How to create a Todo list app with React
I've spent some time recently learning React. I've been working with Vue primarily for a couple of years, so it'll be interesting to see how the two frameworks compare. Everyone always praises Vue for it's shallow learning curve, and so far React has proved to be harder to learn. But I can also see that once you get past a certain level of familiarity, React would be a lot of fun to work with.
LinkUsing Node Version Manager and .nvmrc to automatically switch Node versions per project
This is how I use Node Version Manager to run multiple versions of Node locally, and use .nvmrc file to automatically detect and switch to the correct version per project on the command line.
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Fun with ES6 Classes, inheritance, and Vue JS
Here's a codepen experiment using Javascript's ES6 Classes
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JS Calculator with ES6 and Babel
I built this JS calculator as an excuse to experiment with vanilla Javascript, and use some of the new ES6 syntax.
LinkMedia List PHP App
I recently developed a PHP application designed to query IMDB, get movie information and save a list of your DVD and Blu-ray collection to a database. This was just a personal project to test out some new technologies. It uses the OMDB API, MySQL and PDO for database connection and is hosted on Heroku. Also has the ability for users to create their own accounts. Written from scratch.
LinkOffline API docs at your fingertips with Dash and Alfred
I recently came across Dash, a Mac app that let's you download over 150 API documentation sets.
LinkHighlights from DrupalSouth 2015
As the 2 day conference that brings together Drupal community members from around Australia and the southern hemisphere comes to a close, I thought I’d look back at some of the best parts of the conference. I'll break this post into two parts, as it's taking me some time to write.
LinkHow and why I built my blog from scratch
I've recently rebuilt my blog from the ground up. I did this as an excuse to get better at PHP, and have some fun with some technologies I've been meaning to have a play with.
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