More struggling with JS: how the PHP -> JS interface is broken and why this is painful
Yesterday I was struggling with getting Vue components to do non-AJAXy things and wondering why on earth this was so difficult.
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Adding a “delete” link to a Vue component representing a Laravel model
This very much falls into the category of “things that must surely be easier”. So let me know in the comments if it is actually easier. Here’s the thing, I’m tinkering with Vue and Laravel. I have a Vue component that represents a Laravel model object. I note that the component has a hierarchy of […]
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Gardening, baking, connecting
This comes with all my usual Rob Bell caveats – make of him what you will, because I’m not even sure myself – but I was listening to this interview about food, ecology, the earth, soil, people, education and being alive while making sourdough. It’s fascinating and inspiring. It made me glad that I have […]
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GIVE ME MY STATIC ANALYSIS!
In which I lament my own utter incompetence, but also switch back from VS Code to PHPStorm in a flash and cry quietly over programming languages.
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Electronic voting
It’s voting day in the local elections tomorrow. And this comes with apologies to my mum, who retweeted this poll and made it appear in my Facebook and subsequently got a passionate rant from her son. She’s awesome and I totally ❤️ her! But it’s a good excuse to get people thinking about this… I’m a […]
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I made things! A basketball hoop!
I'm a computer guy, not a physical things guy. IT systems bow to my every whim (sometimes), but doors, cars, and bits of wood and string aren't my thing. Except...last week...I made a basketball hoop for my currently-basketball-obsessed boy out of an old plant pot, some lying around wood, and some cable ties. A real slam dunk!
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Perfect, beautiful curls ❤️
The girl's hair is SO pretty.
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Laravel: Further forays into Test Driven Development (TDD)
I'm using Test Driven Development (TDD) for the first (and second) time on a couple of side projects. Here are some further reflections on the process and issues I've come across.
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If you’ve ever felt like you owed me a beer…
My college computing teacher, Ray Burcham, is raising money for the Great Western Hospital radiotherapy unit. This will mean that cancer patients don’t have to travel 30 miles to Oxford for daily cancer treatment. https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/raymond-burcham This man is the reason I’m writing code today. So if you’ve ever had some advice, good-value work, IT support, […]
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Good company
This is the cool kid I get to hang out with on Thursdays. ?