HTML All The Things - Web Development, Web Design, Small Business
The adventures of Matt Lawrence and Mike Karan through the world of web development, web design, and small business management. As web development agency owners for the better part of a decade, they’ve worked with all sorts of technologies, through the rise of responsive web design, the revolution of serverless computing, and the popularity gain of many no-code tools for small business owners. They commonly discuss foundational web development technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript - including popular frameworks and tools such as Tailwind CSS, Svelte, WordPress, Vue, and more.
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Episodes
Wednesday Aug 08, 2018
Wednesday Aug 08, 2018
In this episode we explore our failures and shortcomings on a variety of our projects ranging from a stock photo resource to a fully-fledged Chrome App game.
Show Layout
Segment 1 - Starting Up
Originally going to be an IT company
Opportunity caused us to pivot before the opportunity fell through
Decided to continue working in the web development and design field
Segment 2 - Lists by Design
Product Page: Link
First Chrome extension
Was mean't to be a bookmarks replacer
Added a lot of functionality that bookmarks don't have
Segment 3 - Clicks to Riches
Product Page: Link
Clicker/Idle game in the form of a Chrome App
Was supposed to be a smaller version of a larger project
Designed to generate revenue whilst working on the larger project
Segment 4 - Free Photos Hamilton
Website: Link
Free stock photo resouce
Designed to offer free photos, focussing on the local area of Hamilton, Ontario
Segment 5 - Dealing and Mitigating Failure
How to deal with failure and get ready for it before it even happens
Always learn new things even if a project has failed totally
Web News - Windows vs MacOS
The age old argument, who will win?
Social Links
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Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
Wednesday Aug 01, 2018
In this episode we discuss our different workflows individually and collaboratively as a company.
Segment 1 - Infrastructure
Started out using OneDrive
Later started using BitBucket and GitHub
Version control was needed more as projects grew in productivity
Segment 2 - Mike's Workflow
Primary IDE is VS Code
Xcode and Android Studio whenever a project calls for it
Asana and Todoist
Xampp
Daily routine
Segment 3 - Matt's Workflow
Notepad++
CMD
Chrome
Testing browsers
Balsamiq Cloud
Workflow for small business basic site
Workflow for projects
Segment 4 - Working Together/Collaborative Workflow
Working together on OneDrive
Dividing up parts of projects
Code reviews/peer reviews
Project management software
Whiteboard project management
Web News - App Overload
Discussion on how to manage app overload
There are so many solutions to every problem and many of them have apps, this can cause app overload if you work on several projects.
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
Wednesday Jul 25, 2018
In this episode we explore how to get started in web development and web design. We discuss some of the methods we used to get up and running and share some stories on our initial experiences in the field.
Topics covered in this episode include:
Segment 1 - Mike's Beginnings
Original exposure to code & first projects
Segment 2 - Matt's Beginnings
Original exposure to code & first projects
Segment 3 - Libraries & Frameworks
SASS - Official Site
Bootstrap - Official Site
Tailwind CSS - Official Site
jQuery - Official Site
Lightbox - Official Site
NodeJS - Official Site
Vue - Official Site
Flutter - Official Site
Segment 4 - When to Choose a Premade Solution
Website builders
Service providers
Snippets & Plugins
Examples include:
Webflow - Official Site
Podbean - Official Site
Carrd - Official Site
CouchCMS - Official Site
Segment 5 - Web News
Flutter
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Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
Tuesday Jul 17, 2018
In this episode Matt Lawrence and Mike Karan discuss their professional experiences that led them to today. These experiences form a foundation for future podcasts and act as a reference moving forward.
Topics covered in this episode include:
Personal Introductions
Segment 1 - Synopsis of Today
Digital Dynasty Design
Web design and development business
Passive income projects
Segment 2 - Education
College and University educations and experiences
Mohawk College
McMaster University
Segment 3 - Work Experience
IT and administration
Electrical drafting
Co-ops
Segment 4 - HATT
What is HTML All The Things?
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