December 04, 2018 by Will
With Rails 5 we now have ActiveStorage: built in file management with the framework. This is a fantastic adition to the framework as it standardises file management, instead of relying on 3rd party plugins. ActiveStorage adds two tables to your app that handles all the file details (active_storage_blobs) and the... Read More
September 10, 2018 by Will
The ability to order lists is a popular feature for many web apps. We want to accomplish it with a minimum of overheads, dependencies and fuss. With Ruby on Rails and modern browsers - this is a simple task. Step 1, The Setup. We will need to manage the ordering of... Read More
May 18, 2018 by Will
*Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. GDPR, Data and law is super complicated. You should consult a lawyer.* What is it? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an EU regulation governing data protection and privacy. It covers all individuals in the EU. It is aimed at giving control of data to... Read More
March 04, 2018 by Will
User Experience (UX) design underpins all good web design. Good UX can be derived from experience, theory and research. To get it right, it pays to validate it through User Testing and to iterate on those learnings. There have been hundreds of books written on the subject but I've picked... Read More
February 02, 2018 by Will
Web apps are great but sometimes, for a variety of reasons, you want a native app. That might be because of functionality, pricing model, distribution or to help drive engagement. ios app development2 There are quite a few very different ways you can build your Native App. Let's have a... Read More
October 13, 2017 by Will
A system to please everybody. A good administration tool needs to be a lot of things. It isn't just about basic crud anymore. You need it to be appealing to users so that it's a selling point for the project and users actually use it. It needs to help developers and... Read More
August 15, 2017 by Will
Working with big CSV's can be a pain. You don't want to open Numbers or Excel because they are slow and have a limit on the rows they can view. You need to be able to view, edit and create shorter versions for testing. Sometimes there are formatting issues to... Read More
June 15, 2017 by Will
Want to open an eCommerce store with flexible theme, functionality and content? We have just the platform for you. SpreeCommerce is an Open source eCommerce platform built with RubyOnRails - the best web development framework in the world Read More
June 12, 2017 by Will
Shopify is the leading hosted ecommerce solution. It has been running for several years and boasts some impressive figures: 400,000 active stores and $34Bn sales. Shopify is big and in it for the long haul. What's a hosted solution? "Hosted eCommerce" means that your website is hosted on Shopify's servers, instead... Read More
May 05, 2017 by Will
Mailchimp is our favourite email marketing system. We use it for our client's sites as well as our own. It is nice to use, good value, has great features and great deliverability. We love it! To help us automate sending form submissions for Silverstripe's user forms module to our Mailchimp lists... Read More
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