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The Radar: August 17, 2016

August 17th, 2016 - by Michelle Mann - Salt Lake City, Utah

Keeping up with design and technology is a lot of work. Luckily, we enjoy wading through the noise just to find the gems of awesomeness sprinkled throughout. The Radar is our gift to you, Current or Potential Client, so that you can enjoy all of the awesome without any of the drudgery. Unwrap it each week, and know that you’re loved by the geeks and pixel-pushers at Objective.

Practical SVG

Great article on how to work with SVG sizing.

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Monitor your site with Google Docs

A lot of website monitoring tools use the freemium model. Use Google Sheets to create your own website monitoring tool for free.

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RSpec Expectations Cheat Sheet

A comprehensive cheat sheet for RSpec expectations.

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Picking SQL or NoSQL

An opinion piece on how to choose the database(s) for your application. This piece focuses on using “the right tool for the job”, even if that means using multiple types of databases for one application.

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10 Tools from Design to Development

Some tools to help your work flow from design to development.

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