Last chance for bindrr invites

By jmz | Published: April 22, 2012

If you read this blog now and again you might have noticed me write about a new app I’ve been working on called bindrr (you might also have seen it was featured on betali.st!). Basically, it’s an app that will help you store and manage all of your recipes in one easy to use (and search) place. I mainly decided to build the app because I’d use it myself so hopefully some other users will find it useful too!

I’m pretty happy with how the app is coming along and it’s almost ready to open to the public. I’m planning on sending out the first batch of invites out next month so if you think you’d like to try this app out then head over to bindrr and sign up for an invite if you haven’t already.

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Software to manage code snippets

By jmz | Published: April 11, 2012

If you’re a professional developer or even if programming is a hobby for you, having some software to manage the bits of code you use regularly can be very time saving. I’d hate to know how much time I’ve wasted through having to find a code snippet I’ve used before that I know is on the internet somewhere! If only I’d have saved the code somewhere last time I used it.

In this post I’m going to cover some free and premium programs you can use to manage your code snippets to save you time in the future. This is quite a long post because there are a lot of options for this kind of software, I’ve tried to cover as many as I can. If you think I’ve missed a good one or if you just want to add your input on which ones you like best and why you can do so in the comments after the article. Maybe I’ll do an in depth look at the most popular ones in another article.

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Review: Javascript the definitive guide 6th Edition

By jmz | Published: April 5, 2012

This is the first of a new type of post I’ll be adding to my blog. I’ll be reviewing books and possibly some other items that have been of great help to me and that I think other developers will find useful. I won’t just be reviewing things for the sake of it and I’ll be doing my best to be totally objective.

The first book I’ll be reviewing is Javascript The Definitive guide by David Flanagan. First off, this book is huge! (it’s almost 1100 pages).

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Adding your latest tweets to your WordPress blog

By jmz | Published: April 2, 2012

A very simple way of keeping the content on your website fresh is to grab your latest tweets from Twitter and display them on your WordPress site. At first it might seem like it could be quite a lot of work to do this. Luckily WordPress has a fantastic community of plugin developers and an easy way of adding new content to certain areas of your site.

You might have guessed that I’m talking about widgets here. If you don’t know what widgets in WordPress are you could check out my other article on adding widgets to your WordPress site and also have a look at what the official WordPress site has to say on widgets.

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Adding widgets to your WordPress theme

By jmz | Published: March 29, 2012

In WordPress, widgets allow you to add content to special areas of your theme without having to modify any code. If your theme is ‘widgetized’ you can use the built in drag and drop functionality built into WordPress to add new content and move content around on your site. Widgets make it really easy to add things like a ‘latest tweets’ box or a custom menu to any widget area in your theme.

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