Full stack journey
I’ve been a ‘developer’ of some sort since about 1996, when I graduated from University. I’d been working in a couple of jobs during studying, doing database work and IT Centre support at the Uni IT Labs. But my first Read more…
ag-grid woes
I’m working on a nice project at the moment which involves using a new plugin for my team => ag-grid. It’s a Datagrid package that promises to add a lot of functionality to our product, with a lot less effort Read more…
White heat of learnage
So this week saw me return to ‘work’ after a few weeks off on holiday with the family. Fully enjoyed, rested and raring to go. Happily though, it’s not a straight back to desk and heads down number. In fact, Read more…
At last
Today marks the end of a pretty stressful old time in the weestoater team. Happily things appear to have turned a corner and should be on track for much better days. A new challenge awaits and I am part champing Read more…
The Road to learn React
I recenlty purchased a cracking book to help me learn the joys of React. I am happy to say it’s been a hugely enjoyable experience. The book, unlike others I’ve read, has a central project which you take from the Read more…
Healthy progress
As part of the learning path towards Cloud Developer certification, I’ve decided to invest in React as my chosen UI/UX Framework. The firm I work for has a great deal of projects using it and there is a clear cross Read more…
New Challenge
As part of my personal development, through work, I’m going to try and gain some professional certification in the Cloud environment. We have a corporate account with those wizards at Cloud Academy, so my first target will be to get Read more…
Mac and Me
So after many MANY years of mocking and undermining them, I am now the proud user of a MacBook Pro, for my sins. As the UX Architect/Engineer for my team I am tasked with a multitude of design related duties. Read more…
UX Testing
So part of my new role at work is to try and improve the User Experience on one of the companies many (internal) sites. The site in question has recently had a refresh and my initial involvement was to help Read more…
Reacting well
I was recently tasked with building a ‘dashboard’, something else to learn. So I hit my pluralsight tutorials and filled up on coffee. I also decided to take the plunge into the React world, as this is in vogue at Read more…