Error Handling in gulp

Error Handling in gulp

Consider three reference points on the spectrum of errors that might occur in a build system: The build system broke (we’ll call this “fatal”): the makefile has a bug, a file resource disappeared, a gremlin burrowed through the ram A critical build...
gulp Minus Plugin

gulp Minus Plugin

I covered the potential simplicity of gulp plugins in my previous post (refresher: gulp, the hot new JavaScript build system, enables writing an asynchronous, streaming plugin in just a couple dozen lines).  On the other hand, gulp’s philosophy leads to a pretty...
A Simple gulp Plugin

A Simple gulp Plugin

gulp is the new black. It’s quickly supplanting Grunt for JavaScript builds because it’s faster and simpler. When we replaced our Gruntfile with a gulpfile on one of our projects, our build script sped up by an order of magnitude and became much more...
Custom Google Info Windows: Updated, Live

Custom Google Info Windows: Updated, Live

April 30, 2014 at 3:22 am Remy says: Do you have a webpage with the full code (html, js, css) to test how it works? Tia My dear… Remy? Tia? Both? Whoever you are, your wish is granted: CGWin Demo Not content to merely offer a live example of our Custom Google...
Hidden Options: A Workaround

Hidden Options: A Workaround

Here’s the situation: You’ve got a select. Maybe a whole bunch of selects, with a ton of options each (metric ton – let’s keep our imaginary hyperbolic units straight here); and these are meant to be complex interactive elements, with options...