Dependency and Package Managers
The terms ‘package manager’ and ‘dependency manager’ are often used interchangeably, and there is much confusion online. With this brief post I aim to clear up the differences between the two, with a couple of …
Accessibility Testing – Part Two
This post is the second in a two part post about accessibility. For an overview on the basics of Accessibility Testing, please see Part One. The target I’ve chosen to perform the analysis on scouts.org.uk, …
Accessibility Testing – Part One
The requirement to perform accessibility testing is borne both out of a need to ensure software/websites are accessible to the broadest number of people. Obviously this can be heavily restricted by budget, or perhaps even …
Debugging your code
Debugging is essential. More accurately, debugging is inevitable. Extending from the previous post on testing, a perfect project is a rare occurrence. Given the inevitability of debugging, it is worth mentioning that this demonstrates the …
Website testing
While it might hurt to admit it, you are not perfect. That is why we perform website testing, or software testing. Testing plan Testing is not random. No matter what type of testing you are …
A real job, with real money (and beer)
This post is perhaps a week out of date, but comes with the exciting news that I have my first ever coding job! Moreover, it could not have been a better personality match, if prayers …
Maintaining momentum: Week in review
Inertia is enough to kill all but the truly motivated; but even once you’re got the proverbial ball rolling, it still takes additional effort to maintain the momentum. I am after all just a mere …
Forms, robots, and data security
It started off with a simple enough request: “Just saw a couple of you have added your email address to your profile page or portfolio site. Bots trawl sites looking for email addresses to spam …
Codes and ciphers
Codes and ciphers have always fascinated me. Growing up I loved reading books about spies, with secret codes and hidden invisible pens. As I grew up, this fed in to my logical mind and although …
Migrating a project from CodePen to a GitHub repository
Oh they grow up so fast! What started out as just a little Pen on CodePen has now grown beyond recognition (and manageability) on there, and has been forced to grow up in this cruel …