Possibly nice for all (not only new) GIT users

I Just found this really old entry in my drafts folder and decided to release it (the links had partly to be replaced with archived versions):

1,5 months ago I started working with GIT, whilst I've been using SVN before. These days I found this really nice tutorial on GIT (I've given the official "pro git" manual a try, but didn't become happy enough):
GIT in a nutshell by Jonas Jusélius. These 20 pages (properly typeset in LaTeX - for those who know what it means) are a really nice hands-on tutorial for everyone who has to quickly dive into the daily GIT usage at work.
Then if things go wrong, this very neat poster might become handy: GIT pretty by Justin Hileman. Print it out and hang it onto the wall next to your working place.

Reanimating my blog

I've just finished reading the eBook The Software Craftsman: Professionalism, Pragmatism, Pride (Robert C. Martin Series) from Sandro Mancuso (and just noticed that this book dates back to Dec 2014) which I really enjoyed a lot - if only for reaffirming my mindset.
Anyways some of the outcomes of reading this book are:

• I reactivated my Twitter account - this time following only some few people that I think are most relevant for my job as an FE developer:
  Jake Archibald (@jaffathecake), Bruce Lawson (@brucel)‏, Wes Bos (@wesbos)‏, Remy Sharp (@rem)‏, Kyle Simpson (@getify)‏, Rob Dodson (@rob_dodson)‏, Axel Rauschmayer (@rauschma)‏, Sacha Greif (@SachaGreif)‏, David Walsh (@davidwalshblog)‏, John Resig (@jeresig)‏, Chris Heilmann (@codepo8)‏, Paul Irish (@paul_irish)‏, Addy Osmani (@addyosmani) ‏and last but not least Dan Abramov (@dan_abramov)‏.
  It turns out that almost every hour I receive interesting Tweets through this selection, but this is already way too much, so possibly I'll unfollow some of them soon.
• I reanimated my old blog "Morgens um 7 ist die Welt noch in Ordnung" (the title of the German adaptation of Eric Malpass's book "Mornings at seven".) mainly as a form of personal developer diary - so sorry if this blog isn't of any interest to you.
• I decided that besides finally learning React & Redux, I have to become better at TDD (esp. learning how to only write the right/relevant tests) and should learn about Domain Driven Design - any recommendations for good reads on TDD and DDD welcome!

SassConf 2013 on vimeo

I'm used to watching YouTube videos for developers, but the (first ever) SassConf 2013 has now published their videos (16 videos) on vimeo and the quality is really good - plus: You can download all videos in different qualities, something I've always been missing on YouTube:
SassConf 2013 on vimeo

Deal of the day!

When robots rule the world:

Schönes Weihnachtsgeschenk für die liebe Mutti

Generationsübergreifendes Weihnachtsgeschenk:

HTML newsletters - invaluable advanced tutorial

For all those of you that hae struggled for finding the right way to create today's perfect HTML newsletter, here comes the last bit of information I found hard to find: Background images and Outlook!

Read on at campaignmonitor...

My Review of Head First jQuery

Originally submitted at O'Reilly

Head First jQuery

Head First jQuery

Great, but...

By RBloeth from Berlin, germany on 11/27/2011

 

4out of 5

Pros: Well-written, Easy to understand

Cons: Too many errors

Best Uses: Novice, Student, Intermediate

Describe Yourself: Developer

As all Head First books I know so far, also this one is simply great. But: At least the PDF edition I bought 3 days ago contains so many errors that it should undergo serious proof reading again.
The errors are technical, so if you're a beginner and start to learn jQuery with this book, it might cause damage to your understanding.
Dear folks at O'Reilly: Please withdraw the first edition and do your homework. You could then also update the contents to use jQuery 1.7 (e.g. using on() and off() instead off bind() and unbind().
Nevertheless I love this series!

I will definitely recommend this book to my friends as soon as the errors are corrected!

(legalese)