In this week’s installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots takes into the land of Bootstrap dropdown menus. He explains the differences between dropdown and selects in HTML, and how there’s two different kinds of dropdowns – menus and navigation. The descriptions of how to make the Bootstrap dropdowns takes a while, but when he […]
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Chit Chat Across the Pond is a weekly interview show on the topic of technology, or sometimes just with someone really interesting.
CCATP #572 – Dave Ginsburg Top 20 iOS 12 Tips
Dave Ginsburg, host of the In Touch with iOS podcast at intouchwithios.com joins us to teach us his top favorite iOS 12 tips. He shows us how to implement each tip and what problem it solves. Dave is a master at iOS (and a great guy) and I learned a lot, so I think you […]
Continue readingCCATP #571 – Joe Dugandzic Walks Through His Tiny Smart Home
This is a rather unusual Chit Chat Across the Pond where I interview Joe Dugandzic as he walks us around his tiny, smart home. Joe’s home is 395 square feet and he produces his Smarter Home Life Youtube series all in that space. The interview is a combination of learning about how to create lighting […]
Continue readingCCATP #570 – Bart Busschots on PBS 66 of X – Bootstrap Form Validation
HTML 5 gives us form validation for free, but it’s not very nuanced. In this installment of Programming By Stealth, Bart will show us how to use Bootstrap to make our form validation a little less shouty and more useful for the viewer. He shows us how to take a little control, how to take […]
Continue readingCCATP #569 – Darren Beyer on Being a NASA Shuttle Engineer and Sci-Fi Author
I get a lot of PR emails trying to get me to interview people. I’ve never responded to one until just now. I was asked if I wanted to interview a former NASA Space Shuttle Engineer turned science fiction author. How could I possibly refuse? Darren’s stories were fascinating as he described being one of […]
Continue readingCCATP #568 – Bart Busschots on PBS 65 of X — Bootstrap Input Groups
Chit Chat Across the Pond this week was Programming By Stealth installment 65 of X. This time Bart takes us through Bootstrap Input Groups. These are really cool. Think about a form that has information you have to fill in, but you’re never sure what they’re asking for. If they ask for money, what currency […]
Continue readingCCATP #567 – Nuris Coronado and Dan Eckmeier on iPhone XS from a Blind Perspective
We’re joined by Nuris Coronado and Dan Eckmeier this week as they talk about their experiences as blind users upgrading from iPhone 7 to iPhone XS. How is the transition from a home button to Face ID if you can’t see? What about the form factor for women vs. men? I learned a few things […]
Continue readingCCATP #566 – Bart Busschots on PBS 64 – Bootstrap Form Layouts
In this Programming By Stealth episode of Chit Chat Across the Pond, Bart Busschots teaches us about three more types of Bootstrap Form Layouts. It’s not too tough of a lesson and we had a lot of fun working through the lesson. You can find Bart’s full written tutorial at pbs.bartificer.net/… If you appreciate the […]
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CCATP #565 – Matthias Keller on Mastodon
I met Matthias Keller on Patrick Beja’s Phileas Club when we were both guests on episode 114 entitled “The Social Media Sickness”. Matthias mentioned how he’s on Mastodon, which is a new-ish social network. I’ve tried to figure Mastodon out, and hadn’t cracked the code, so I asked Matthias if he could come on Chit […]
Continue readingCCATP #564 – Bart Busschots on PBS 63 of X — Bootstrap Buttons
This week in Programming By Stealth, Bart Busschots and I spend a fair amount of time going over the homework challenge from PBS 62. The nuances combined with some refresher on how the pieces fit together was something I really needed so hopefully I wasn’t alone. The new part of the episode is dedicated to […]
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