Development

Introduction to Redux

Redux is a state container that we are using in some of our React projects at work. As part of my continuous learning I did some basic investigation into what Redux is and how it plays with React.

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Installing BIMP on Ubuntu

BIMP is an epically useful 'Batch Image Manipulation' plugin for GIMP. I was struggling to install it on my new machine running Ubuntu 16.04. So in case anyone else is running into these issues please follow these instructions.

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Sticky Nav with Javascript

Today we are creating a nav bar that is placed statically below a header image. Then as the user scrolls down and the navbar hits the top of the screen it should transition to a fixed location at the top of the browser.

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Follow Along Link Highlighter

This is the first step in a multi-part project that we will be completing. The aim of today is to create a white background 'pill' that will follow the cursor around the page to highlight the current (or latest) link that the cursor rolled over.

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