This blog post details my first experience of contributing to WordPress Core, and hopefully it will provide a little help for any other budding contributors. Where to Start The WordPress.org website has a fantastic section for contributors, the section I was looking for…
Customer Development: Getting Honest Feedback About Your Products and Services

A couple of weeks ago I learned all about Customer Development, by attending another fantastic Founders Network event. Once again, superbly put together by Tech North. The event was delivered by co-founders of Lyst; Rob Fitzpatrick and Devin Hunt, and Rob kindly gave us a signed copy…
Starting your own Business and the Law

This week I delved into the legal side of starting your own business, by attending the “Founders Network Masterclass on Legals” event, superbly put together by Tech North. The event was held at the Chimney House, Kelham Island, Sheffield. A cozy little building that I haven’t been…
Managing a Large Website Using Task Based Navigation

During my time in the NHS and Local Government I learned a lot about managing large and complex websites, and I figured I would share my knowledge with those of you that may be in the process of making sense of a…
Debug PHP with Vagrant using Xdebug and Sublime Text

Following hot on the trail of my recent post about getting started with Vagrant, I figured I would let you know how you can debug the PHP that is running on your Vagrant box with Xdebug, using your host IDE…
Getting started with Vagrant

After my tutorial on how you can compile SCSS and JavaScript with Grunt, I figured I would delve into the world of setting up distributed development environments with Vagrant. However this tutorial will give you a good insight as to…
Compile SCSS and JavaScript with Grunt

According to its ‘read me’ file, Grunt is a task based command line build tool for JavaScript projects. However it is much much more than this. At the time of writing this, Grunt is a fixed staple in my front…