Why We Started Using Kubernetes
Our journey really started about 4 years ago, shortly before Kubernetes was officially released (in July 2015). Truthfully, at that time we didn't even know it existed. As a company we'd been working on more and...
Recognising the advantages and disadvantages of async/await requires an understanding of callbacks and promises. Before we review these lets first remind ourselves of the problem they solve: Asynchrony.
Javascript is a blocking, synchronous...
In early 2019, Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (LCCC) were offering local technology companies the opportunity to accompany them on a trade mission to London. The trip was designed to help local companies establish and build a network of...
So, you've been working as a web / UX / UI designer for a while, you've been there when your job consisted of designing pixel perfect mockups in photoshop, then the web became responsive and the need to create iterations at different sizes...
They just haven’t realised yet.
On a daily basis we consume an ever-increasing number of digital services and products. Indeed, due to this trend, there are 5-year olds who are more competent with digital technology than some hardened business...
At Scaffold Digital, we have an experienced team that encompasses, UX/UI designers, developers and project management.
We are a young team, but we have a lot of experience working in the digital sector covering many different types of project...
An introduction to service workers
Put simply a service worker is a script that runs in the browser. They can intercept network traffic, send push notifications and perform background syncs. If that was a bit of a blur don’t worry, we’ll...
As 2018 draws to a close we have been fortunate enough to work with fantastic clients across a range of sectors and for each project we pride ourselves in choosing the most appropriate technology that balances a fit for the current and future...
At Scaffold Digital we have a team of passionate and highly skilled designers, developers and project managers who strive to make a difference to all of our clients with the digital solutions we provide. You could say our team is split into two...
In November we exhibited at the Smart Construct event arranged by Naomh McElhatton and her team at Smart Global.
This event was aimed at businesses and organisations in Northern Ireland involved in the construction and engineering industries,...
In my previous blog post, we looked at OOP and why you should be using it. If you missed it, you can get caught up by clicking here.
Now that you’re up to date we can look at creating our first object.
Object-oriented programming lets us...
In 2016 we were delighted to be accepted as a trusted partner for mobile application development using the Ionic framework for iOS, Android, Windows and Blackberry development.
Since then we've produced a wide range of app-based solutions for...
Today I want to talk about hooking into Laravel model events, their benefits and potential drawbacks. This, along with some examples on how and when to use them and avoid them.
Why use Observers?
Keeps the controllers lean
Using observers will...
Introduction
We've all seen reCAPTCHA at one point or another - that previously hateful box on every contact form or registration page that you'd take half a dozen stabs at before finally getting it right. Thankfully it's been replaced lately...
Starting out with object orient programming or OOP for short can be a daunting concept. In this post, we will look at OOP in PHP but the concept can be shared across other programming languages such as Java, Python, Ruby, C++ and more.
A quick...
What is Digital DNA?
Digital DNA is one of Irelands most valued and well attended business and technology events. Digital DNA is hosted over two full days in St George’s Market with over 100 companies exhibiting and up to 150 inspirational...
Mobile development debunked, what are the options and how are they different?
With the number of mobile phone users in the world expected to pass the five billion mark by 2019 (Source:...
What's the problem?
Generally speaking, Ionic does a good job of handing navigation. Sadly, one of the things it doesn't do well (in my opinion) is it's handling of the hardware back button on Android. Sure, we can push a handful of views onto...
Introduction
I want to describe what I have learned and hurdles I have faced in cultivating the mindset of a programmer. Doing this is not an easy task by any stretch, but important for progressing down this career path.
I have written this...
Recently I had the pleasure of a few days out of the office to attend the Dublin Tech Summit. What follows is my attempt to unpack my experience and share some interesting tidbits of information I picked up!
Day one
After...
JavaScript first appeared 22 years ago in 1995, in most of its lifetime there has been only one way to declare a variable using the var keyword. Some declarations of var can have some unexpected behaviours due to scope. That's why with the...
As project managers we become obsessed by processes. Every piece of work touched by one of your team members should have a robust process that ensures projects come in on time and on budget. We become focussed on reducing the risk for both our...
For the most part, I don’t have many complaints when it comes to Laravel. That being said, every now and then I find myself trying to accomplish something I’d consider to be relatively simple only to keep hitting brick walls.
As handy as it...
Nine months ago, I was being welcomed in to Tepee Design as their new Project Manager. “Hi! Welcome to Tepee”. The last 9 months has seemed like a massive whirlwind and I have just had the thought that I am still the newest member of the...
