This week we have mainly been diving into some existing Laravel PHP code for a client needing bespoke reporting on various statistical measures. The process we followed is: 1 - Replicate the existing config on MAMP and/or Vagrant (and CouchDB in this case). 2 - Analyse 3 - Design the new report 4 - Implement
Simple one for today, how to remove Proudly powered by Wordpress from the new TwentySeventeen theme footer. I am using basic Wordpress as a wire-framing tool - which it is quite good for. So, just downloaded and installed the latest Wordpress 4.7 version wget https://wordpress.org/latest.zip Opened up mysql and added a database and user: mysql
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Bespoke Software The world is a highly competitive place, and any company that doesn't have a digital strategy to increase productivity is at risk from competitors who do. Every area of a business is a candidate for improvement. Bespoke software comes in many forms, from Excel spreadsheets costing a
There have been some interesting stories in the press recently discussing how the proliferation of 'Internet of Things' devices are enabling certain forms of cyber attack. The basic problem is that in order to be 'connected', an IoT device requires a higher level of processor sophistication than dumber devices. Generally this is required in order to run some
We have stumbled upon a great topic for a student web app software design project (hello Southampton, Solent, Bournemouth, Portsmouth), here's a 5 min overview of how it goes... A sailing club has a dinghy pound. In it are ~200 dinghies and trailers. Spaces are purchased on a 6 month or 12 month basis. The
Our most recent projects take advantage of the latest 'hot off github' frameworks. Where we can pick from the likes of laravel, ionic framework, bootstrap, AngularJS and CouchDB. However, we regularly take on legacy business systems that are maybe not quite so modern. Two of which in particular spring to mind. The first, is a
