by Sourcetoad | Nov 9, 2016 | App Development
Like any dev shop worth its weight, we strongly promote testing of our products. In order to produce a quality product, we need an internal way to ensure a given level of quality is being met. Business requirements lead to tests, the tests lead to the logic, the logic...
by Sourcetoad | Oct 31, 2016 | App Development, Mobile Development
Settings are an important part of any mobile app. A mobile app is nothing without user data, which makes it especially important to ensure settings are never lost. Now, if you are a Javascript developer of any sorts, your first thoughts would be to store these user...
by Sourcetoad | Oct 10, 2016 | Code, Programming
Whenever I find myself working with an unfamiliar PHP codebase, Xdebug becomes one of my most important tools. Xdebug is a PHP extension that allows you to debug code by stepping through it in an editor or IDE. In my experience, stepping through the code is a great...
by Sourcetoad | Sep 12, 2016 | UX Design, Web Design
Working at a software development company is a daily reminder of why communication is so challenging. I’m not referring to the challenge of interpreting the grunts, mumbles, and noises that are generally acceptable ways to express yourself amongst developers....
by Sourcetoad | Aug 30, 2016 | App Development, Cool Tools, Web Design
For those of you unfamiliar with pattern libraries, I’d recommend reading Paul Boag’s excellent blog post on the subject. Basically, a pattern library is a type of style guide for a software application; usually a large web project. They’re essential...