Matt Dawkins

Web developer, musician, song writer/singer, Christian, Mini fanatic, husband, father of two, Devonian. That's me.

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

Inspired by BEM and CUBE CSS, I'd like to share my own approach: GLOO (Globals, Layouts, Objects, Overrides). https://t.co/poL5G5q3uJ #CSS #webdevelopment #FrontEnd

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

Instead of applying multiple classes to your #HTML elements, you can use custom attributes, like data-theme="dark", and target that in your #CSS. It's a useful way to ensure single-value state. https://t.co/JgiKghszZ1

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@argyleink Thanks for this. I hadn't seen the ch unit used effectively before, it's great to see it in a useful context.

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

@natmiletic My development journey started with a friend showing me how to create text adventure games in QBASIC. Don't think I came across the idea of "Hello world" until much later though.

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

@derickr A photo of your front door. Stored as a BMP image embedded in an SVG, then compressed in .7z format to save space.

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

@standupmaths My son just told me that in a few days it will be "Double Day". 05/10/20. Thought you'd approve.

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

@phillsacre Safari does appear to have lagged behind the crowd, yes. All other mobile browsers look like they've supported it for ages though. Or was that not your experience?

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

Think I'm falling in love with WEBP. Just compressed a 570 KB PNG image down to around 60 KB with hardly any visible loss in quality. #mindblown #webdevelopment

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

Just launched our new https://t.co/wknJujFe1i website. And if you take a peek at the HTML source, you'll get a hint or two to find some Easter Eggs I slipped in... #webdevelopment

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

I know BEM is a popular CSS naming convention. But does anyone prefix their class names with their project name as well? I'm thinking to prevent any contamination from 3rd party CSS. So for example: .project__block__element--modifier #webdevelopment #css

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

@css Interesting idea. Personally I'm more a fan of letting HTML do structure and CSS do layout, but I guess this might be useful where you don't know in advance what layout you need, e.g. when handling user created content.

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

Need to get rid of those pesky orphaned words at the end of sentences? I've made a library for that. https://t.co/c3x5PcNpvC #javascript #webdevelopment #html

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

Just used the Elvis operator ?: for the first time that wasn't part of an example. I feel like such a pro. #webdevelopment #php

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

@derickr I like the idea of supporting developers via donations, but I'd find it hard to justify paying for something that I might hardly use. I need it most in emergencies (i.e. when something has broken), but if I had to pay for it 'just in case', I probably wouldn't bother.

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

I'm checking my project code using PHP Code Sniffer, @stylelint and @standardjs. But I'm really surprised there's no Blade template formatter for command line use. Has no one made this yet?? Or is it harder than it sounds? #laravel #webdev #linter

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

Just playing around with a 3D menu idea. #CSS is awesome. https://t.co/u8IHcoTi8E #webdev

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

When making a website for a client, do you put your (or your company's) name on it? Is it free advertising, or does it make the site look cheap? #webdevelopment #agency

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

Absolutely loving phpstan at the moment, and specifically the larastan wrapper for #laravel. It's making my code soooo much better! https://t.co/T9quXlD1D8 #webdev

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

@wicky0570 I'll look into it. I might be able to get it to download the sounds into cache. Glad you like it though!

[Matt Dawkins @mafu_d]

For web development on Windows 10, would the best 2019 solution be Vagrant? Docker? WSL? I'm currently using Homestead, just wondered if there's a better way. #webdev #php