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webdevelopment

Faster SCSS authoring by moving from LiveReload to BrowserSync!

So I’ve been using LiveReload for a while now in my projects, but recently a colleague showed me another nifty tool: BrowserSync. And I have to say: today my workflow and productivity increased. A lot.read further ...

Ten days of Test Driven Development

  This is a story a of 2 developers who love their job. John is a passionate developer who likes to work punctual and precise. He loves test driven development because it gives him stability and guarantee in his work. He knows that it takes a bit more time and effort to setup, but he read further ...

How to keep the fun in webdevelopment

As a programmer, your work can become a bit… boring sometimes. If you think you’ve lost al fun in your job as a webdeveloper, than read this post on how to turn that frown upside down.read further ...

Unit testing in Magento with PHPUnit

So maybe you’re familiar with unit testing in PHP, maybe not. But when it comes to Magento, there are some thinks to consider when you want to write unit testable code. Now I know, you could use some already existing framework for unit testing in Magento, like EcomDev PHPUnit for example, but if you’re like read further ...

Split content with a horizontal rule

Today I want to share a little technique with you that I use for much of my clients. There are many times when you need the content to be split in two in the frontend. Think about a custom wrapped header, a text in 2 columns, an introduction, etc. In my opinion the client must read further ...

How to process HTML with grunt

Grunt is an indispensable tool when you’re in the business of web development. It takes away so much of the repetitive tasks for you so you can focus on what really matters. The other day I mentioned the use of Grunt in a basic build setup with Jenkins. One of the aspects of this build process read further ...

How to add custom attributes to a category in Magento

Sometimes you have the need to add some custom attributes to a category in Magento. This is actually very simple to implement. In this article I’ll assume that you already know how to build a Magento module. Therefore I will not explain the whole ‘how to create a Magento module’-part, since there are already enough read further ...

Get bundled products containing a specific product in Magento

In addition to my previous post, sometimes you also have clients who want to show product bundles on the product detail page that contain the product in question. Once again, Magento doesn’t provide this functionality out-of-the-box, and the only way to do it without direct SQL queries is by loading all bundled products and iterating read further ...

Magento ‘customers who viewed this also viewed’-query

Ever had the clients’ wish to have a ‘customers who viewed this also viewed’-functionality in your webshop? You might have noticed that this is not a default feature in Magento. And if you (like me) would like to keep your extension count as low as possible, the smallest solution is often preferred. And the smallest read further ...

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