Building custom blocks for WordPress
Building custom blocks for WordPress. Blocks in WordPress are built in javascript (ES5, or ESNext/JSX then compiled down to js using webpack and bable). If you have used react or…
Linux on the desktop as a web developer
A breif look at the tools you need as a web developer in 2020, running Linux on the desktop as a web developer. OSX is my os of choice, but…
wordpress plugin scaffolding from scratch
Building a wordpress plugin scaffolding from scratch This is a basic walkthrough on how to create the scaffolding for a wordpress plugin from scratch. Firstly, create a repo in githubclone…
Xdebug in sublime text
Remote Debugging PHP in SublimeText with XDebug prereqs: This post assumes you already have a working xdebug install SublimeText How to get Xdebug working with Sublime Text? Open SublimeText Open…
xdebug in brackets editor
Remote Debugging PHP in Brackets with XDebug prereqs: This post assumes you already have: a working xdebug installBrackets How to get Xdebug working with Brackets? Open BracketsGoto the extensions tab…
Remote Debugging PHP in Eclipse with XDebug
Remote Debugging PHP in Eclipse with XDebug prereqs: 1) This post assumes you already have a working xdebug install2) Eclipse Configuring Eclipse and Xdebug Open Eclipse Inside Eclipse, goto preferences…
Remote Debugging PHP in Visual Studio Code with XDebug
Remote Debugging PHP in Visual Studio Code with XDebug prereqs: 1) This post assumes you already have a working xdebug install2) vscode How to get Xdebug working with Visual Studio…
Coding in php on android
It turns out that coding in php on android is possible (even if its not as good as on a mac, linux or even windows). In this blog post I'll…
Laravel quickstart gist using craftable and existing database schema
Laravel quickstart gist using craftable and existing database schema to generate models, etc from existing database schema. cd ~/git brew install nmp brew install nodejs curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php…
Laravel quickstart gist migrating existing tables
This follows on from the previous laravel gist. it covers generating mdels, views and bootstrapping for controllers for pre-existing database tables.Useful if you have a few hundred tables and relationships…
Laravel quickstart gist
Here is my quick start bootstrap for creating laravel sites from scratch cd ~/git brew install nmp brew install nodejs curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php composer global require laravel/installer laravel…
Making a new wordpress theme from scratch
Making a WordPress Theme. From Scratch. Research + Information Architecture Introduction Making a new WordPress theme from scratch can seem daunting, but it's pretty easy if you know the steps.…
Php fpm with apache on centos7
This is a short post detailing how to manually setup php fpm with apache on centos7. php fpm is a great solution (especially when used with nginx, but you may…
Install xdebug in centos7 with php7
I just realised I dont have a post on how to install xdebug in centos7 with php7 and setting up xdebug and eclipse. Its a feature that I use every…
Install php7 on centos7
There are a couple of different ways to install php7 on centos7 - Installing yum-plugin-replace and inline-replaceing the whole php subsystem seems to be the easiest way: You need to…
Phpcs and phpmd in sublime text 3 on osx
This post will show you how to install phpcs and phpmd in sublime text on your mac: Following on from my post about using git and phpcs in brackets, I…
Brackets editor with git and phpcs for wordpress development
Setting up brackets editor with git and phpcs with wordpress coding standard etc Brackets editor (brackets.io) is an editor that I've wanted to try out for a while now, but…
Portfolio – Jonathan Mitchell MSc BSc MBCS
Jonathan Mitchell Portfolio About Me I have a BSc in Electronic Engineering, and an MSc in Advanced Computer Systems Development with Distinction. I was awarded the University Court Medal for…
Updating to php 5.4 and mysql 5.5 in centos 6
To update to php 5.4 and mysql 5.5 in centos 6: 1) install the epel, remi and rpm-forge repos rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/x86_64/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm rpm -Uvh http://rpms.famillecollet.com/enterprise/remi-release-6.rpm rpm -Uvh http://pkgs.repoforge.org/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.3-1.el6.rf.x86_64.rpm 2) edit…
Php development on an ipad
While probably not the best platform to do web development on, an ipad can be used to create code for your website. I use my ipad mini (in emergencies) to…
How to install phpunit in centos
This post will show you how to install phpunit in centos using pear or composer. I prefer using composer as its mega easy to add lots of cool stuff and…
Setting up a LAMP development environment in linux mint or ubuntu
This post will show you how to setup a LAMP [linux apache mysql php] development environment in linux mint or ubuntu firstly, open a shell. then, type sudo apt-get install…
Setting up eclipse with xampp and xdebug to debug php code
Setting up eclipse with xampp and xdebug to debug php code. This post will show you how to setup eclipse on your mac to work with xdebug inside XAMPP. This…
Setting up XMAPP on a mac with xdebug
This post is about setting up XMAPP on a mac with xdebug. The first thing we are going to do is to change the document root inside xampp to the…
New wordpress theme! html5 stuff – geolocation, nav, article, section
I made a new wordpress theme. It uses a couple of html5 things, like the <nav> tag, <section> and <article> too. I have tidied up the stylesheet (I started again)…
Php stuff. mod rewrite and a custom url parser.
Well. I have to make a new website. I actually have about ten to do. we are making big changes to our system. we are taking all of the code…