Duncan McDougall

  1. 2020

    1. 🧲 Quick Tip: npm outdated and npm update


      How to check for and update to newer versions of your installed dependencies using npm's built-in commands

    2. 🔍 Add Search to an Eleventy website with Elasticlunr


      How to build an index from an 11ty collection and add client-side search with elasticlunr.

    3. 🌍 Create a Sitemap.xml with Eleventy


      Add an XML sitemap to your 11ty website with a few lines of nunjucks.

    4. 🧱 My Eleventy + SCSS/SASS Setup


      My simple configuration when working with SCSS/SASS in an Eleventy (11ty) build.

    5. 🤸‍♀️ The prefers-reduced-motion media query


      This CSS feature is used to detect if the user has requested the system minimize the amount of animation or motion it uses.

    6. 🎤 Podcasts I'm listening to


      Answering the number 1 question in the world right now. "What podcasts are you listening to?"

    7. ⚡ Run Umbraco from VS Code


      Probably the quickest, leanest way to get to work on a fresh Umbraco site is with VSCode and IIS Express.

    8. 🧰 My Web Development Setup


      A run through of my current software, hardware and editor setup for day to day web development.

  2. 2019

    1. 🔖 Better filenames for React Suspense/Lazy chunks


      Using webpackChunkName to replace the numbered filenames with something more meaninful

    2. ⌨ Add Git-Bash to the new Windows Terminal


      How to add a Git-Bash tab to the new Windows Terminal (Preview) shell and set it as the default.

    3. 🌙 Dark Mode CSS with the prefers-color-scheme media query


      prefers-color-scheme is a new-ish CSS media query that lets developers define styles tailored to a visitor's color scheme system setting.

    4. 🎥 Favourite films of 2010's


      One of those pointless list posts. This one is about my favourite films.

    5. 📦 Useful NPM global packages


      Handy npm packages to worth installing globally.

  3. 2015

    1. 🐛 Debugging LESS with dotLESS


      How to trace back compiled CSS to less files when using dotLESS.

  4. 2013

    1. 🚄 Website Speed and Analytic Metrics


      A brief look at how website performance influences the stats found in Google Analytics.

    2. 🔓 Umbraco Instant Log Out Issue


      A fix for Umbraco login automatic log out issue. Spoiler - it's a HTTPS cookie thing.

  5. 2012

    1. 🔲 jQuery Responsive Lightbox plugin


      A lightweight, responsive lightbox jquery plugin.

    2. 📆 iOS Date Parsing Issue


      Fixing a YYYY-MM date parsing issue which appears in the iOS 5 WebView.

    3. 📱 Disable Bouncing Scroll Effect in PhoneGap [iOS]


      By default Cordova/PhoneGap apps have a sort of elasticy pull down effect. This can be disabled from cordova.plist.

  6. 2011

    1. 🖇 Many To Many Mapping in Fluent NHibernate


      Code snippet for mapping two classes in Fluent NHibernate using a many to many relation.

    2. 🏷 How to Remove ETags in IIS6


      Performance tools such as YSlow & WebPageTest recommend you disable ETags. This is how to do it in IIS6.

    3. 📰 Slow Site, Frustrated Visitors, Negative Press


      A huge chunk of visitors who suffer performance issues will go on to share this with others. Just check twitter.

  7. 2010

    1. 🖨 Delay Loading The Print Stylesheet


      Improve percieved page load time by delaying the downloading of the print stylesheet using JavaScript.

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