Authentication Through Azure
Protect a serverless application with Azure AD and gain access via a SPA.
Blog
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Life's better with BEM
Utilising the BEM style methodology for clean architecture and maintainability gains 💪
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Inverted Triangle CSS (ITCSS)
Improving maintainability of styles through the application of Inverted Triangle CSS.
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Atomic Design and Patternlab
Break down development and design walls with Patternlab and Atomic Design
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SVG Sprite Automation
Looking at using automated SVG sprites to help with site performance
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Getting the most out of fonts
How to minify your fonts to get the best performance out of your site
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Site 4.0
Moving from a custom CMS to Umbraco
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SASS Loops
Putting SASS loops to good use.
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POST Multiple Images to C# Server
Winning the good fight against POSTing multiple images via jQuery AJAX to a C# Server.
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Just Giving API and T2T Redesign
Talking about my creative process for redesigning T2T and about how great JustGiving dev support is!
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Crewe 10k Run
So this year I took up running. Here is a little piece on my training and ultimately ending with running the Crewe Air Products 10k.
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Thai Lime, Ginger and Prawn Stir Fry
How to make a super tasty stir fry in half an hour to delight your friends, family and significant other.
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C# 6.0 Features
We have been upgrading our server to the ASP.NET 5, here are some of the things I have learnt.
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Site Redesign - The Reckoning
Write up for the latest iteration of site design, encompassing a lot of what I have learnt over the last few years.
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Dynamic Serving and Performance
At work I have been working on dynamic serving and performance and have produced some great results, in this article I talk about the work I have been doing.
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Site 3.0
The server side gets a face lift!
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Share LinkedIn Company Update using C#
Discussing the steps required to successfully POST a share request to the LinkedIn REST API through server side C# code.
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Posting to a Facebook Page via Server (C#)
How to post to a Facebook page, as the page using C#.
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Corrupted HTML when using Visual Studio
The solution to HTML being corrupted into broken Unicode when being passed down to the client.
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Web Config Transform
Web Config with Visual Studio configuration environments.
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MVC5 Authentication
The simplicity of setting up authentication for a .NET MVC web app.
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Coast to Coast Success!
Having successfully arrived in Bridlington, and pushing one final time for charity we have successfully raised over our £500 target!
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String to Enum - .NET 4.0+
Get an Enum value from a string - the easy way.
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Coast to Coast - Pateley Bridge
Arrived safe and sound in Pateley Bridge.
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Find Matching Brace In Visual Studio
Visual Studio Shortcut to find a matching Brace/Curly Bracket/Moustache in Visual Studio.
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Coast to Coast - Cancer Research UK
Charity Cycle Ride to raise money for Cancer Research UK.
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Final Year Project - Miru awarded preliminary First Class Honours
Preliminary marks returned for Miru indicate a possible first, and I have now totally finished University.
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ExpoTees Complete
ExpoTees 2014 is over (for Computer Science), thanks to all who came.
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Speed Up Your PC
Speed Up a Slow PC - A guide for computer literate relatives and "not so computer-y" people.
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Simple Waypoint Scroll
Simple Way Point Scroll (SWPS) is my very first JavaScript plugin.
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API Support
My site is now making use of the .Net MVC web API.
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SSAS - Attribute Key Cannot be Found
This is how I fixed "The attribute key cannot be found when processing: Table X" error in Visual Studio 2012 Microsoft Business Intelligence.
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Site Update 3
Site using MVC5 ASP.NET authentication and implementation of an email notification system.
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Final Year Project Complete
My Computer Science dissertation for my final year is finally handed in.
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Geotag Update and Parsing Woes!
Get Geotagging with Miru!
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New Job!
I landed a new job with Swansway Group in Crewe!
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Testing Android App on the Nexus 7 - On Windows 8.1
Began Testing on Android hardware, and ran across some problems.
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Acceptance to ExpoTees and Project Progression
The project is accepted to ExpoTees and an update on the project.
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Trip to Rotterdam
I write up about my recent trip to the wonderful country of Holland.
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MVP Complete
Implementation of detail framework and polylines for pipelines on Google map.
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The Tarantula Hawk
A bit of an aside from the usual, one of the world's most evil insects....
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The Diamond Problem
An interesting problem that can arise in the use of multiple inheritance.
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Spanking New Site
Site Overhaul, come see what's new!
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MVP Nearly Complete
A long awaited post to confirm the progress of Miru.
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Site Changes and Season's Greetings!
A quick post about site changes, and wishing you all the best for this festive season.
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Implementation of Miru
Actual implementation of Miru, smashing specs 1.1 and 1.2 in a week!
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Google Maps API Authorization Error - Getting Round It
Stuck with Google Maps on Android? Look no further, here is a guide on how to win the war against the ARM EABI v7a System Image and Google APIs!
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Let's Get Coding!
Beginning implementation and the fight against the Android ADT!
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Decorator Pattern
Progress Review and the Decorator Pattern.
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Class Design
Thinking design patterns.
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UML Design
A step back to research and UML, UML, UML!
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Time to Design
Start of MVP design phase and meeting with SABIC.
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Analysis Complete
Conclusion of analysis phase, and MoSCoW feature list.
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Other Work
No work this week.
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Spec Refinement
Requirements with Sabisu in a meeting, and project spec submission.
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Research
Recognising some high level requirements with the project, the biggest – going web or native?
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The Beginning
Diving into the first official week of my project, beginning with laying down requirements.
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Hello World!
A hello to all future subscribers in my first ever blog post...