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Make side by side divs the same height and evenly distributing the space using CSS Flex box

I’m sure you will come across this situations many times in your coding journey where you have divs next to each other that need to be the…

Jul 21, 2023

Make side by side divs the same height and evenly distributing the space using CSS Flex box

Jul 21, 2023

How to access a string “key” in Vue that includes hyphens, spaces or other special characters

Usually in Vue, you would use the dot . notation to access a normal key, but when you have a key that has spaces or special characters you…

Jul 11, 2023

How to access a string “key” in Vue that includes hyphens, spaces or other special characters

Jul 11, 2023

How You Can Device Test Iphones and Apple Devices For Free Using Xcode

Firstly make sure you download Xcode onto your computer , i think its only available for download on Mac, sorry windows users!

May 25, 2023

How You Can Device Test Iphones and Apple Devices For Free Using Xcode

May 25, 2023

6 Ways To Become A More Efficient Web Developer Using ChatGPT

As a web developer I used ChatGPT every day it’s such an amazing resource.

May 18, 2023

6 Ways To Become A More Efficient Web Developer Using ChatGPT

May 18, 2023

Using SASS to Select All Elements Except the First

If you are a web developer there would be many times that you need to apply styles for all elements but the first. One place that instantly…

May 18, 2023

Using SASS to Select All Elements Except the First

May 18, 2023

How To Quickly Remove The Background Of An Image Using Only Your iphone

This is such a quick and easy way to remove the background from a photo using only your iphone! No apps needed!

May 16, 2023

How To Quickly Remove The Background Of An Image Using Only Your iphone

May 16, 2023

Bootstrap @mixin make-col($size, $columns: $grid-columns) Explained!

This article does require a basic understanding of Bootstrap Grids and is only to explain the @mixin make-col and the variables contained…

Feb 21, 2023

Bootstrap @mixin make-col($size, $columns: $grid-columns) Explained!

Feb 21, 2023

Styling a Child Element Based on the Class of a Parent Element in SASS/SCSS

Have you ever needed to style a child element only if the parent element has a specific class?

Feb 16, 2023

Styling a Child Element Based on the Class of a Parent Element in SASS/SCSS

Feb 16, 2023

How to conditionally bind ONE class to an element in VUE

I had a hard time trying to find the answer to this on stack overflow so I thought I would write a quick little article in case any one…

Feb 16, 2023

How to conditionally bind ONE class to an element in VUE

Feb 16, 2023

Coding a Simple Textarea Character Counter With Vue

Using vue to code a text area character counter is easy! in a few simple steps you can have one up and working.

Mar 23, 2022

Coding a Simple Textarea Character Counter With Vue

Mar 23, 2022

How To Force Refresh A Cached Favicon Image

If you have updated an Favicon image for your website, and its not showing, you simply need to update the URL of the image to force the…

Feb 8, 2022

How To Force Refresh A Cached Favicon Image

Feb 8, 2022

Smooth Scrolling The Easy Way — With jQuery

There are so many ways out there to use smooth scrolling but I think that this was is quicker and easier to understand (for me anyway!).

Feb 8, 2022

Smooth Scrolling The Easy Way — With jQuery

Feb 8, 2022

What is a Javascript Function? an explanation for complete coding beginners

I hope this article can explain what a function is in a clear and easy to understand format. Learning Javasctipt can seem so tough at the…

Jul 24, 2021

What is a Javascript Function? an explanation for complete coding beginners

Jul 24, 2021

A Beginners Guide To Using Google fonts

If you are new to using fonts in Web Design — google fonts is one of the best places to start!

May 10, 2021

A Beginners Guide To Using Google fonts

May 10, 2021

When your seeing one font but someone else is seeing another — Trouble shooting for Front end Devs

Heads up — its probably a system font.

May 10, 2021

When your seeing one font but someone else is seeing another — Trouble shooting for Front end Devs

May 10, 2021

Using Jquery to select all div’s that aren’t “this” div

Chances are if you are using Jquery, you will have come across a situation where you want the element you click on to take on a certain…

Jun 19, 2020

Using Jquery to select all div’s that aren’t “this” div

Jun 19, 2020

How To Stop Horizontal Scrolling in IE

I recently had an issue working on a site where the user was able to scroll horizontally on my page — I do not want this! after…

Jun 19, 2020

How To Stop Horizontal Scrolling in IE

Jun 19, 2020

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The Startup

Quick tips and hacks to remove white lines in Outlook emails.

If you have ever tried building an email with HTML you will know how annoying it is to get it working perfectly across all browsers and…

Jun 19, 2020

Quick tips and hacks to remove white lines in Outlook emails.

Jun 19, 2020

How To Write Browser Specific CSS

If you are a web developer, you have probably come across some inconsistencies between browsers where you need to write browser specific…

Jun 3, 2020

How To Write Browser Specific CSS

Jun 3, 2020

Published in
The Startup

How To Add A Solid Colour Backgound In Photoshop.

This article really is for dummies, but I am one of those dummies! I had a hard time trying to find a simple answer for how to do this on…

Dec 19, 2019

How To Add A Solid Colour Backgound In Photoshop.

Dec 19, 2019

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The Startup

How to Create a Styled Select Dropdown in HTML and jQuery

After doing some research around styling select drop downs, I have come to realise it’s better not to style select drop downs.

Nov 25, 2019

How to Create a Styled Select Dropdown in HTML and jQuery

Nov 25, 2019

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JavaScript in Plain English

How to change the browse image of the input file upload but keep the file name

I had a really hard time finding an article on how to do this on the internet so I thought I would share my final answer

Nov 20, 2019

How to change the browse image of the input file upload but keep the file name

Nov 20, 2019

How To Compile Sass For Colorlib Templates

If you have ever downloaded a Colorlib template and tried to change the Sass you will notice it won't work without compiling it and…

Oct 24, 2019

How To Compile Sass For Colorlib Templates

Oct 24, 2019

The Harsh Reality Of Looking For A Job As A Junior Developer

If you are thinking about leaving your job to study web development, there are a million articles out there (including ones that I have…

Jul 8, 2019

The Harsh Reality Of Looking For A Job As A Junior Developer

Jul 8, 2019

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The Startup

7 Reasons Why You Should Quit Your Job for a Career In Web Development

I did it, should you?

Jun 24, 2019

7 Reasons Why You Should Quit Your Job for a Career In Web Development

Jun 24, 2019

Top Sublime Tips To Level Up Your Coding

Shortcuts and tips that will save your time and your sanity!

Jun 13, 2019

Top Sublime Tips To Level Up Your Coding

Jun 13, 2019

I Quit My Job At 30 To Become A Web Developer — Was It Worth It?

My story..

May 31, 2019

I Quit My Job At 30 To Become A Web Developer — Was It Worth It?

May 31, 2019

Quick Tips That Will Make You A More Efficient Junior Developer

I’m not going to lie, being a Junior Front End Web Developer in your first job is hard. It’s mentally exhausting and just when you start…

May 3, 2019

Quick Tips That Will Make You A More Efficient Junior Developer

May 3, 2019

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Must Have Google Chrome Plugins For Front End Developers

In my short time of being a professional Front End Web Developer I have come across a few Google Chrome plugins that I can’t believe I…

May 2, 2019

Must Have Google Chrome Plugins For Front End Developers

May 2, 2019

Basic Lazy Loading For Complete Beginners

I had never even heard about LazyLoad until my first real job in web development and now I realise its the norm (or should be) for almost…

May 2, 2019

Basic Lazy Loading For Complete Beginners

May 2, 2019

How to use Emojis in HTML

Have you ever gone to use an emoji in your HTML and been faced with the dreaded “?” symbol?

Apr 24, 2019

How to use Emojis in HTML

Apr 24, 2019

Creating Border Lines using Pseudo Elements in CSS

Have you ever needed to create a border or a line in CSS that isn't the whole width or height of your div? One easy way to tackle creating…

Apr 1, 2019

Creating Border Lines using Pseudo Elements in CSS

Apr 1, 2019

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Level Up Coding

How to create simple triangle borders with CSS

As a new front end web developer in my first ever web role, some tasks I come across take me much longer than they should. I spend a good…

Mar 25, 2019

How to create simple triangle borders with CSS

Mar 25, 2019

holly bourneville

holly bourneville

Hi Im Holly! I’m from New Zealand. I’m in my first job as a Front End Web Developer and want to share my learnings and thoughts along the way!

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