Kevin howbrook

Kevin howbrook

Kevin howbrook

Developer, I also make art and listen to techno https://www.kevinhowbrook.com/

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Mocking API request tests for Wagtail… with KanyeRest

Using mock to test how your code handles Timeout exceptions when using requests.get

Mar 30 · 4 min read

Mar 30 · 4 min read

Passing Python values to JS in Wagtail

I was trying to figure out a way to call a JavaScript function using values from the request object and the loaded page. It turns out…

Jun 25, 2019 · 2 min read

Migrating your Drupal content to Wagtail

A basic example of migrating content from a Drupal site to a Wagtail site.

Nov 29, 2018 · 5 min read

Drupal Front End WTF, Wagtail Front End FTW

If you’ve ever found yourself working in the Drupal front-end, you will have at some point searched for help on ‘Overriding templates’…

Oct 31, 2018 · 8 min read

What’s It Like For A Developer Moving To Wagtail From Drupal?

I’ve got my feet wet, well soaked actually, with Wagtail and now is a good time to pause and ask… Why was moving to Wagtail a good idea?

Sep 25, 2018 · 14 min read

6 things I learned whilst moving a Drupal 8 site to my first Wagtail site

First off… A brief introduction to Wagtail and Why(tail)

May 9, 2018 · 6 min read

Running Vagrant Up From Anywhere

Vagrant has become a standard tool to use for web development, but one thing that’s annoyed me is having to navigate to directories on the…

Mar 7, 2018 · 1 min read

Learning Python and being creative. Making art with code.

What do words look like as colours? What would Shakespear’s sonnets look like as colours? This mini project renders text as colours using…

Nov 14, 2017 · 5 min read

An easy way to store user data in Drupal 8

Back in the day, drupal 7 had quite a useful way of stashing (occasionally arbitrary) values in the database. Remember…

Nov 8, 2017 · 2 min read

Setting up a Database in Intellij IDEA

Why? Well, I was sick of always having to install or go to adminer or use another program to view and edit databases. I didn’t know you can…

Nov 1, 2017 · 2 min read

A few new tools I started using

Today I started using a few new tools and I highly recommend them.

Jun 29, 2017 · 1 min read

Custom display suite fields in Drupal 8

One of the most useful modules in Drupal is display suite. Something I constantly use, especially for creating custom display fields.

Apr 21, 2017 · 1 min read

Build an Ubuntu web app in about 5 seconds with Nativefier

Linux is great, and by great I mean it looks terrible, and has lots of strange ‘features’ you just don’t get on Windows or Apple. But, this…

Mar 10, 2017 · 3 min read

Random sorting with search API in Drupal 7

Every now and then you get asked to order view results randomly. This is good as it keeps the content new and content right at the bottom…

Nov 3, 2016 · 2 min read