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2019 has already seen numerous tiny trends where the mouse cursor played first fiddle: mouse trails, repelling effects, interactive 3D globes and fantastic hover effects – to name a few.... The post Shining Examples of the Flashlight Effect Web Design Trend appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

PHP Internals News: Episode 25: Security Management London, UK Thursday, August 29th 2019, 09:25 BST This episode of "PHP Internals News" is the second and last part of a longer conversation that I had with Stanislav Malyshev (GitHub, Linke...

One of the most challenging aspects of running an agency is contending with the constantly revolving door of clients. This is simply the nature of the industry - a job well done basically leads to a client relationship ending because they no longer need you anymore. Did you nail it with your first attempt of […]

Part 1 of this article focused on the structural issues of how staff fungibility (the concept that one staff member can be substituted for another) can impede project management. The project management notions of project-month and full-time equivalent, are used to apply simple mathematical operators to people (e.g., two half-time people equals one full time … continue reading The post The Fungible Fallacy: Sociological impediments to effective project management appeared first on SD Times.

Isn't it crazy to think that just ten years ago, we were talking about the new revolutionary iPhone and how it was going to change our lives forever? Fast-forward to 2018, and Apple's never-ending stream of iPhone updates are old news. The real hot topic is AI?--?aka, how computers are starting to outsmart us. As...

A collection of sketching Photoshop actions that aim to streamline your workflow and bring new effects to your photography post-production. The post 20 Incredible Photoshop Actions for Sketching Effects appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

On the Web Technologies blog they've posted a guide to some of the top PHP code quality assurance tools to ensure your codebase is kept neat, clear and clean from any unnecessary complexity. You've got the good approach dear reader: code quality tools are essential to write solid and error-free PHP code. It can help your colleagues detect defects in the codebase and teach them some key concepts. Don't forget however that the advises and data they can provide won't be appropriate everywhere. Your experience and your analysis skills are the one you should trust first. The tutorial starts of with some of the tooling you'll need to get the system up and running: Composer for package management, terminal access for command execution and editor/IDE integrations (optional, obviously). It then lists out each of the tools and includes installation steps and links to more information: PHP-CS-Fixer (PHP Coding Standards Fixer) PHPCS (PHP CodeSniffer) PHPMD (PHP Mess Detector) PHPStan (PHP Static Analysis Tool) PHPUnit and the CRAP metric It also includes a few "bonus" tools that might be useful to track other quality aspects of your code including PhpLoc (lines of code), PHPMND for detecting "magic" numbers and churn-php for evaluating complexity of code based on number of commits. there's several more listed in the full post so be sure to check it out and see how you can integrate them into your development process.

The use of online travel-based services and apps is continuing to grow. With that comes an increasing demand for real-time data. And, when it comes to flight statuses and other... The post Get Real-Time Flight Status and Aviation Data with aviationstack appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

July is almost here, and that means, well, new wallpapers. It's been nine years already since we embarked on this mission to welcome the new month with a fresh batch of desktop eye candy, with wallpapers that are a bit more distinctive as the usual crowd. And it wasn't any different this time around. Bound to spark new ideas, artists and designers from across the globe once again challenged their creative skills and created a lovely collection of wallpapers for July 2017. All of them come in two versions -- with and without a calendar -- and can be downloaded for free. Now you only need to decide which one will make it to your desktop. Enjoy!The post Starry Summer Nights, Unexplored Worlds, And... Ice Cream! (July 2017 Wallpapers) appeared first on Smashing Magazine.