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Book Review: HTML5 Boilerplate Web Development
This book is packed with a ton of various tips and tricks for the novice or the pro. Even with 13 years of experience it still taught me a few things...
Narrow your focus, improve your influence, have fun doing it.
There is a counterintuitive secret to designing and building a product to set it up for optimal success. This principle is potent because it works...
Goldilocks & the 3 Process Options
Balancing creativity and structure is crucial for effective processes in any company. Discover how Metal Toad navigates this challenge to foster...
Behat with Drupal Domain Access
Learn how Metal Toad leverages Behat for testing on multi-domain Drupal sites, automating tests and compiling results into a client-friendly format.
Hey Project Managers! Let's Not Talk Tools.
Learn why project managers should create flexible, accepted, and evolving processes before choosing tools for productivity in project management.
ToadCast 011 - Drupal, BADCamp, and dev tools
On ToadCast 011 we discuss Drupal, BADCamp, and developer tools with Dan Linn, featuring insights on Panopoly, Pantheon, Retina Display Media Query,...
Developer or Software Engineer?
Let's explore what these titles communicate and how that influences various things about our professional world.
Improving Our Use of PHP Namespaces
Let's take a minute to step back and think about why we use namespaces, and how to use them to improve code quality. I suspect there's a lingering...
It's Not the Pen
As developers and tech-heads, we all have our personal biases. I dare you to estimate how many times you have partaken in, or broken up, heated...
ToadCast 010 - I Hope You Like Opinions
Join us for ToadCast 010 as we explore hardware from Apple, Google, and Microsoft, and dive into JavaScript debates with Aaron Amstutz and Tony...
TinyDNS as a Puppet Module
Manage DNS with TinyDNS Puppet module. Learn setup, configuration, and entry management for seamless internal server operations.
Programming Skills Every Non-Programmer Should Have
I recently came across Rahul Singh's Non-Programming Skills Every Programmer Should Have
How to Pass Multiple Values through an Exposed Filter in Drupal Views
Learn how to pass multiple values through an exposed filter in Drupal Views and enhance your site functionality with custom coding techniques.
Faster Database Backups via Drush! Plus Capistrano Integration
Enhance your Drupal deployment with faster database backups using Drush and Capistrano integration.
How To Detect Which Element Was Clicked, Using jQuery
Learn how to detect which element was clicked using jQuery and efficiently manage event bindings for a better user experience.
Metal Toad Hosts Women Who Hack
On Sunday, we welcomed Women Who Hack, a monthly gathering "for women who want to hack on projects with or around other women.
ToadCast 009 - That app is free
Let's keep this ball rolling! ToadCast 009, I was joined by Robert Haydon to discuss Apple Maps, entitlement, retro video games, and more!
Mastering The Metal Toad Project Life Cycle
Master the Metal Toad project life cycle with our detailed guide on effective project management techniques for successful project completion.
Quick & Dirty WordPress Plugin Benchmarking in Debug Bar
At tonight's PDX WordPress Dev meetup (thanks for the pizza Digital Trends) Daniel Bachhuber had some questions about benchmarking a plugin....
Gender Diversity in Tech Requires Applicant Diversity
I would love our company to show more gender diversity, but where are the female applicants?
Quick Tip: Dive Into Drupal Objects with Search Krumo
If you've done any signifigant development with Drupal, you're probably (deeply) familiar with a little function called dpm(). I think it stands for...
Using Amazon Cloudfront with Drupal
CDN's are nothing new, and Metal Toad has projects running on competing systems including Akamai and Level 3.
Quick and handy iPad version-detection plugin for PhoneGap
Quickly detect iPad versions in PhoneGap apps with a handy plugin, ensuring compatibility across different iPad models.