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On this episode, we have Kye Hohenberger from Gremlin and Mitchell Hamilton from Thinkmill on to discuss this crazy little thing called CSS in JS. We talk about what CSS in JavaScript is, and more importantly, why it is.

In this episode, we talk to Travis Gertz from Louder Than Ten about design systems: what they are, and why are they so hard to define and understand? We discuss whether the world is a better place with the gray sameness of passable but monotonous design from WordPress themes compared to the chaotic…

On this episode we have on the CSS legend Eric Meyer to talk about the early days of CSS, and how it almost died, and also onto where CSS is today. We discuss utility-first CSS, CSS in JavaScript, and talk about the Flexbox and the awesomeness that is CSS Grid.

In this episode, we have Brandon Kelly & Leah Stephenson from Pixel & Tonic to talk about the exciting new features in Craft CMS 3.1 and Commerce 2.

In this episode we’re joined by Matt Stein of Working Concept to talk about what the landscape of frontend development looks like in 2019. We lead in with some amusing “from the trenches” development horror stories that embody what it’s like to do modern web development.

In this episode we have on Knut Melvær from Sanity.io to talk about creating structured content in the “headless” CMS that is Sanity.io!

This episode of the devMode.fm podcast is a meeting of the Craft CMS plugin developer cabal. We have on virtual rogue’s gallery of Craft CMS plugin developers: Michael Rog from Top Shelf Craft, Ben Parizek from Sprout Plugins, Ben Croker from PutYourLightsOn, Josh Crawford from Verbb, Nate Iler…

In this episode, we talk to Phil Zaengle from Zaengle Corp about leveraging the PHP framework Laravel to build truly custom web applications. We discuss when a CMS like Craft makes sense, and when it makes sense to utilize Laravel in addition to or instead of a CMS.

In this episode, we have special guests Matt Weinberg from Vector Media Group and Mark Huot from Happy Cog to discuss Vector Media Group’s recent acquisition of storied web agency Happy Cog.

In this episodes we veer off into the weeds on ethics, morality, and how they relate to technology. We talk about some controversial happenings in the tech world regarding the Lerna licensing change, and how that relates to the jobs we do every day.

On this 1st anniversary podcast, the devMode.fm hosts along with Ryan Irelan have a roundtable discussion on a smorgasbord of tasty tech treats. We talk about projects we’re currently working on, and technologies we’re exploring.

On this episode we’re joined by Jason Lengstorf to talk about the amazing Gatsby, a tool to help you build blazingly fast statically generated websites. As a bonus, we’re joined by Mark Huot of CraftQL plugin fame to discuss how Gatsby’s content aggregator model marries with GraphQL in blissful…

The devMode.fm crew recaps the Dot All 2018 Conference in Berlin, Germany… joined by Ben Croker and Oliver Stark from fortrabbit. We discuss and analyze the news announced at the Dot All 2018 conference such as Craft CMS 3.1, Craft Commerce 2, Craft Commerce Lite, the new plugin store and more!

In this episode, we have Ben Croker from PutYourLightsOn to discuss using Craft CMS 3 as an application platform. We delve into defining what we mean by a CMS vs. an application platform, what a CMF is, and how these lines all blur together a bit.

On this episode we have Jason McCallister from Trader Interactive on to discuss Docker! We talk about what Docker containers are, and how we can leverage them to make our local development process better.

On this episode, we’re joined by Paulo Elias from IDEO to discuss JAMstack: Modern web development architecture based on client-side JavaScript, reusable APIs, and prebuilt Markup.

On this episode, we talk with special guest Adam Wathan about the VueJS JavaScript framework. We talk about what VueJS is, and how its Laissez-faire approach lets you pick and choose how much of it makes sense to use in a project.

In this episode we talk with special guest Ben Parizek about how to approach clients running on legacy systems to upgrade to something more modern. We all have clients who are running on old versions of a CMS or other system of some kind or another.

We have special guest Jeremy Keith from ClearLeft to discuss Service Workers: what they are, how users can benefit from them, and how we implement them. Jeremy authored the book “Going Offline” which goes into glorious detail on the subject, so he’s well positioned to discuss the topic.

In this episode, we have on special guest Jonathan Longnecker who works as a freelance web developer, but travels the world full-time in an Airstream RV with his wife and four children. All the while, he also documents his journeys and adventures on the TinyShinyHome.com website.

In this episode, we all square up at high noon, discussing our favorite local development environments in a shootout to determine the best of the best. We talk about why we use a local dev environment at all, and what we’re trying to accomplish by using one.

In this episode of devMode.fm we discuss support and maintenance retainers that you might establish with your clients. We delve into exactly what a support retainer is, and when it makes sense for both you and the client.

In this episode we have Andrew Fairlie from Mutual to discuss the new European Union General Data Protection Regulation aka the GDPR. We discuss what the GDPR means specifically to web designers and developers both in terms of the work we do, and the work proposals we draft.

In this episode we have Brandon Kelly, the founder of Pixel & Tonic on to discuss their recently released Craft CMS 3. Living up to it’s version number, Craft CMS was 3 years in the works, and is a major new iteration of the popular CMS platform.

In this episode we dive into using Git as a version control system with Mijingo’s Ryan Irelan. Whether you do frontend dev, backend dev, or any kind of dev, odds are very good that you’re using Git as a version control system. We talk about the history of Git, and delve into some of the bigger…

In this episode, we have special guest Mark Huot to talk about GraphQL and his CraftQL plugin for Craft CMS 3. We talk about the history of GraphQL, and what problems it is designed to solve. We compare and contrast it with REST APIs, and talk about how GraphQL fits in with the JAMstack way of…

In this episode we have a roundtable discussion on deploying your website. You’ve created an awesome website, now how to do you it deployed to a public web server so the rest of the world can see it? And more importantly, how can you do this without tears?

This episodes features accessibility guest Laura Shields from Nerdery.com in a lively discussion about web accessibility: what it means, how to do it… and most importantly, how to sell it to our clients. We can’t make the web a better place unless we can make a convincing case to our clients that…

In this episode, we talk to Eli Perelman and Tim Kelty from the Neutrino JS project about how Neutrino can make getting up and running using webpack a whole lot easier. Neutrino provides starter projects and middleware configs you can just grab off of the shelf and start using. Perhaps more…

In this episode, we discuss Google Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), from the promise of fast loading pages to what you cede to Google when you use it. We cover not just the origins of Google AMP, and how to implement it, but also whether AMP is a good idea from both a practical and philosophical…

In this episode of devMode.fm, we talk to web veteran & founder of the Web Directions conference, John Allsopp. We talk about the origins of the web, including many technologies you may never have heard of. John drops some fantastic tidbits from the perspective that only someone who has seen it all…

In this episode, we talk all about web hosting! Once you’ve built a fantastic new website for your client, you have to find somewhere to host it so the world can see it.

We have Tailwind CSS author Adam Wathan on to discuss utility-first CSS, and why it’s a viable alternative to using semantic classes or BEM naming conventions. If you’ve heard of utility-first CSS but think it’s a misguided idea, or have only a vague idea of what utility CSS or atomic CSS is, this…

In the inaugural episode of the devMode.fm podcast, we talk all about Craft CMS 3 RC1. When it is time to start using it for client projects? As developers, what do we love about Craft CMS 3? How do we pitch Craft 3 to clients to get them to love it too? Has the tooling for Craft 3 gotten too…