Maze generator Update I wrote a maze generator in a previous post but the output of the script was pretty horrible. It would simply output a grid array of numbers defining it's path. Not useful for humans. I'm going to try this again using the p5js library.
development Layout Considerations I've been struggling to develop some simple, reusable layout components that I can replace bootstrap with. I generally don't have complex layouts in my projects and bootstrap has always felt
UX Button Component Design Buttons seem like a very simple thing to implement. They are action driven. Push a button to compose an email. Push a button to delete some spam. This simplicity is excellent but belies a problem.
quarantine Cyrptography fun Quarantine sucks. I was bored so I wrote a code generator for my kids so that I could give them secret codes around the house.
python Maze Generator Before you write a maze runner you have to write a maze generator. Using the recursive backtracking approach I'll create a simple text maze. Phase one of any maze implementation is defining a single cell in our maze.
maker-fest-2019 Weather App 2019 We're going to make a forecast webpage. It will display weather information for a city of your choice. Here are some links to resources that you'll need for completing our
python Water Jug Problem in Python The Problem:You have 2 water jugs of varying capacity A and B. You can fill a jug, empty a jug, or transfer the contents to the other. When you
python Python 101 Here's a list of resources I'm using for a presentation I'll be giving soon. I am honoured to have the opportunity to teach this class at my local library (picnet.
machine learning Machine learning for fun I recently completed the machine learning course at Udacity and now I'm energized and want to try it out. I've been trying to think up appropriately interesting projects. Here are
Library Library Maker Spaces I've always been a bit of a tinkerer. It started with lego, and evolved eventually into my love of software development. Along the way I played with lego mindstorm, raspberry
Accessibility Accessibility testing and automation and linting. Oh my. Thoughts and Practices on accessibility and automated testing.
Accessibility Using links and buttons correctly You want to make something clickable on your website. Should you use a button or a link? Does it matter? I think it does. There are 2 major use cases
development Common Localization Problem and how to fix it. I've worked on a web application that operates in 11 languages as of writing this article which has exposed me to numerous problems that relate to localization. I'm using the
Accessibility Using soft-hyphenation and truncation to deal with text-zoom. For users with low vision, text-zoom is a very valuable tool. Unlike the browsers default zoom, which scales all content on the page, text-zoom does exactly what the name suggests.
productivity Local Development I'm in a constant battle to make my development environment as simple and fast as possible. To that end I've got a few recommendations and tools that I use to make life easy.
Hello World This will be the first in a series of blog posts talking about code and the life of a coder. I'm a regular guy. I've been building websites for just
