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Swift Tool Belt, Part 6: Extending UIFont

This extension for UIFont in Swift will convert your font to bold or italic. It's especially useful when you use scaled fonts but need a different look.

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Centralize Your Command Line with fish shell Functions

fish shell uses functions to decrease the reliance on a monolithic config file. It's this approach to functions that makes fish unique.

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Building Your Own VS Code Extension for a Mac Touch Bar

Create your very own Mac Touch Bar extension for Visual Studio Code in just minutes following this simple tutorial.

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Easily Reloading your Clojure Project in Spacemacs

With this configuration in place, I can tear down and reload my entire Clojure-based app, while it's running in a REPL embedded in Spacemacs.

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Need to Install Tools on Windows? Use Scoop

Scoop feels like Homebrew for Windows. It can also fetch and install packages from the Internet to get you up and running with open-source tools.

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Remote File Editing Over SSH with Visual Studio Code

The Remote VSCode allows you to easily navigate using your shell and edit multiple files simultaneously using Visual Studio Code's tabs.

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Integrating a Visual Git Interface into Your Workflow

I have been using VS code’s git interface, and I have seen an improvement in my productivity. Here are some benefits to using a GUI in your git workflow.

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Swift Tool Belt, Part 5: Adding a Gradient UIButton

A class derived from UIButton that will draw your button with a gradient background in Swift, using Xcode’s Interface Builder.

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Chrome Caching in CircleCI

Dependency caching in CircleCI can both decrease the time it takes to run your tests and also make the tests less dependent on external sources.

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Git Good: Improve Your Version Control Skills

Git is a powerful tool with many features and areas for personal optimization. It just makes sense to spend the time mastering it.

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Exporting Application Data for Business Users? Use XLSX, Not CSV

When you analyze the tradeoffs, there really isn’t any category that CSV actually wins in. CSVs simply have several inherent problems.

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Five Chrome DevTools Tips for Troubleshooting Web Apps

This post discusses 5 tools/tips for using Chrome's DevTools to troubleshoot JavaScript and DOM issues while developing a web app.

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