The Word-Break Show is a weekly podcast hosted by Jon Bellah and Trevan Hetzel about all things front-end design & development.
We’re back! This time with Derick Bailey to talk about all sorts of JavaScript goodness. Derick is an entrepreneur, problem solver, software developer, screencaster, writer, blogger, speaker and technology leader in central Texas (north of Austin). He runs WatchMeCode.net where he throws down the JavaScript gauntlets to get you up to speed. He has been […]
Jon and Trevan catch up and talk about the cool things they’ve been developing and technology they’ve been using lately. Show Links The new faster Flywheel home page Web Accessibility Checklist CSS Testing with Phantom WordCamp Minneapolis Google Tag Manager
Joel Glovier joins Trevan and Jon this week to talk about his experiences at GitHub, side projects and front-end. Joel is a designer and front-end developer at GitHub. He also makes t-shirts for developers at devtees.com, and contributes to open source projects like Jekyll and HospitalRun. He’s got 3 kids and hails from Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania […]
Jon and Trevan answer questions from Reddit! Show Links Reddit thread WAI-ARIA roles Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Tenon.io Solve this pen! Make it work in IE10 and we’ll give you a shoutout or something David Walsh’s CSS Flip Animation article Front-end Job Interview Questions Why Brad Frost is not a JavaScript developer Storyland Studios site […]
With us this week, we have Rachel Baker. Rachel is a web developer living in Chicago, IL. She is a WordPress core contributor and project lead on the WPI API project. Rachel is currently a Senior Web Engineer at 10up, where she creates and grows amazing web experiences with WordPress. Show Links Rachel’s Blog WP API […]
With us this week, we have Ben Frain. Ben is a Senior Front-end Developer at bet365.com, an occasional freelancer, and author of both Responsive web design with HTML5 and CSS3 and Sass and Compass for Designers; Ben hails from Cheshire, England. Show Links Ben’s Blog Ben on Twitter CSSTriggers Enduring CSS: writing style sheets for […]
A lot of WordPress talk this week! Jon and Trevan chat about the Word-Break redesign, building WordPress themes, using the JSON REST API with front-end frameworks on WordPress, personal style guides and more. Show Links J.D. Reeves Jon’s new Origin starter theme Seriously Simple Podcasting Shop Talk Show Special: One on One with a Hacker […]
This week, Jon and Trevan sit down to talk all about front-end web performance. Show Links Pingdom PageSpeed Insights How to Make a Performance Budget The Performance Golden Rule Different CSS Techniques and Their Performance Grunt Critical CSS
With us this week, we have Ryan Sullivan and Rob Neu to talk all about WordPress (and WordPress business). Together they run WP Site Care (of which Ryan is the Founder), Flagship WP (where they’re both Co-Founders), and they also organize the new developer-centric WordPress conference, LoopConf. Show Links WP Site Care Flagship LoopConf Hybrid […]
With us this week, we have Mina Markham. She is a front-end developer at Parago, where she helps build applications for corporate clients and their consumers. She is one of the chapter leaders for Girl Develop It DFW and she travels all over the country talking Sass and kicking ass. You can find her blog […]