Avoiding "spaghetti code"

When I started my Information Processing and Technology (IPT) subject in Year 11 at school way back in 1991 one of the first concepts that the teacher, Mr Whitehouse, impressed upon us was to avoid writing what he called "spaghetti code". What he meant by that term is the kind of code you end up with if you just sit down and start hacking away without giving any real thought to the best...

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Australia Day Cockroach Races

It was 32 degrees, a typical Summer Day… perfect Australian heat for a fantastic celebration at the Story Bridge Hotel.

It was the 29th Annual Cockroach Races.  Keen racegoers came in packs of...


WordPress - more than just a blogging tool?

WordPress is commonly known as a blogging tool, but it is being used more and more as a Content Management System. Because it is primarily a blogging tool the install is fairly basic, but there...


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My first day learning a new language

Today was the first day at my new job with ireckon, and it was like entering a new world, sort of like arriving at Pandora (if you have been under a rock I’m referring to the blockbuster movie...


Creating a Drupal Photo Gallery

For an upcoming Drupal website project, the client requested that they would like a Photo Gallery on their site that would contain a number of Galleries in one section, with each gallery easy to...


Developing for Facebook. FBML - not as hard as it seems.

Late last year we developed a mini site for the Ireckon Facebook fan page (go on become a fan, you know you want to), this is the first time I have worked with FBML, and while at first to looks...


Smarter Programming

Over the past month or so I have been working on a new web site which has a lot of content, some of it freely available and some of it for members only. One of the specifications I received early...


Back to Basics

There are many blogs, books and guides about how to create a user friendly, content rich, and generally just an outstanding website. Perhaps it is a case of there being too much information that...


ireckon office closure for Christmas

2009 has been a busy year, and we're just about ready for some R & R. So, Ireckon will be closed during the Christmas/New Year period from Midday on December 24th. We will return to the office,...


Search Engine Optimisation predictions for 2010

The Internet is a dynamic beast that is constantly growing and changing - not just in the huge volumes of new information added each day, but also in the way that people find and use that...


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