Developer Space

Developer Space

Modshopr understands that today’s shopping world is based on technology. Technology can be complex and confusing. Fortunately, learning about shopping technology is easier than ever before.

This corner of the Internet is the place where you can learn about the technologies that are driving new shopping experiences. Take a look around. Hopefully, you’ll find something interesting. If you think we’ve missed something, or if you just want to start a conversation, please give us feedback.

Getting Started

    • Front End: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, JQuery, Zurb Foundation, Web Design

CSS-Tricks
Normal Document Flow
Dribble
Bootstrap
Foundation  Front-End Framework
Google – Web Fundamentals
The Site Wizard

    • Back End: Apache & WordPress

Apache
WordPress
WordPress – How to make a theme
WordPress – How to make a plugin
WordPress – HTML & CSS References
Building Web Apps with WordPress

    • Learn To Code

Code Academy
EvantorTuts+
freeCodeCamp
JQuery.org: Learning Center
Khan Academy: Computing & Coding
Mozilla Developer Network: Javascript Basics
Smashing Magazine
W3 Schools
Head First PHP & MySQL
W3 Schools PHP Tutorial
PHP Manual
The Language of SQL

    • Mobile: iOS, Android, PhoneGap

Also see Advanced Mobile – Responsive Web Design
The Bootstrappers Guide to the Mobile Web by Deltina Hay

Advanced

User Experience (UX)

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web– (The Polar Bear Book)
About Face 3 (Book)
Adaptive Path
A Software Design Manifesto – Mitchell Kapor
Bill BuxtonSketching User Experiences (Book)
Boxes and Arrows 
Contextual Design (Book)
David Armano
David Lee King
Designers:Watch
Designing The Digital Experience
Don’t Make Me Think
Don’t Make Me Think (Book)
Experience Solutions
Gestalt Principles
Homepage Usability (Google Books)
IXDA (Interaction Design Association)
Jesse James Garrett
Louis Rosenfeld
Nielsen Norman Group (Jakob Nielsen and Don Norman)
Observing The User Experience (Book)
Peter Morville
Prioritizing Web Usability
Real Life UX Design Process
Rocket Surgery Made Easy (Book)
Steve Krug
SXSW Interactive
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum (Book) Summary (Book)
UX Apprentice
UX Magazine
User Experience Professionals Association
Undercover User Experience Design (Book)
Web Content Accessibility Initiative
Work Play Experience

Steve Krug Recommendations

Handbook of Usability Testing
A Practical Guide to Usability Testing
Usability Testing Essentials: Ready, Set, Test!
Moderating Usability Tests
Measuring the User Experience
Paper Prototyping
Recruiting Without Fear
Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions
233 Tips and Tricks for Recruiting Users as Participants in Usability Studies
Letting Go of the Words: Writing Web Content that Works
Forms that Work: Designing Web Forms for Usability

Visual Design

Edward Tufte
Elements of Cartography by A.H.Robinson
QGIS

Website Design Inspiration

Awwwards
Best Website Gallery
FWA
Site Inspire
Think With Google
UX Awards
Webby Awards

Customer Journey Map

Customer Journey Map Example (Adaptive Path)
CX Journey Blog
How To Create a Customer Journey Map (UsabilityGeek)
How To Do A Journey Map (video)
Value of Customer Journey Maps (UXmatters)

Cross Channel Design

Cross-Channel Usability: Creating a Consistent User Experience (Norman Nielsen Group)

    • Mobile

Responsive Web Design by Ethan Marcotte on A List Apart
Responsive Web Design (Wikipedia)
Responsive Web Design – Best Practices
PhoneGap

    • Databases

Practical Relational Databases and SQL – Stanford Online MOOC
MySQL Documentation

    • Platforms

How To – Setup Wordpress Development Environment

    • Coding Guides

Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS
WordPress Coding Standards
Website Style Guide Resources
URL Structure Design

    • Performance & Scaling
    • Security

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
WordPress Security
Hardening WordPress (Security Guidelines)
Let’s Encrypt – Free SSL Certificates

  • Web Operations
  • Artificial Intelligence
    • Artificial Reality

PARC Forum: “The Fourth Transformation: How AR & AI Change Everything”
ARKit: Augmented Reality for iOS
ARCore: Augmented Reality for Google
AR Studio: Facebook for Developers
Camera Effects Platform: Facebook for Developers

Advanced Web Development

Font Awesome GitHub Project
How Browsers Work: Behind the scenes of modern web browsers
SASS – CSS with Superpowers

Development Platforms

Amazon Web Services 
Apple
Etsy – Code As Craft
Facebook
Google            Google Code              Google Tools        Google Social Data Hub
Microsoft
Mozilla Developer Network
Mozilla Developer Network – Web Docs
Skype
Twitter
WordPress      Plugins         Themes       Hooks Database       Function Reference

Development Tools

Browser Debugger
Browserify Handbook
Chrome DevTools
General Developer Links (Free)
Frontend Tooling
GitHub
Install XAMPP and WordPress on a Windows development PC.
Install MAMP and WordPress on a MAC/OS X development laptop.
Varying Vagrant Vagrants (VVV) Documentation
Visual Studio Code
Webpack – How To
Xdebug Documentation (PHP Debugger)
NetBeans Documentation (Integrated Development Environment – IDE)
Selenium Documentation (Automated Test Tool)

Computing Infrastructure & Advanced Concepts

Apache Hadoop
The Datacenter as a Computer
Want to Write a Compiler?

Open Source & Design

Designing in the Open
Opensource.com
Opensource.orgThe Guardian Font End
UK.gov Front End
BBC Designer Tools
The Programmable Web

Open Data

Open Data

Process

Agile Development Process

Marketing Technology

Consumer Technology

Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

Retail Technology

3dCart
Adobe – Web Experience Management
Amazon WebStore
Best Wordpress Retail Themes
BigCommerce
CoreCommerce
IBM Retail
Magento     Which Magento Version is Right For You
Nexternal
Oracle Retail
SAP Retail      SAP For Retail
Shopify
Square
RetailNext
Retail Touchpoints
Volusion
WordPress Ecommerce (From WordCamp Dev TO 2012)
ZenCart
ZMags
Zebra Technologies

Stay Informed: General Tech News & Blogs

Re/Code
Wired