Beginner Articles

This collection of Articles are recommended for anyone to read. They all have no assumptions about the reader and give any help that may be needed. However, each article may not be enjoyed by everyone and may need some interest in the subject.

Showing information on New CMS - Categories

Friday, 31 July 2026 | Dave Slack

New CMS - Categories

Categorising or Taxonomy is another interesting topic that seems simple at first, then as we look further into it, we start to see the many complexities. The first decision we needed to make is what we wanted to call the section and we had a few options:

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Showing information on New CMS - Branding

Friday, 31 July 2026 | Dave Slack

New CMS - Branding

The User interface is in place and we can upload files to the New CMS, but we don't yet have a name, colours, etc. There are 2 main parts to the branding on the New CMS. The first deals with branding the New CMS itself and the second deals with how a user adds their own brand. Let's looks at these.

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Showing information on New CMS - File storage

Monday, 27 April 2026 | Dave Slack

New CMS - File storage

The next challenge is File Storage, with all the interesting problems that come with it. With a CMS, the content editor will want to add images, pdfs and all the other media they might need to attach to a page with a click, here's how we do it in the New CMS

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Showing information on Web App suddenly dies with no apparent changes, a who done it mystery

Monday, 16 February 2026 | Dave Slack

Web App suddenly dies with no apparent changes, a who done it mystery

When an app falls over, we can usually point at an update in the code that caused it, but what if there was no update? We have a who done it that would have Homes and Watson stumped. Who did it, why and how? Let's have a look.

Showing information on New CMS - User Interface

Thursday, 11 December 2025 | Dave Slack

New CMS - User Interface

We have been working on the the New CMS for a few weeks and it's starting to work like a real webapp, but we haven't really decided on a layout and UI. In this article, we'll look at the User Interface and layout.

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Showing information on New CMS - Adding the schema

Thursday, 4 December 2025 | Dave Slack

New CMS - Adding the schema

In the last couple of posts we went over the concept, project design and basic architecture, now it's time to look at the schema for the data.

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Showing information on Software Development Library vs Framework vs Language vs Environment

Sunday, 5 October 2025 | Dave Slack

Software Development Library vs Framework vs Language vs Environment

What is the difference between a library and a framework and why do people get them so mixed up? And why do people find it so difficult to understand an Environment or the Language that runs on it?

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Thursday, 13 February 2025 | Dave Slack

CI/CD or Continuous Integration / Continuous Development Workflow of a Web App

CI/CD or Continuous Integration & Continuous Development - How do we allow the people working towards a better a system, to do just that, without unnecessary blocks? I'll try to answer this question in this CI/CD article.

Showing information on References Section in JavaScript with Next.js

Monday, 9 December 2024 | Dave Slack

References Section in JavaScript with Next.js

For this article you'll probably need some HTML, JavaScript and/or CSS knowledge, but if you don't have any you should still be able to follow along.

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