Why I don’t use hosting provider affiliate schemes
Every so often, a hosting company will contact me asking if I want to take part in their affiliate scheme. It's always sold as a win-win situation - they get…
Black Hat Python
This review was originally printed in the June 2015 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Black Hat Python (1st edition)Authors: Justin SeitzISBN: 9781593275907 As a developer…
Beautiful Code
This review was originally printed in the December 2007 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Beautiful CodeAuthors: Andy Oram, Greg WilsonISBN: 9780596510046 This book consists of…
Beautiful Architecture
This review was originally printed in the September 2009 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Beautiful ArchitectureAuthors: Diomidis Spinellis, Georgios GousiosISBN: 9780596554392 Another release in the…
Automating System Administration with Perl
This review was originally printed in the September 2009 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Automating System Administration with Perl (2nd edition)Authors: David N. Blank-EdelmanISBN: 9780596006396…
Apache Cookbook
This was originally printed in the March 2008 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Apache Cookbook (2nd edition)Authors: Rich Bowen, Ken CoarISBN: 9780596529949 As someone responsible…
Agile Web Development with Rails
This was originally printed in the September 2011 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Agile Web Development with Rails (4th edition – later editions are available)Authors:…
21st Century C
This was originally printed in the March 2013 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: 21st Century C (1st edition - a 2nd edition is available)Author: Ben…
Skeleton Slim 4 application
I've been using the Slim Framework a lot recently, both in existing clients and for bootstrapping simple web applications. For new projects I've chosen it over the likes of Laravel…
PHP developer mentoring
I've recently launched a new service, PHP Developer Mentoring, for organisations with junior and mid level developers who would like to build up their skills with mentoring from a senior…