Building Applications Using Firebase Part 3: Firestore

Building Applications Using Firebase Part 3: Firestore

Blog Barista: Michael O’Keefe | Feb 7, 2019 | Web Development | Brew time: 15 min
For Part 3 of this Firebase series, it would be beneficial to have some understanding of NoSQL data modeling which I will show you how to use with Cloud Firestone. This is the super fun, coding part of the series…

Building Applications Using Firebase, Part 2: Authentication

Building Applications Using Firebase, Part 2: Authentication

Blog Barista: Michael O’Keefe | Feb 5, 2019 | Web Development | Brew time: 7 min
Welcome to Part 2 of the Firebase Series! Get ready for some fun authentication setup. Firebase is a cost-effective platform provided by Google to allow for rapid development. It has many features that can scale well, and it…

Building Applications Using Firebase, Part 1: Getting Started

Building Applications Using Firebase, Part 1: Getting Started

Blog Barista: Michael O’Keefe | Jan 30, 2019 | Web Development | Brew time: 9 min
In June of last year (2018), myself and a couple of my colleagues—Chris Dahm and Jason Kusnier—had the privilege of leading a day-long workshop as part of Beer City Code’s annual conference. It was a great opportunity to network with other developers from all stages and walks of life…

Antifragility in Software

Antifragility in Software

Blog Barista: Tim Hollosy | Nov 20, 2018 | Development Practices | Brew time: 6 min
What word is the opposite of fragile? When I’ve asked people this, the first thing they often say is robust or resilient. But, robustness is not the opposite of fragility. When something is fragile, stress from the environment makes it weaker…

Migrating a Library from angular-quickstart-lib to Angular CLI

Migrating a Library from angular-quickstart-lib to Angular CLI

Blog Barista: Justin Majeske | Oct 23, 2018 | Web Development | Brew time: 5 min
This post assumes that you have an existing library that you’ve built for Angular 2/4/5 and that your library was created using the angular-quickstart-lib from Filipe Silva. At KL&A, we had several libraries that used the…

An Internet Within Reach

An Internet Within Reach

A Brief Introduction of Accessibility for Web Development
Blog Barista: Tony Whalen | Oct 15, 2018 | Development Practices | Brew time: 5 min
Accessibility is an extremely important component of the development and creation of web content. As defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), web accessibility means that websites, tools, and technologies…

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