Business
Are You Prepared?
It happens every couple of years or so. There's a a shocking or (dare I say) earth-shaking article that is published.
Blog
Git
WatchOS 2 Animations with Completion Blocks
Now that WatchOS 2.0 is released we have more than just frame animations in the SDK. It now has animation support for moving things around on-screen.
Business
Interns: Instantaneous Toadness
Learn about the Metal Toad interns, highlighting their growth, achievements, and the supportive environment that fosters their development.
Mobile Development
iOS: Retain Your Sanity With CoreSimulator Folders
Previously, we published a script to work around the opaque iOS Simulator folder structure on Xcode 6.
Artificial Intelligence
Giving Back
We recently announced our first charitable partner at Metal Toad. The Toads had been asking... How can we get involved?
Business
In It To Win It: What Working In Politics Taught Me About Being a Developer
When I worked on political campaigns, I valued measurable results above all else. Every day, I counted how many voters we persuaded, how much money...
Artificial Intelligence
OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: Now What?
A former Toad recently asked my opinion about this article:OAuth 2.0 and the Road to Hell
Artificial Intelligence
Commitment to Diversity
Metal Toad commits to diversity by signing the Portland Tech Diversity pledge and the actionable steps to improve representation in the tech industry.
Business
Flying Toads!
For the second straight year, Toads filled the Oregon skies. Not like in P.T. Anderson’s award-winning film Magnolia, but more like tiny dots of...
Artificial Intelligence
Portland Should Welcome Growth, Not Run From It
Metal Toad recently shared an infographic on Facebook that illustrate
JavaScript
AngularJS Query String handling using $location.search()
Learn how to use AngularJS's $location service to manage query strings for filterable data tables, making it easy to bookmark and share filtered...
Artificial Intelligence
NFS Performance on AWS
Evaluating the performance and cost of AWS EFS, GlusterFS, and SoftNAS Cloud for NFS solutions in AWS environments to identify the best choice.
Drupal
Why Drupal 8 won't ship with REST content negotiation
Drupal 8 opts for query parameters over Accept headers for REST content negotiation to improve cache compatibility and performance. Learn why this...
Drupal
Drupal 7 Tutorial: Creating a Custom Entityqueue Handler
Learn how to create a custom EntityQueueHandler in Drupal 7 using Entityqueue and Ctools plugins in this step-by-step tutorial.
AWS Managed Services
Using Monitoring to meet Managed Services SLAs
Discover how Metal Toad leverages advanced monitoring tools to ensure high availability and rapid response for their AWS Managed Services, delivering...
Artificial Intelligence
Metal Toad at WWDC
This past week, a couple of us at Metal Toad traveled down to San Francisco for WWDC and AltConf.
Business
Getting Started in the Tech Community
Everyone wants to change the world, but in order to do so, you have to put on pants. I found a loophole. That loophole is web development.
Mobile Development
Use the Force Touch
Every once in a while, Mac OS X gains new features that require us to change code. It doesn't happen often. The last time was for retina displays.
Artificial Intelligence
Force Touch for Safari in Javascript
First I explored Force Click on the Mac. Now it is on the web with javascript in Safari.
Business
Consultant Hobbies: Being Social
Discover the dynamic role of managing social media at DrupalCon, balancing volunteerism with learning, and the tools that make it all possible.
SaaS Application
Amazon CloudFront with Drupal 8
Since I wrote my first review of CloudFront, Amazon has added support for three essential features...
SaaS Application
Autocomplete Using ActiveAdmin and Rails 3
Autocomplete in ActiveAdmin with nested forms and polymorphic associations in Rails 3 using jQuery UI and Active Model Serializers for dynamic form...
Mobile Development
iOS: A Quick Script to Retain Your Sanity With CoreSimulator Folders.
Note: This is outdated. See our update for Xcode 7
JavaScript
Angular JS Promises: From Service to Template
Learn how to effectively use AngularJS Promises to make HTTP GET requests and display data in templates without premature loading issues.
Drupal
Using the Token module to enhance the Editor experience
Enhance your Drupal 7 editor experience with the Token module to easily embed content like galleries and polls, streamlining the content creation...