Artificial Intelligence
Metal Toad Templates Part 3: Our User Story Template
Following up on part 2 introducing our agile burndown spreadsheet template, part 3 focuses on our
Drupal
Pond Life Ep.2
Exploring essential tools for Drupal/PHP development, SCSS techniques, and insights on balancing front-end and back-end tasks for junior developers.
Drupal
Drupal 7: When to use Entityqueue vs Draggable Views
Compare Entityqueue and Draggable Views in Drupal 7 to determine the best module for sorting lists based on your specific use-case and admin...
Git
Git: Always Be Committing (ABC)
Junior developerslearn the importance of version control and best practices with Git to ensure smooth project workflows and professional growth.
Artificial Intelligence
Comparison of AngularJS cache vs. browser HTTP cache
When working with Angular's $http service, one of the nifty options is a built-in cache service.
Artificial Intelligence
Drupal 7 Tutorial: Using Entityqueue with Views
Last time I gave a quick introduction on how to create and manage queues using Entityqueue.
Drupal
DrupalCon 2014 Call for Sessions!
Submit your session for DrupalCon 2014 focused on Drupal 8 innovations. Share your expertise on Symphony, Twig, and OOP before the March 7th deadline.
Drupal
ToadCast 021 - The Drinking Game!
For Toadcast 21 we interview the man, the legend, Jonathan Jordan. For our 21st we did what any good podcast would do, we celebrated with a drinking...
Media & Entertainment
The Emmys Leverage AWS
How Metal Toad scaled the Emmy's website using AWS to handle millions of hits during live events, ensuring seamless performance and 100% uptime.
Business
ToadCast 020 - Joaquin and Robinson
For Toadcast 20 our President Joaquin interviews our newest PM Robinson where they talk about tech, being the new guy, metal bands, and bird poop.
Artificial Intelligence
Metal Toad Project Manager Profile: Steve Winters
As part of our project manager application process, we ask applicants to respond to a number of questions about themselves focused on their approach...
Business
Metal Toad Templates Part 2: Our Agile Burndown Google Spreadsheet
Here’s the first template post in this series, following my opinion piece on when to use a PM tool v
Drupal
Ruby, Drupal and a tadpole's swimlane
Exploring the transition from Ruby on Rails to Drupal, highlighting the differences in frameworks, database communication, and testing, while...
Business
Metal Toad Templates Part 1: Spreadsheets versus PM Tools
I’m starting a new series dedicated to sharing project management templates we’ve created and frequently use at Metal Toad.
Python
Creating a Custom Glossary Filter in Django
Learn how to create a custom glossary filter in Django, allowing users to filter lists of data by the first letter of titles or names.
Artificial Intelligence
How To: Create a form show/hide password system in AngularJS
Numerous times during working with AngularJS there have been these moments of, oh, wow... OH, now that's cool... wow...
Git
Angular services and useable patterns
Discover effective patterns for using AngularJS services in your web applications, from singleton instances to reusable components and hybrid designs.
Drupal
Drupal 7 Tutorial: Using Entityqueue
Now that Entityqueue has been released, I wanted to give a quick tutorial on how to use it.
Drupal
What I Learned Today: Drupal #attached Awesomeness
Learn how to enhance your Drupal elements by using the #attached key to add CSS, JavaScript, and more, making your pages efficient and dynamic.
Drupal
The Drupal Entityqueue Module
If you're familiar with the Nodequeue module and you wanted to create a queue of other entity types, like users or terms, then you
Artificial Intelligence
Stage Gating to Avoid Project Failure
One of the newer processes we’ve implemented at Metal Toad is that of stage gating.
Design
Metal Toad Project Manager Profile: Katie Pitello
As part of our project manager application process, we ask applicants to respond to a number of questions about themselves focused on their approach...
Drupal
Some reflections on working with new-to-the-company Junior Developers
It all started the other day with a git pull from the development branch of one of our projects.
Drupal
What I Learned Today: Drupal Behat Scenario Cleanup
I've been doing a lot more Behat testing recently.