It's a Short Week After All

Due to the holiday in the US this week, I have a shorter than normal work week. For that reason, I am going to give you a little bit of bonus in terms of links this week.

20 Useful CSS Snippets

Why do I like this? I get a lot of clients asking for lightweight, responsive menus these days. While jQuery and AngularJS allow you to create great dynamic menus, you still end up with requiring large libraries of functionality in order to get them to work. If you need something small, fast, and sans javascript, then these are for you.

Building Large Scape Web Applications with TypeScript

Why do I like this? It's certainly fun to build small websites and little applications, but what I really want to do is make a lasting effect on the web. Large scale web applications are becoming more and more the norm (I am currently working on one at my job), and being able to build them quickly, easily, allow for long-term maintenance and extensibility, and be built in a robust enough language to evolve are important pieces. This article and video talk about using TypeScript to build a large scale web application.

Machine Learning Algorithm Cheat Sheet

Why do I like this? We use a partial Azure stack for some instrumentation. This handy cheat sheet let's you find the correct algorithm to use for your machine learning goals.

Algorithm Rap Lyrics

Why do I like this? Since I have to include something humorous every week, this is my choice. Anything that can turn a computer into a lyricist is good in my book. The best part is that even if the lyrics sound terrible, they are all from actual songs. Let that sink in for a minute.

Bonus Round

Prototyping Tips

Why do I like this? Prototyping is a key skill for any web developer to have. Just having a vision is not nearly enough any more. You need to be able to quickly show your clients what your plan is before you start building.