Creating Online Courses - Here We Go!
Whilst I love being a software developer and a technical writer, above all I love to teach. Today I decided to embrace that passion. Here’s a bit of the back story, and part of the plan for the future.
Welcome to the blog
Here, you'll find
articles and tutorials to help you and your team grow your software testing, deployment, and documentation
skills, posted on a regular basis.
How To Refactor Code With PhpStorm
Refactoring code is an essential aspect of building and maintaining software. In this tutorial I will show you how to use PhpStorm’s refactoring functionality to make it as easy as possible.
The Challenge of the Single Developer
Recently I was emailed by a fellow developer regarding how to mitigate a business’ concern about single person risk. Here’s my thoughts on that question.
What I Learned Building a Zend Expressive Application
Zend Expressive is an excellent framework for building modern applications; whether micro or enterprise-sized applications. But that doesn’t mean that it’s the easiest to get up to speed with. Today I’m going to share with you what I’ve learned, building applications using it.
Zend Framework MVC Auth 1.4.1 Has Been Released
Zend Framework MVC Auth 1.4.1 Has Been Released. This release fixes some critical issues.
A Project Retrospective
After four and a half months on a project, it’s time to look back and reflect on what went well, what didn’t, and what could have gone better.
How Did You Choose Your Career Path?
Have you ever stopped to consider why you chose your career path? Was it out of fear? Was it chosen for you? Was it the safe choice? Was it because you always wanted to?
How To Be An Authentic Writer
If you’ve ever looked at a lot of modern writing, especially in either business or politics, you’ll know that it’s often anything but authentic.
The 3 Key Skills You Need to Be a Technical Writer
If you’re considering being a technical writer, there are three essential skills which you need to have. That is if you want to write authentically. Today, I’m going to go over each of them, showing why they’re essential, as well as providing tips and suggestions on how you can improve if you’re light on in any one of them.
Using the Pomodoro Technique to Improve Your Work Life Balance
As you may, or may not, know, I briefly stopped freelancing a few months ago, when I took up a full-time software development contract. I felt that I wasn’t doing as well at freelancing as I should, and that something needed to change.