Category: Tools

Server-Side Swift: New Hero in Web Town

by Brian Schick
Posted in All, Mobile Development, Swift, Tools, Web Development

There’s a new hero in the world of web applications, services, and microservices: Server-Side Swift is making serious waves across the industry. At Beezwax, it’s changing how we approach and solve many typical, long-standing coding challenges.

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Large d3.js Application Development

by Ryan Simms
Posted in All, Data Visualization, Design, Front-end Development, JavaScript, Software Design, Tools, Web Development
“Code that belongs”. This is the mantra, the quest, of Beezwax Senior Developer Ryan Simms; which he discusses in this ten-part article on building a large-scale web application using d3.js. How to write code that fits the context intrinsically. The article focuses on specific techniques with the data visualization library, d3.js. But the lessons are broad. How do you make something fit — in ways that make it feel like it belongs?

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Introducing ‘Publish To Apple News’ – Open Source WordPress Plugin

by Jay Gonzales
Posted in All, Beezwax News, Community, Design, Tools, Web Development, WordPress

We’re thrilled to announce the availability of the Publish To Apple News plugin for WordPress. It’s an open source plugin for the WordPress web platform that enables publishers to push their blog and website content to News, Apple’s all-new app available with iOS 9.
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Useful Vim Mappings

by Shivam Daryanani
Posted in All, productivity, Tools, Unix, Vim, Web Development

A few mappings to help boost your Vim workflow.

Rotate through different line numbering settings

Switch between absolute line numbers (normal), relative numbers (based on distance from your cursor) and no numbers at all using CTRL-n:

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