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For most casual website owners, it’s often easy to simply use a hosting provider with built in support for their CMS and integrating analytics....
I recently had a conversation with someone who was looking for some advice on selecting a technical advisor for their team, and she had some great...
Over the past several years, Metal Toad has launched several successful cloud-first web and mobile applications, often with hardware components. With...
Discover how the Cloud has disrupted the software industry, from the rise of Open Source to the emergence of SaaS applications. Learn why the Cloud...
The Big Picture The aim of this blog post isn’t to get into the nitty gritty how to build and run a containerized app on your favorite cloud provider...
For a recent project, we were tasked to consume the client's internal data from a custom API. Now, this scenario was lucky for us, the API provides a...
Learn how to programmatically import Drupal 8 field configurations in SaaS applications, ensuring smooth installations without field data loss.
We're just past the second anniversary of 8.0.0. To see how D8 is doing compared to prior releases, we put together the chart above, based on...
Get a quick reference for the Drupal 8 Entity API with examples to streamline your development process. Save time with this handy cheat sheet from...
The beauty of Drupal 8's built-in Migrate module is its flexibility. Lots of people will likely use it to migrate their Drupal 6 or 7 sites, but...
I have worked with dozens of projects over my career, on platforms ranging from Drupal to Yii to Django to AngularJS
In my last article, I addressed the age old question "how much does a website cost?" from the stand
Data protection is one of the primary advantages of Drupal, but sometimes there are exceptions to the rule and you might need to modify a field to...
Discover how Meyer Memorial Trust's new Drupal 8 site showcases their commitment to equity with seamless design and robust functionality through...
Fun fact: The creator of BackstopJS has referenced this blog post as the recommended tutorial for BackstopJS v2!
Identifying the need for change In early 2016, Metal Toad fully adopted Agile Scrum methodology.
Why a Brand Refresh? In early November 2015, Metal Toad began the wo
Avoid common pitfalls in Drupal 7 AJAX functionality with tips for better accessibility, naming conventions, and effective callback usage.
Lately, I have worked on a few projects where a single-page Angular app is contained within a site built on a server-side framework like Django.
Discover how Metal Toad collaborated with Schrödinger to create a robust, feature-rich Drupal 7 site, enhancing biological sciences online.
Update, November 27, 2017: This post explains the Http service used in Angular 2. This is now deprecated in favor of the newer HttpClient released in...
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) launched an incredibly sophisticated Product Information Manager (PIM) for Blue Marb
Metal Toad has been blessed to work with some of the best design partners in the industry, not the least of which is Ziba.
As I've said before in my custom views filter handlers tutorial, views is amazing. Today I was writing a custom style plugin.