Episode 31
Originally published via email on February 1, 2019.
After our successful release of Kirby 3 on January 15, we are now happily back on track with our regular Kosmos schedule 😊.
For all of you who missed it, here are some important Kirby 3 links for you:
- All of Kirby 3's shiny new features at a glance
- All you want to know about Kirby 2 and 3 in a nutshell, also called the FAQ
- With over 850 upvotes we were #1 on Product Hunt
- Upgrading from K2 to K3? The guide.
- Find and upgrade your old licenses
Important: For everyone who is still working on a Kirby 2 project and hasn't got a license yet, you can buy Kirby 2 Pro licenses until March 15, 2019.
More Kirby 3
- Kirby 3.0.1 will be released on Tuesday, February 5th, with many small bug fixes.
- Our users have already translated Kirby 3 into 23 languages, which will be in the next release. A huge thank you to everyone involved.
- Our new Kirby 3 roadmap will keep you informed about our release schedule and plans for the coming months.
- You can add new feature wishes (or upvote your favorite ideas) to our ideas repo.
Kirby in the Wild
Kirby Plugins
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Blanko GmbH ported their Git (GCAPC) plugin to Kirby 3. It commits and pushes changes made via the Panel in the content folder to a remote repo.
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While Kirby comes with its own database class, if you are looking for something more powerful, the Kirby DB plugin adds support for the Illuminate\Database class.
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The Kirby 3 Markdown Editor is a beautiful community built textarea field with visual cues and enhanced markdown features.
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Find all plugins in the Kirby plugins repo. As a plugin dev, don't forget to add your plugin to the list.
Always test third-party plugins thoroughly before using them in production.
Kirby Themes
- I counted 13 themes newly created or updated for Kirby 3 on https://getkirby-themes.com. Check them out and expect more to come soon.
JavaScript
- JavaScript for impatient programmers targets newcomers to JavaScript and intends to get them up and running with a focus on modern features.
Performance
- The article Bandwidth or Latency: When to Optimise for Which shares a DevTools tip to work out which of those two options would benefit performance more.
CSS
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Chris Coyier explores if there are ways to create typical masonry layouts with CSS only.
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Roman Komarov on how he reimplemented his blog with CSS grid.
Design
- The Australian Government Design System provides components, templates, and more to help designers build government products.
Tools
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Palette App is a nicely made color palette tool with a focus on UI Design where you only need a few basic colors.
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The Snippet generator helps you create snippets for Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text or Atom.
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Uptimerobot and HetrixTools notify you when your website or service is down. Both come with a free tier.
This & That
The Web Authentication API promises strong password-less authentication with public key cryptography. The WebAuthn guide has a short intro to get started.