January 2, 2020 - https://bluemonkeydev.comEleven kids, ten meet-ups, one shorted board, a dozen blown LEDs, zero burnt finger, one story on KDLT, and two months of fun & creativity. That sums up our fourth Hack Sioux Falls project hosted by Code Bootcamp School. When I first launched this project last year, I had no idea what to expect …Read more →about Hack Sioux Falls Final Projects (Fall 2019)
June 5, 2019 - https://sobo.redNode.js is on the rise in the IBM i ecosystem. People are taking notice, but there is still a misconception among some that Node.js and other open source software are difficult to install on IBM i. This article aims to show just how easy peasy it is to get Node.js installed, configured, and running …Read more →about Node.js on IBM i: Easy Peasy
December 28, 2018 - https://sobo.redDue to community feedback about the install process and usage of my IBM i Dotfiles, I have decided to create a command line interface (CLI) and an RPM to install the aforementioned CLI. Welcome the IBM i CLI RPM and SoBored RPM Repo.
This was also an experiment for myself to learn how to build RPMs …Read more →about IBM i Dotfiles CLI RPM & SoBored RPM Repo
November 29, 2018 - https://veknet.netA Static Website I had a great conversation with a friend from work about doing some devblog stuff. Till then, I hadn’t heard of generating static web pages, especially not with some content generator. I was intrigued to say the least. Here we are, writing a devblog and utilizing some cool stuff. …Read more →about Setting up a static site in S3
September 2, 2018 - http://www.milesrausch.comThe ES6 spec blessed us with a new string superpower. Strings are already pretty lucky. Developers can use single quotes or double quotes to wrap around a string. (Some languages only get half that many options!) So what need is there for another (apparent) string wrapper?
Template Literals Template …Read more →about Template Literals and Tagged Templates
April 6, 2017 - http://joshbroton.comI love create-react-app. I’ve used it as the boilerplate generator for the last 4 projects I’ve worked on. I’ve tried other React boilerplates, but always come back because of it’s great foundation, as well as it’s ability to be ejected and customized.
One thing I miss dearly is hot reloading. React …Read more →about Add React Hot Reloading to create-react-app
June 22, 2016 - http://www.milesrausch.comBolstered by my reception at the South Dakota Code Camp, I updated and presented my PostCSS talk at dev.Objective() 2016, one of the best web development and CFML conferences in the states. I think it went well, despite my quickly expiring laptop.
You can view the slides on Slides.com.
You can …Read more →about PostCSS: A Dumb Name For an Awesome Thing
April 1, 2016 - http://joshbroton.comI had an interesting request from a client today. They use Pardot to integrate with the forms on their old website, and wanted to do the same with their new WordPress theme. We’re using the always spectacular Gravity Forms for the forms on the site.
I did the integrations, and we got an error.
The …Read more →about So You Want to Change the Gravity Forms Form Tag…
January 25, 2016 - http://joshbroton.comAfter two awesome years, it’s time. My last day at Lemonly will be this Friday, January 29th. That’s a hard thing for me to write. I’ve been at Lemonly since December 2013, two of the best years of my life. But as with all things in life, change is what keeps us scared and growing.
What’s next? I’m …Read more →about Change is Scary; The Future is Bright