On the 1st January 2018 I signed out of Facebook, and I’m yet to return… That was over two months ago, and that drug that consumed a large part of my day is all but a fleeting memory. Truth be told I never actually intended to stay away for this long. However, after the initial […]
CakePHP 3.x Ajax Response with jQuery
This post will look at rendering part of a page in a CakePHP application with an Ajax and jQuery. This technique can be employed in a number of situations. It’s particularly useful for loading (or refreshing) parts of a page that need to communicated with a controller and in turn a model. Another use is […]
Install CakePHP 3.x in Sub Directory htaccess mod_rewrite Rules
When you install a CakePHP app you need to tell your server to point to the webroot directory of the project. The most common way to do this on an apache server is to modify the 000-default.conf file accordingly. This is explain as part of this tutorial on how to setup a CakePHP app on Ubuntu […]
Creating Custom UITableViewCell With Xib Swift
This tutorial will look at how to setup a custom UITableViewCell class with an accompanying XIB (Interface Builder file). It will assume that you have a basic working knowledge of table views. So we’ll begin from having one set up. This will be the starting point for our ViewController class:
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import UIKit class ViewController: UIViewController { @IBOutlet weak var tableView: UITableView! override func viewDidLoad() { super.viewDidLoad() } } extension ViewController: UITableViewDataSource, UITableViewDelegate { func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, numberOfRowsInSection section: Int) -> Int { return 10 } func tableView(_ tableView: UITableView, cellForRowAt indexPath: IndexPath) -> UITableViewCell { let cell = tableView.dequeueReusableCell(withIdentifier: "Cell")! return cell } } |
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Automatically Signing A User In With Firebase iOS
This tutorial will look at a nice way to handle user sign in with Firebase. More specifically – automatically sign them in on a device they have previously logged in on. For example, we don’t want to present a login screen each time the user opens the app. If they have logged in previously, then […]
Email Process
This semester, as a way to improve my productivity, I’ll be experimenting with my email habits. As of Monday 29th January 2018, I will only be checking, and processing email periodically. Three times a week to be precise. Why? I get a lot of email. I also have a lot to do. Most of my […]
Time To Throw Out Grades In Education?
Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do. Mark Twain – The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer With the above statement in mind, is it time we take grades and throw them out the window? That proposition does open up a whole […]
2018 Charity Challenge
Last year I set a 12,000k cycling target and this year I’m embarking on my “100 Days Of Tri” challenge. This is all good fun (or not), it keeps me fit and healthy, but they’re obviously inwardly focused. So along with my 100 Days Of Tri this year, I’m setting another, more intrinsically motivated challenge. […]
100 Days Of Tri
After completing last years challenge of cycling 12,000 kilometres…I’ve decided I’d like to ruin 2018 as well. This years challenge will be triathlon focused…100 days of it! This Years Challenge In an attempt to mix things up a bit, I’ve decided to turn my attention to Tri. The aim is to complete 100 triathlons in […]