The Internet world opened 2017 with a storm, with technologies created in previous years playing a major role in building websites and web-based applications. We reviewed three of the hottest technologies on the market for you.
Bootstrap.CSS – A styling file that makes life easy
About two years ago, the dramatic announcement was made that shook the Internet world and the field of UI design in particular, HTML5 and – CSS3 has arrived.
The capabilities of the new programming languages can be seen in their entirety in the Bootstrap.css library. The library contains thousands of lines of code arranged by"A convenient and simple to understand work logic that makes life easier for programmers.
Until the appearance of Bootstrap, programmers used to write the styling file (CSS) of the website from Scratch, and spent precious time that could last from hours to days on converting the design of the website from PSD to – CSS.
The advantage of working with a pre-built library instead of writing the entire file from scratch is obvious and therefore more and more programmers adopt the library and adapt their writing to the code shown in the file.
For example: suppose you want to build a grid of 3 squares that appear next to each other. Well, in case you don't have a CSS file ready, you are required to write styling that can add up to dozens of lines, don't worry – Bootstrap contains all the CSS you need, all you need is to insert the class value of the element col-sm-4 and it will display the squares side by side.
Angular.JS – A JavaScript library that optimizes your code
Before we start telling you about this wonderful library, we should note that Angular has already released a new version called Angular 2 that contains different work logic and syntax from its previous version (we will focus on the first version for the purposes of the demonstration).
Even before I started learning about the Angular library, I heard a lot about it from my colleagues in the profession and especially from our Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Dor, who alerted me that he was interested in using the library in any future project. The enthusiasm shown by Dor and the surrounding buzz pushed me to delve into the technology and come back with new insights into the world of the WEB.
The Angular library was a JS file containing functions to build manipulations of the JavaScript programming language with a shorter and more efficient syntax. The advantages of the library are spread across Application development and Single Page sites that require maximum efficiency and user interface design.
The technology is supported, developed and financed by Google and backed by dozens of leading companies in the economy.
The best examples of the use of Angular can be found in information systems that require the rendering of elements on the page in a fast and smooth way, here the unique technology of Angular is integrated, which enables the loading of information in AJAX in real time into the HTML area.
Git – Work methodology for organizations and companies
We arrived at – Git – And here is exactly the time to stop and commit. Well, those who are not familiar with the working methodology of Git will have a hard time understanding what we are talking about, we are here to make some order in the mess.
In order to understand what Git is, one must start by understanding the need of large organizations for a version management system and an orderly work methodology. When several people are working on a project (website or application), they are required to perform actions at the same time as their project colleagues (an action that usually results in duplication of files that are not updated and not synchronized), and this is where Git comes to make order.
Git allows the project manager or project workers to see the connections, changes and history in the various files and to perform a proper consolidation of the files in order to produce new and updated code without errors.
Programmers who work with Git on an external server often communicate through the console by writing Pull and Push commands to update the files on the computer and performing a Commit accompanied by a description of the change they made.
There are various services that offer storage supported by Git, the most popular is Github which is also used as a platform for open source projects.
An example of a project managed in the Source Tree software for working with Git:
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So after reviewing three of the hottest technologies in the world of programming, we are preparing for the next article in which we will talk about React (competing for the hearts of developers against Angular) and – Node.JS (the world of JS comes to the server side). On that note, 2017 looks more promising than ever.