Gary is Technical Director at threenine.co.uk, an independent software vendor specialising in IoT, Field Service and associated managed services, enabling customers to be efficient, productive, secure and scale-able.
The downside to all this advertising on websites is that they are often distracting, especially if you are in work mode, and inevitably it means your users are being tracked and their privacy invaded . All in the hope that you can generate a little revenue.
Modern Software applications are required to connect across different machines , User Interfaces (UI) and provide data to other applications in the form of services. To enable this software developers often create an Application Programming Interface (API). In this post I’ll provide an explanation of what is rest and how it can be used within your application. This article will discuss fundamentals of Web ReST API are the same regardless of software implementation platform.
Over the past few years Agile has become a buzzword in not only the software development industry but across a number of industry sectors.  In… Read More »What is Agile Methodology?
I wanted to update my LibreOffice application suite on my Ubuntu desktop. The news on 5 August 2015 that The Document Foundation (TDF)Â announced the… Read More »Update libreoffice to version 5
I review my purchase of Viglen Genie Desktop PC Ubuntu Linux
I have recently purchased my new Viglen Desktop Computer from ebuyer. It has arrived with Ubuntu 14.04 pre-installed, which is just awesome. However, as with any new machine getting it set up just the way I want to be productive does take a bit of time. In order to speed up this process I have been developing a number of BASH scripts, that I repeatedly run to install skype on ubuntu desktop.
Node.js Package Manager (NPM) , is an is an online repository for the publishing of open-source Node.js projects, and a command-line utility for interacting with said repository that aids in package installation, version management, and dependency management. Essentially what this tools enables you to do is easily and quickly make use of the plethora of nodejs packages being developed on a daily basis. NPM enables the community to share and contribute to reusable javascript code libraries to help others with common software development problems.
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I came across a situation today where I needed to mix two different authentication types on ASP.net MVC 4 application. The reason for this being… Read More »Mixing windows & forms authentication
Walkthrough guide and Instructions on how to remove ignored files that have been erroneously committed to your local staging area of your git repository
The world of work is changing and it will continue to evolve. I doubt there ever will be a one definitive correct way to work. By the same token it doesn’t mean anyone method of working is any better over the another. I believe the manner of work is a personal lifestyle choice. I deplore working offices and all the secondary hassles that is associated with it, my lifestyle choice is to work from home. Excuse the pun but
A discussion on What is SEO and some simple strategies you can implement to improve your blogs performance in Search Engine rankings.
I have previously posted about what is seo and how to do it cheaply, in this post I will provide my top 4 WordPress SEO… Read More »Top 4 WordPress SEO plugins
You may on occassion feel the need to automate certain processes or proceudres on your linux based computer. These maybe simple processes like ensuring your… Read More »How to execute a BASH script
Remote working certainly does have its challenges but at the same time, it has its rewards. I thought I would take to opportunity to add my own perspective on the issues raised.
I have just set up my new mac book to carry out some mean.js development work. I had never set up a a mac to… Read More »Install Mean.js on Macbook
I have posted before about what is Agile Methodology, but in this post I will discuss some of the most common side effects and failures… Read More »It’s not about being Agile, it’s about implementing practices that provide flexibility
AngularJS comes pre-packaged with a number of great directives that really make working with AngularJS really easy and productive. However, as with all programming languages… Read More »angularjs directives : roll your own
AngularJS Directives Speak to any developer who has used angular and ask him what is his favourite element of AngularJS, no doubt the answer would… Read More »AngularJS Directives : Reusable components
Interviews in any profession are notoriously difficult and lets be honest nobody either side of the desk likes going through the motions. This post is my opinion on why the process is fundamentally broken.
Over the past few years the Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern, and many other variants based around the same central theme i.e. Model View… Read More »AngularJS Architectural concepts