(Don’t) Add BASIC Support to Eleventy / / No Comments So yesterday I wrote up the process of adding the Squirrelly template language to Eleventy. It was, essentially, five minutes of work due to how well Eleventy supports adding custom languages. After writing it up, publishing it, and running some errands, a really bad and silly idea came to me… what if I added BASIC support to Eleventy? Way back in the Stone Age, my first computer language was Applesoft BASIC on an Apple 2e (or +, not sure). Just look at this rad machine and imagine it paired with a monochrome green monitor: By Bilby – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11119727 I wrote a lot of programs on that machine, most typed by hand from the... more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: BASIC, don't, Eleventy, Support
You Don’t Know Africa / / No Comments Let’s face it your geographical knowledge of African countries is woefully inadequate. If you had to identify the location of Burkina Faso on a map you would probably end up pointing to the Philippines. Well it’s time to change that. Today you are going to improve your knowledge of Africa and have fun while doing so. You Don’t Know Africa is a collection of three online map games which will Maps Mania… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Africa, don't, know
5 Reasons You Don’t Always Need a JavaScript Framework – The New Stack – thenewstack.io / / No Comments 5 Reasons You Don’t Always Need a JavaScript Framework – The New Stack thenewstack.io “JavaScript” – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: always, don't, framework, JavaScript, Need, Reasons, Stack, thenewstack.io
Helpful new transit mapping app you don’t want to be without – Komando / / No Comments Komando Helpful new transit mapping app you don't want to be withoutKomandoGetting from Point A to Point B isn't always as easy as following the GPS directions from your phone on Google Maps. In fact, following the directions on your phone could make things more complicated, or worse, get you lost. Especially if you're … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: don't, Helpful, Komando, Mapping, Transit, want, without