Feb 17, 2020Take the Green pill and I’ll show you how deep the rabbit hole goesI’ve recently started taking Michael Mann’s excellent Climate Change: The Science and Global Impact course on edX. This is my attempt to synthesise everything I have learnt in module one of that course as well as some other useful information about climate change. By the end you’ll: Understand the critical…Sustainability13 min readSustainability13 min read
Dec 21, 2017My Angular 5 course is now Free — Merry Christmas 🎄I know we are all heading out for the holidays so I’ll keep this short. I’ve just made my Angular course 100% FREE, Merry Christmas! 🎄 You could always download the book (or read it online) for free but previously you had to pay to watch the videos. However…JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
Dec 1, 2017How I created SmileToUnlock with StencilJS — Part 2/2In Part 1 of the article, I talked about Web Components and how to build them using StencilJS. In Part 2 I explain how I created Smile to Unlock using HTML5 APIs and the Azure Emotive API. First, I am going to explain how to grab a picture of the…JavaScript7 min readJavaScript7 min read
Nov 22, 2017From WebStorm To VS CodeMy goto IDE for a long time has been WebStorm (well actually PyCharm but that’s a superset of WebStorm). Although I’ve been using VS Code for a while it’s just been as a quick text editor. WebStorm still felt like my comfy home pants and VS Code felt like my…JavaScript1 min readJavaScript1 min read
Oct 20, 2017How I created SmileToUnlock with StencilJS — Part 1/2A week ago, in a flourish of creativity, I put together a Web Component called http://smiletounlock.com. Want to give away free content on your site? How about asking for a smile in return 😁. I used a tool called StencilJS, a number of HTML5 APIs and the Azure Emotive…JavaScript8 min readJavaScript8 min read
Sep 7, 2017Bullet proof AngularJS migration using iframesTL;DR: I’m proposing an alternative solution for migrating from AngularJS which uses iframes, there is a demo you can try here http://alt-angularjs-migration-using-iframes-demo.azurewebsites.net/ and the source code is here https://github.com/jawache/alt-angularjs-migration-using-iframes-demo The official AngularJS migration path is an amazing solution. I’ve never seen any framework ever put this much effort into helping…JavaScript13 min readJavaScript13 min read
Published incodecraft·Jun 10, 2016How to setup and use your own Parse ServerSo earlier on this year those of you with accounts on parse.com will have heard the sad news that Facebook decided to retire the platform by January 2017. Parse is a Backed As A Service (BaaS) platform that we used as a convenient backend in our Ionic: From Web to…Parse4 min readParse4 min read
