Automate all the things!
Motivation In a normal software development day, I do a lot of activities related to the task that I’m working on, and sometimes these activities take more time than expected, making them very repetitive. Tasks like starting...
The good and bad of ActiveRecord callbacks
Callbacks inside your rails controllers have sparked a lot of controversies. On one side, you have DHH advocating for the use of callbacks to manage auxiliary complexity, and on the other hand, you have people that call it The biggest...
Write better Javascript, EP 1: Conditionals
Write better Javascript, EP 1: Conditionals This is the first “episode” of one of many series I intend to write occasionally if my personal time allows me to. This first one tries to encourage developers to write more readable...
Using serialized fields in rails
Hi everybody, in the past days I stored some codes for a model called: Activity. I did this because some activities needs the codes to be completed so the user would have to do the activity and then ask for the code to the admin and...
VTex Speed Configuration
VTex is a SAAS E-commerce platform that has tons of modules that help out with the implementation of your site. For the front-end there is the CMS (Content Management System) module which is really useful. Here you can modify anything...
Hacking With Google
Nowadays everything is connected through the internet, we are living in the information age, due to that, the lives of many people have been changing and will continue to change as technology rapidly advances, this is why we must keep...
A nice way to handle SASS color variables
After learning a lot of CSS and SASS techniques, methodologies and architectures for the past two years, I got to liked them. Each of them can be applied depending on your project needs. A common factor among all of these is the way...
Importing fonts the right way
Why would I need to import a font to my website? Sometimes the design team sends you an awesome mockup for a brand new – great looking app, so you need to put all your coding skills to work to make this idea become reality. You...
3 ecommerce platforms for retailers
Non-store retailing continues strengthening worldwide, and according to Euromonitor analyst, Amanda Bourlier, in 2021 sales for more than 200 billion dollars will be recorded in this line of business. It is a double challenge for businesses...
3 Common mistakes while migrating an Online Store
Once you’ve decided to migrate from one platform to another, it is essential for you to know what difficulties may arise. Keep in mind that if you are going to make a change, it is because the new platform will give you a better...