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Jul 24, 2019 - PHP MVC, Git, Sass, CSS Grid, Manjaro...
Recently I've been busy learning the principles of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern in PHP and utilising these on some personal and work projects.
One work example is DeligoHub - an Intranet currently serving 40 users. Read more in the Projects section.
Personal examples are complete re-developments of this portfolio site and soemo.co.uk. This will currently keep me busy for a long while especially as in Web development it can be difficult to take a break from learning and get on with actually applying what you have learnt on projects.
I have also got to grips with the basics of Git (all my main projects going forward now get added to private repositories on GitLab), Composer, SASS and CSS Grid Layout.
Resources I have found helpful and will continue to follow are:
- Codecourse
- Traversy Media
- Dave Hollingworth
- Laracasts
- CSS-Tricks
Also I now used Manjaro XFCE Edition as my operating system at work as well as home, which has certainly been a positive change from Windows 7 and 10.
For my IDE I still use PhpStorm, which certainly helps productivity.
Apr 25, 2018 - More Projects Added
The projects section has been updated to include a number of new web projects built with bootstrap and custom PHP/MySQL content management systems.
One day when I have time this portfolio site itself will finally be updated to be responsive and improved in various other ways to reflect my wealth of new experience gained.
I'm still finding whatever spare time I have to extend my knowledge on PHP OOP, Bootstrap and Linux server config.
Even though the current soEmo.co.uk (one of my personal projects) is still proving to be very popular the complete PHP OOP and Bootstrap re-build is still slowly progressing.
Jun 7, 2017 - Projects and CV Updated
CV and projects sections have been updated to reflect the wealth of new experience gained in the last couple of years.
18 projects have been added since the last update in 2013.
I'm currently extending my knowledge on PHP OOP and learning Bootstrap. The front and back-end of this site will then be updated.
soEmo.co.uk (one of my personal projects) is undergoing a complete re-build with a new design and features. This will also make use of PHP OOP and Bootstrap. With over 54,000 members now it desperately needs to be responsive.
I also have a large number of images that can be added to the headers and gallery. I'm sure that'll happen some day soon :D
Jan 20, 2013 - Projects and CV Updated
CV and projects sections have been updated to reflect the wealth of new experience gained in the last couple of years mainly through working at The Web in a Box.
20 projects have been added since the last update in 2011. How time flies...
soEmo.co.uk (one of my personal projects) is continually being improved and performing exceedingly well with over 26000 members now.
Jan 10, 2013 - New Car Pics Added
As I hadn't updated the gallery for a good while I've decided to add a number of pictures of my latest car. I've had it since late 2010 and I am still thoroughly enjoying it. It's certainly more reliable and a great step-up from my Peugeot 206.
View my EP3 Honda Civic Type R