Git is command-line-driven software, but that doesn’t mean you have to use the command line to make it work. There are lots of options! Some of the deepest programmer nerds I know prefer to use GUIs for Git (Graphic…
In the grand tradition of every single poll question I’ve ever posted, the poll below has a has a fundamental flaw. In this case, there is no option between “In the last month” and “Never” but, alas, the results are …
Ethan Marcotte documented his workflow for storing GIFs in a web directory. Sometimes just SFTPing files into a folder is as fancy a workflow as you need, and in fact, modern workflows don’t have anything on it!
I’ve also used …
Let's set the scene. Say you are a web freelancer and are almost finished with a client's new website. Over the years, you have learned the hard way not to edit the files directly over FTP. It's too easy to make breaking changes with no record of what changed and who did what. Nowadays you are using Git to manage the version of the files. Let's cover that, and also the last mile: deploying only the files known to be changed to the server.
In this screencast I move my own personal website from my old live FTP editing ways to a proper version controlled system including deployment. I haven’t had much experience with this, so forgive me if it’s a bit rough.
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