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André Simões

André Simões
Web Developer

March 1, 2017

How to Make a Chrome Extension in 5 Minutes

Wednesday, March 01, 2017 Teklinks

What Is a Chrome Extension? Before making a Chrome Extension, we must have a basic idea of what an extension actually is. It is a plugin, or add-on, made to enhance the features of your browser.

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Making our Flexbox Grid Responsive

Wednesday, March 01, 2017 Teklinks

If you have been following along with this Flexbox grid series you know that in the previous article we created a simple flexbox grid that had columns and offsets, but it wasn't responsive yet and we can't have that right? Let's start making this grid responsible so that you can use it in any project you may have.

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YouTube TV is official, includes 40+ networks for $35/month

Wednesday, March 01, 2017 Teklinks

YouTube or Google offering traditional TV networks has been rumored for ages, and now it is finally official. Today Google unveiled 'YouTube TV,' a new subscription service offering dozens of TV networks, cloud DVR, and YouTube Red originals for just $35 a month.

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February 28, 2017

Code review checklist

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Teklinks

Writing code is hard, reviewing it, is equally hard. In my team every ticket is scanned by a second pair of eyes. Why? Half-assed work can make a company look bad, loose money, loose clients, generate stress and extra work, thus a good code review is a must before going live.

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9 Best WordPress Plugins for Use in 2017

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Teklinks

WordPress has many pluses, but it’s not necessarily the most glamorous platform to work with. Still customize it with themes and plugins to fit a designer’s needs has made it the most popular CMS. Plugins are great to have access to when you need to embed certain functions into your websites.

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Control Raspberry Pi Remotely From Any PC or Phone With VNC

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Teklinks

SSH is a popular means of doing this, but without additional software and configuration, this is limited to command line access. VNC is a strong alternative for remote desktop access, and now comes built into the main Raspberry Pi operating system, Raspbian Jessie with the PIXEL desktop.

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Progressive Web App Libraries in Production

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Teklinks

Two years ago, our team at Google started work on JavaScript libraries to reduce the friction for building Progressive Web Apps. In 2017, if you aren’t taking advantage of Service Workers, you’re leaving performance wins for returning users on the table.

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