Category: Technology

Adding a custom attribute to an existing sencha touch component (and why it might cause error after production build)

Lately we’ve been using Sencha Touch for an interesting project. We found a problem which something was working correctly while on develop mode but stopped working after the app was built for production. Turned out the problem was becuase we added a custom attribute to an existing sencha component which we wanted to use. Ext.define(‘SomeView’,… Continue reading Adding a custom attribute to an existing sencha touch component (and why it might cause error after production build)

Easing your developmetn life with Sublime Text 2

On 21st March 2013) we made a workshop about Sublime Text 2 in Sofia’s hackerspace – init Lab. There we discussed the cheats 😉 we discussed how to go from blank installation to one customized for our needs. We went through customizing the Sublime’s settings, Installing the package control, The “Go To Anything” for files,… Continue reading Easing your developmetn life with Sublime Text 2

Update to WooCommerce 2.0 and missing information for the product (in the front-end)

WooThemes released the new WooCommerce 2.0 recently and updating seems really charming with the new interface and other listed features. However sometimes updating won’t be the best thing you can do if your theme is made for 1.6. In non-technical words – if after the update some of the information is missing or is wrong… Continue reading Update to WooCommerce 2.0 and missing information for the product (in the front-end)

The Break-Fix Approach for Responsive Website Design

Responsive Web Design is quite hot topic over the last few years. This post will give you a basic overview of the totally made-up break-fix approach. The concepts of the approach are simple – having a non-responsive website you iteratively shrink the browser width, monitor when the site breaks (a horizontal scroll appears) and “fix” the… Continue reading The Break-Fix Approach for Responsive Website Design

JS Date object and iOS Safari

Safari on iOS is probably one of the best mobile browsers. Still there is one thing that I often got wrong and wonder why my webapp doesn’t work. Javascript Date Object in iOS Safari In every normal browser you could just create a Date object from string as var myDate = new Date(‘2013-01-21T13:46:20’); But on… Continue reading JS Date object and iOS Safari

Apple web-app geolocation on iOS6 is broken

I’ve found a really interesting issue with the iOS6 webapp applications – you just cannot use the getCurrentPosition() function if the app is bookmarked on your homescreen. This function hangs and neither calls the success nor the error callback function. Seems it’s only the case if your app is in fullscreen mode (bookmarked on your… Continue reading Apple web-app geolocation on iOS6 is broken