lasts for 2 months. It says "Valid for renewable 2 month periods", but nowhere else on their website is there an explanation of what this means exactly. This expiration concept worries me when thinking about the long-term.

    • IDK about accuracy b/c they're not listed on ForecastAdvisor.

        

    Anyway, I am eager to hear what you think about the various APIs and what your experiences have been. LMK if I missed any and I'll update the list.

       

    Another idea:

    • Do you think that it is worth it to simply forget about an API and instead scrape Wunderground.com? (I am thinking that they will block my IP or I'll run into captchas and whatnot.)

     

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    auto follow/add to social media accounts?

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 04:14 PM PDT

    Is there a way to auto follow/add various social media platforms directly from my website? Do these social media guys have APIs I can rework to do this?

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    Anyone good with Ajax that can help explain?

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 02:35 PM PDT

    So I'm trying to figure out how that data should be formatted when sending data with Ajax via POST method. And how to access that data via PHP. So this is what I sent:

    function ajaxRequest() {
    let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhr.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
    xhr.open('POST', '../private/form.php', true);
    let data = '{"first_name":"BOB", "last_name":"Smith"}';
    xhr.send(JSON.stringify(data));

    And the PHP:

    $test = json_decode($_POST['first_name']);

    And I get an error in the PHP log that says: Undefined index: first_name

    I've watched a lot of videos on GET but barely any to explain POST. And a lot of the stuff online about Ajax is written in jQuery which I don't use.

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    Step by Step guide for learning react along with projects

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:17 AM PDT

    Software Architecture in Front End / Back End Development

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:21 PM PDT

    I have been asked to talk about software architecture for an interview related to web/mobile development. Does anyone have websites, resources, tips, etc to study for this? I am self taught and really want to succeed in this interview, but I'd like to know what you recommend for studying this.

    I see these broad questions online that people say they're asked like : Design twitter...design Facebook etc. And honestly my background is mostly front end mixed with some Node.js, and various database experience so I don't know all the things that go behind the scenes with Devops. I found a guy on YouTube called Success in Tech who knows a lot and explains these types of questions, but would I be asked these types of questions in a junior developer position?

    EDITED: Added more questions to my original post.

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    Help in choosing between Electron+d3.js vs C#+XAML+WPF+livecharts for a live data visualization windows app.

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 01:13 PM PDT

    I am a junior web developer with no experience in data visualization. So, naturally, i am being put on a project to develop a Windows 10 data visualization application. Basically, I have to provide live data visualization and custom alerts. The first deadline is about two months from now where i have to show a minimum viable product to my boss. After a bit of research i ended up with these two options to work with.

    The first is Electron+d3.js. I know html, css, js and node very well so working with Electron should be very easy. I will have to learn d3.js but i may choose a different library if it ended up being too difficult.

    The second one is C#+XAML+WPF+livecharts. I only know c# from playing with unity and i've been developing in java for about 7 years now. I have no experience with XAML, WPF and livecharts.

    Has anyone here worked with one of these technologies who can help me make a choice? I am currently leaning more working with Electron+d3.js but my boss seems to lean more toward C#+..etc. But i am sure i can convince him to go with Electron if i wanted.

    Thanks guys.

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    Want to create a website with online appointment booking/scheduling, customer review area and a contact form. Not sure whether to do WordPress and plugins or go the more manual approach and use Bootstrap and some JS libraries, or... Anyone able to recommend a path or options?

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:25 PM PDT

    Accessing Facebook's Graph API

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 12:12 PM PDT

    Hi guys,

    I'd like to query Facebook's Graph API with my NodeJS application. I do not intend to access it on behalf of a user, I would like to get a page's data every x minutes.

    Is that possible or can I just login as a user? The documentation is confusing af.

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    Prospecting software development clients

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:57 AM PDT

    I am looking to get back into doing web software development. I used to do freelance websites but have since learned Node.js, and PHP while creating 2 SaaS for myself as well as a ton of backend custom tools for those projects.

    How do you guys go about prospecting potential web software clients other than in-bound leads?

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    Meet Graphz — chart templates design kit for dashboards visual development

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 11:37 AM PDT

    Can I get access to Rotten Tomatoes or something similar for a school project?

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 10:08 AM PDT

    Hi everyone,

    I'm student in a web development focused bootcamp. I'm beginning a project using Mongo, Express, React and Node. I'm trying to get access to the Rotten Tomatoes API and this would be my first project involving outside data so I don't know the normal process for accessing an outside API. Is it normally this difficult to get access to APIs?

    What are the chances they'd give an amateur access for a school project? IF my chances are slim, anyone have any suggestions for API's that do similar things?

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    Has someone used SASS/SCSS with angular 6? Could you please answer this question on SO? Will be really grateful!

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 09:44 AM PDT

    How can do I use UTF8_encode/decode and JSON_encode/decode with a multidimensional php array ?

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:59 AM PDT

    I'm posting my question here because I can't get a response in the general topic.

    So here's the deal: I'm trying to convert a php array in js with Json_encode. At first when my content were some "Lorem Ipsum" everything was OK. But when I've change my placeholder with my real text, it broke: my apostroph and my french accent where all broken.

    I've tried using UTF8_encode/decode, but because I've never use it before, it doesn't really help. I don't know how to use it properly.

    So can someone explain to me how to do it ? I can't show you my code, because I don't know how (thats not the point of this post). I trying things I've saw on other forum, but it doesn't work.

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    Resources to better understand Bootstrap Grid?

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:56 AM PDT

    I'm reading the documentation, and it's somewhat difficult to understand. I'm just wondering if there any resources out to help in gripping the concept. Like a detailed guide or something like Flexbox Froggy? Also, when should I use Flexbox and when should I use Bootstrap Grid?

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    Ok so recently i decided to make a search engine for the information on my science youtube channel so that anyone anywhere can access any information from my videos quickly.However i’m kinda new to web development in general and i’m in need of some beta testers who can provide feedback

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 07:39 AM PDT

    Media Queries Help (HTML/CSS)

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 06:41 AM PDT

    Can anyone please help me make my div block levels after the width is 700px. here is what i got so far.

    so basically, i want my div blocks to stack up one under another as a block after the width is less than 700px.

    to be more specific, i want my the event div block to be under announcement followed by upcoming div under event div, and finally my footer.

    https://codepen.io/CodeMafia/pen/WyymdK

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    Managing Local State with Apollo Client

    Posted: 24 Jun 2018 05:27 AM PDT
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