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.
Blog
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Note: This is outdated.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...
Business
Our Interns Love Us Almost as Much as We Love Them
Metal Toad's Internship Program has grown leaps and bounds since I arrived last year. I could not be prouder of all of our interns, but our latest...
The Toadcast
Toadcast 032
For Toadcast 32, we have our good fiends from Ordnance Brewing! Listen as we discuss brewing, judge a Toad's own home brew, tech and music!
Mobile Development
Integrating Faux Pas into your iOS Continuous Integration Workflow
Learn how to integrate Faux Pas into your iOS continuous integration workflow for automated code analysis and bug detection.
Drupal
Drupal 7 Views Preview Shows Different Results
Learn how entity references and node access modules can affect your view and discover the solution to issues troubleshooting Drupal 7 Views results.
Project Management
Project Manager Hobbies: Managing Projects
Volunteer at Sundance Film Festival demonstrates how project management skills and tools ensure the smooth execution of high-profile events.
The Toadcast
Toadcast 030
Metal Toad is proud to announce two of our Junior Developers have graduated to the big leagues!
Artificial Intelligence
Metal Toad Among Oregon's Best Workplaces
It is with great humility that I serve as Metal Toad spokesman in a very proud moment.
Media & Entertainment
What I Did Over the Weekend
Join me as I recount my exhilarating weekend at the Global Game Jam, where creativity and coding collide to create innovative games in just 48 hours.
Mobile Development
Continuous Delivery for Enterprise on iOS
Learn to set up continuous deployment for iOS using HockeyApp, including installation, configuration, and automation of build uploads.
Mobile Development
Short-circuiting SpriteBuilder to use Cocos2d-swift Programmatically
The goal is to create a project with SpriteBuilder and then not use the nice GUI and ccb files that it
JavaScript
Running a Persistant Node.js Server on an Arduino Yún
We recently had occasion to set up a Node.js web server on an Arduino Yún. It's a bit more complicated than we thought when we set out, so it seemed...
JavaScript
How I learned to stop worrying and love the code
Learn how to embrace coding, overcome frustrations, and access valuable resources for mastering Objective-C and iOS development in this insightful...
Artificial Intelligence
AWS Cross-Account Roles and Consolidated Billing
Amazon Web Service recently introduced support for cross-account ro
Database
Full Stack Basics for the Non-Developer
Discover the essential layers of web development from a non-developer's perspective, covering developers, local environments, repositories, servers,...