Reading Time: 5 minutesSometimes you may run into a challenging situation: You want some JavaScript to execute, but only if some other element has changed. At work, we’ve recently run into a situation with this kind of challenge. We’re using a library on … Continue reading
Author: paceaux
Front-end for the back-end: CSS Variables for content-managed styles
Reading Time: 5 minutesOne of the things that front-end and back-end developers alike loathe is the dreaded scenario where a content author wants to be able to add their own styles to content. No, not set a skin or theme to the content. … Continue reading
Front-end for the back-end: Tips for debugging CSS
Reading Time: 5 minutesSo you’re a back-end developer. You write .net or Java all day. You create Schemas and Templates in Tridion. It’s Friday. The front-end developers have signed off early and you just got a high priority bug. And it’s in the … Continue reading
CSSOM revisited: Modifying styles with JavaScript a more sane way
Reading Time: 3 minutesWait, what’s the CSSOM? Well, I’ve talked about it in the past; it’s the object model for your styles. I even wrote about how to make a CSSOM analyzer. What I didn’t know then, that I know now, is that … Continue reading
SDL MVP: A Community vs an Ecosystem
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis year, I was awarded the SDL Web MVP. For the fourth time. Really. And, I’m actually surprised by it; I lost a lot of my “writing mojo” towards the end of last year (it’s hard to know what to … Continue reading
2016: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt’s that time of year again; the time of the year when the year ends. Sure, I could reflect on it, like I did for 2014. But, ehh, I’ve done that in years-passed. This time, I’d like to rate it. … Continue reading
When Tridion’s Experience Manager Messes up CSS
Reading Time: 2 minutesWe’ve all been there. It’s 2:00 in the afternoon. You need to pick up your kids from school. But, when you look at a component in Tridion’s Experience Manager (XPM / Site Edit), it’s broken. WTF! You’re not a front-end … Continue reading
Four things Tridion guys should know about Front-end in 2016
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe world of front-end development is changing at a lightning fast pace. It’s hard enough for a front-end developer to keep up. So, how should a Tridion architect or general back-end developer stay “in the know” about the world of … Continue reading
Why we can’t conclusively determine that Tridion structure group icons are pink
Reading Time: 4 minutesRecently, Tanner Brine made the case that Tridion’s Structure Group icons are pink. And he declared his results conclusive. I’m here to say, “no they aren’t”. 1
How does a front-end developer get started in Tridion?
Reading Time: 2 minutesFront-end developers have enough on their plates. Between the latest CSS modules, the “HTML5” APIs, JavaScript updates, and new frameworks (Angular 2, React), it’s hard enough to keep up. And if that isn’t enough, then there’s the content management systems: … Continue reading