Our regular Web Insights are back!
This is where we summarize last week’s (or last month’s) useful resources for web developers.
Joseph Dickson
https://joseph-dickson.com/
We found some interesting WordPress tutorials such as extending the block editor or creating block patterns.
Gradientify SVG Icons
https://www.iconshock.com/svg-icons/
An interactive free SVG icons pack specially made for gradient lovers! And we definitely love them. Here they are, recently used in one of our projects –
.htaccess Redirect Generator
https://www.danielmorell.com/tools/htaccess/redirect-generator
A very useful tool, if you’re into manually generating .htaccess redirects. For SEO-friendly redirects, HSTS, www and non-www.
Fetch API Tutorial for Beginners: How to Use Fetch API
https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/fetch-api-tutorial-for-beginners/
If you’re looking for a gentle introduction to using the Fetch API, a modern replacement for XMLHttpRequest-based Ajax-driven pages, this is the place to start!
CSS/JS/JPG/PNG Compressors
A list of useful (and heavily tested) compressors and optimizers for CSS code, JS code, JPG and PNG images.
- https://closure-compiler.appspot.com/home – A good JavaScript compressor (ES5 only)
- https://www.minifier.org/ – Another good JavaScript or CSS compressor
- https://refresh-sf.com/ – Another good JavaScript or CSS compressor
- https://csscompressor.net/– Another good CSS compressor
- https://tinypng.com/ – A really good PNG optimizer
- https://tinyjpg.com/ – A really good JPG optimizer
- https://kraken.io/ – A good JPG/PNG optimizer for bulk images
- https://www.jpeg.io/ – A good optimizer for anything-to-JPG conversion
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