May Roundup
May 2014 heralds the inaugural edition of the Front End Team Newsletter, part of a drive to better share our collective wisdom, training resources, presentations and make them available with the rest of the company.
This month, we have the following content for your consumption:
Introducing the Testing Suite
As some of you may have noticed, the Batcaves’ Testing Suite has been implemented, and thanks to some volunteers, beta tested. So what is it, and how does it work?
Make your website accessible
There are lots of disabilities out there, but accessing your website should not pose an obstacle to any user. We, as web developers, should do all we can to make sure we can make our site as accessible as possible.
Cache Busting: Part 1
Caching busting stops browsers from using a cached file when an new updated version is available. So, how do you ‘cache bust’?
Carousels – Which are the good ones out there?
How do you pick your Carousel plugin?
Which ones are worth your time, and which aren’t?
Responsive Images
What’s the correct approach to the responsive images conundrum? Is it the fabled picture element? What about srcset? How about just doing it with Javascript, or does the solution lie somewhere else entirely?
Automation For The Win
Great Developers are often also Lazy Developers. It’s not a criticism, it’s a good thing. If you’re going to have to repeat the same tasks all the time, you might as well automate them…