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Topics include: Why Tailwind doesn't include buttons or forms Is Tailwind for front-end developers or back-end developers? Best practices around extracting component classes Using Tailwind with existing CSS or on top of other frameworks Optimizing Tailwind's generated file size New features planned for upcoming Tailwind releases Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to...

Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Codeship , check out how they performed in Forrester's latest Continuous Integration Tools report Links: Tailwind CSS Homepage Tailwind CSS GitHub repository Tailwind CSS discussion forum @tailwindcss on Twitter "CSS Utility Classes and Separation of Concerns" , Adam's post on moving from...

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Topics include: How to pick great fonts Choosing a color scheme for your project Designing in greyscale Recreating existing interfaces from scratch Recommended design tools What you should design first on a new page Strategies for making things look professional without graphic design skills Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 d...

Topics include: Why you shouldn't start with SaaS How to find ideas from client projects What to do before you make a landing page Why your first product doesn't have to be the one that makes you rich Using open source to build an audience Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Codeship Links: Getting Real by 37signals (now Ba...

Topics include: How their approaches have changed over time Feature tests vs. unit tests, when to use each Testing code that interacts with external services Using fakes instead of mocks Contract tests Testing view data vs. rendered HTML Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Codeship Links: Test-Driven Laravel , Adam's testin...

Topics include: What is PostCSS, really? PostCSS vs. other preprocessors like Less and Sass Examples of things PostCSS can do How to use PostCSS to add your own features to CSS How to disguise custom features as valid CSS so PostCSS will parse it Porting Tailwind CSS from Less to PostCSS and why it's been awesome Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootst...

Topics include: General project structure Dealing with initial load flicker Sharing routes between Vue and your server Handling authorization rules on the client Comparing strategies for getting data into your Vue components Best practices for sharing state between sibling components Signs you should extract a child component Using Vue to wrap up third-party libraries Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up a...

They also discuss the benefits of using a Turbolinks-style approach for small teams, and how Turbolinks on mobile compares to other popular tools like Ionic. Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Codeship Links: Turbolinks Turbolinks iOS adapter Turbolinks Android adapter Turbolinks 5: I Can't Believe It's Not Native! , prese...

They talk about the problems this approach has solved for them, the surprising workflow benefits, and some tips and tricks for using this approach well. Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Codeship Links: BEM , the Block Element Modifier CSS methodology About HTML semantics and front-end architecture , a blog post by Nicola...

Adam talks about some of the UI design challenges he and Steve have been trying to solve, and shares some of the creative solutions they came up with. Sponsors: Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Links: PushSi...

Adam gives an update on gracefully handling errors in the KiteTail checkout process, launching Zttp as an open-source package, and how he used Lumen to power the Zttp integration test suite. Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if y...

Adam shares the details behind his decision to bring on a co-founder for KiteTail, talks the collaboration process when working on an app with somebody else, and give an update on where he's at with getting KiteTail integrated into the Test-Driven Laravel course app. Sponsors: Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hir...

Topics include: Thermostat.io and NPS surveys Charging more vs. charging less Finding a niche for PushSilver and how to appeal to that niche One-time purchase lifetime plans for SaaS Percentage-based vs. tiered pricing Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your...

They chat about topics like: Dogfooding Cron Dog in PushSilver Dealing with complex validation Why we hate auto-saving UIs Validation issues when supporting "draft" models Expanding the scope of KiteTail Different ways to handle client-side image preview Building a Cron Dog SDK Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , si...

We also talk a lot about different strategies for securing webhooks, and what we're looking forward to at MicroConf . Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Links: Crondog , David's new recurring task ap...

David introduces Crondog , the new product he's working on to help developers manage dynamic recurring tasks in their applications. Adam introduces KiteTail , an app that lets you create webhook-driven hosted checkout pages; something he wishes he'd had when he launched his course. From here on out, Full Stack Radio will follow David and Adam's journey building these new products; discussing inter...

Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Links: Michelle on Twitter Stripe Elements Stripe's Engineering Blog Stripe Checkout Stripe Radar Building Stripe's API , by Amber Feng Move Fast, Don't Break Your...

Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Links: Form Requests in Laravel After Validation hooks in Laravel "Stripe CVC and ZIP checks can be bypassed" forum post Custom Rule Objects , enhancement Adam is w...

As I mention in the show, if you've been thinking about checking out Test-Driven Laravel , the course is still available at the early access price for the next few weeks: Learn more about Test-Driven Laravel Early Access Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double yo...

Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Links: Drip Scaling SaaS , Derrick's blog The Drip stack: Ruby on Rails AWS PostgreSQL Sidekiq SendGrid Redis

Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Links: Test-Driven Laravel Early Access , Adam's new TDD course wesbos.com , Wes' blog and personal website JavaScript 30 , Wes' new free course The Getting Things...

Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Links: Test-Driven Laravel Early Access , Adam's TDD course UserScape , Ian's business HelpSpot , UserScape's help desk product Shady Tactics in our Midst from Ian'...

Sponsors: Rollbar , sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio to try their Bootstrap Plan free for 90 days Hired , sign up at https://www.hired.com/fullstackradio to double your signing bonus to $2000 if you get a job through Hired Links: Putting Your Laravel Controllers on a Diet , an older blog post by Adam on form objects Form Requests in Laravel Fineuploader , JS file upload library Dropzo...