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How to solve Github Amnesia
If you work with any technology long enough you get to see some quirks. In the recent couple of months I’ve started seeing something that I can only term Github Amnesia.
How to compare strings in twig
Twig supports several operators that are similar to the ones in PHP. But often there are simplified versions like
Using Filters in Tina4 ORM
A normal ORM call in Tina4PHP includes a where function which is similar to what you may see in Laravel. However, the syntax more closely matches SQL. But once you have a lot of where conditions this becomes quite a long unwieldy line.
Importance of Offline Documentation
So I know we can Google documentation for just about anything. But I often find I use way more clicks than I need to find the exact version of documentation I’m looking for.
How much JS is enough?
There’s been a growing trend towards Front-end JS frameworks in the past years. I think these frameworks have their uses. But I don’t think Frameworks like React, Vue and Angular always make sense for every project. For me it all comes down to simplicity and getting work out the door close to budget.
Tina4 we meet again
A number of years have passed since I first saw the Tina4 stack. Tina4 officially strives not to be a framework. So rather call a collection of best practices for PHP but soon other languages as well.
Email Template design
Email template design has always been a particularly tricky spot when it comes to mail client support.
SEO in a mobile first world
It’s official! Mobile Performance affects rankings. Since Jan 2020 Google now considers the mobile view of your page as a large factor to your SEO score.
Delving into TypeScript - first impressions
I discovered recently that Ionic have made VueJs quite a priority on their development line-up. And since I’ve got a new project lined up I decided to dig in and see what they’ve got.
Booting up my personal Blog
I’ve been keeping notes of projects for some time. And have meant to publish this for the benefits of others to learn from some of the experiences I’ve had. And to share some of my though process.
Hello Ruby
I’ve been hearing about Ruby on Rails for some years. But I’ve been skeptical about the amount of moving parts (Magic) that are introduced by Ruby and Rails in the process of development. So this year I decided to test it out for myself in the holidays.
Image Converter
I’ve been involved in an e-Commerce startup on and off for a few months and one recurring theme has been image optimization issues.
Vanilla PHP
Another PHP developer approached me about collaborating on a Vanilla PHP project. His requirement was for us to work according to his Php standard.
Image Manipulation with Python
So an e-Ccommerce project I’m working with has hit a new requirement to create bulk vouchers images for clients that can be sent out using social media.
Scraping Data with Python
So I reached a point where I needed to get data from a 3rd party portal to send on to customers.