While doing a code review this week, the developer asked me if we could refactor some TypeScript. Basically take some repetitive client side code, pop it into a new file and make it easier to […]
Ode to 2017
A year so filled with ups and downs, tears and laughter too, 2016 you’ve tried and tested me, I’m glad you’re almost through. 2017, you’re nearly here, but yet, I claim you now, to be […]
Approaching Angular 2 from a WebForms perspective
Sometimes we spend so long working in a technology it is a difficult to make a switch. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right!? The problem is, the world moves on. Using server side […]
DDD Perth: Lessons learnt
DDD Perth was held last weekend in, you guessed it Perth, a sleepy little city in Western Australia. It still makes me smile when sharing with overseas friends that they don’t quite understand the size […]
Inbox:Zero
Over the years, I’ve subscribed to a number of different productivity philosophies. Being in the IT industry has meant adopting and then tweaking certain aspects to meet my needs. There has to be a balance […]
CodeRush for Roslyn… unveiled
April 2014, I wrote a post about CodeRush vs ReSharper. At the time Roslyn was a hot topic, Microsoft were open sourcing their compiler technology, DevExpress wanted to take advantage of that while JetBrains didn’t (and […]
DevExtreme, Ionic, TypeScript and Angular 2
This week, Julian and I took to the airwaves again to show just how easy it is to combine some pretty heavy hitting names to produce cutting edge mobile applications. DevExtreme Ionic Framework TypeScript Angular […]
Webinar: Debugging a PhoneGap / Cordova App
DevExtreme has to be one of my favourite tools to create mobile apps, but it’s not without some caveats. The biggest one being debugging. The simulator is an amazing piece of software […]
Bad Apple! The real cost of two factor auth
There are so many other words I wanted to put there, most of them unprintable. But right now I’m really pissed off with Apple. I’m an advocate for keeping things safe, I’m a fan of […]
Webinar: Is Data Too Hot To Handle?
It’s time to start cranking out some webinars. Julian and I are starting off a series of JavaScript / PhoneGap / DevExtreme presentations covering the things that have driven us mad over the last […]