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External SAEF (Free)
Insert a row into any MySQL database table using a form on an ExpressionEngine page.
Tied Entries (Free)
An ExpressionEngine plugin to access content entries further than a single relationship away.
Elsewhere
I miss the days of forums, when any issue about a product was discussed on its own site and nowhere else. I do believe issues are better resolved online with posts, not chats. Inappropriate use of chat software erodes mental health, at least, mine. Here's a fun articulate essay on why the author "hates Slack":https://bitquabit.com/post/i-hate-slack-and-you-should-too/ (and you should too). And Slack is proprietory. I just scrolled up and was stopped and told I need a paid plan! And Discord: why?! Trendiness happens.
"“Breaking Smart”":https://breakingsmart.com/en/season-1/ by Venkatesh Rao. This is the first collection, "Software is Eating the World", inspired by a residency at Andreessen/Horowitz.
"“The Premium Mediocre Life of Maya Millennial”":https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/08/17/the-premium-mediocre-life-of-maya-millennial/ by Venkatesh Rao is the best thing I've read on the internet all year. I especially love his notion of being "above or below the API line". For more mediocrity theory, see his "“Survival of the Mediocre Mediocre”":https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2018/04/24/survival-of-the-mediocre-mediocre/: "Evolution is survival, not of the most mediocre (that would lead to paradox), but _survival of the mediocre mediocre_."
"“Modelling Process Intensive Scenarios for the Smart City”":https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-662-44426-9_12.pdf [PDF]. In this paper by professors at the computer science department at the University of Camerino in Italy, the authors discuss BPMN (and bpFM, which I'd never heard of before) in the context of municipal services, specifically bike-sharing. Another perspective "on bike-sharing, this time re usability, by mobile-first thought leader Luke Wroblewski.":https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?1995
Impressive mobile usability thought leader "Josh Clark shares the tools he uses":https://aneventapart.com/news/post/josh-clark-the-tools-i-use, from pen to Piwik (now Matomo).
"Inflatable, an awesome logo.":https://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/new_logo_and_identity_for_inflatable_by_collins.php
"Why does tech have so many political problems?":https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/08/tech-many-political-problems.html A list of 17 answers by Tyler Cowen. I love the phrase "Robespierrean social justice terror".
Why was he like this to her? Excerpt from "Lisa Brennan-Jobs' upcoming book about her father Steve":https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/lisa-brennan-jobs-small-fry-steve-jobs-daughter.
In the "JAMstack":https://jamstack.org/ — the new decoupled way of building web sites (rather than using a monolithic system) — data gets passed around, usually in JSON format, which is essentially arrays. The newest versions of Javascript, ES5 and ES6, have more methods for handling arrays, the most cited being *map*, *filter* and *reduce*. Since handling arrays in JavaScript constitutes a significant part of coding a JAMstack (Javascript, API, Markup) web site, it's vital that a web builder be adept with these methods. * "Learn Map, Filter and Reduce in Javascript":https://medium.com/@joomiguelcunha/learn-map-filter-and-reduce-in-javascript-ea59009593c4 by João Miguel Cunha * ".map, .reduce & .filter, Oh My!":https://www.datchley.name/working-with-collections/ by Dave Atchley * "Learn & Understand JavaScript’s ".map":https://codeburst.io/learn-understand-javascripts-map-function-ffc059264783, ".filter":https://codeburst.io/learn-understand-javascripts-filter-function-bde87bce206 and ".reduce":https://codeburst.io/learn-understand-javascripts-reduce-function-b2b0406efbdc Functions" by Brandon Morelli
Processes
Architecture
Before building your site or system, plans are required for both the back and front ends.
Installation & configuration
As well as smarts, what really makes a successful implementation likely is experience.
Ongoing support & development
Launch is probably just the first of many phases.
O
nce everything’s built and running silky smooth at a web site or system built to your specifications on a robust platform, you can start cashing in on the benefits of such a setup by having us add new functionality and features.
In fact, in the spirit of software’s “release early, release often” mantra, we generally divide projects into phases from the get go, building out each part to completion before starting on the next. That way, ongoing support and development is simply a continuation of the initial working style.
The entire process, with dependencies
