When first dipping my large toes into Google Tag Manager all those years ago…and still now to be honest, I often forget exactly what data certain built-in variables will provide you with. So I am doing the sensible thing and writing them down for the whole world to see. Overview The quickest way to cover what the different variables do, is a quick show and tell. If you want to track a link...
Requirements mean many different things for many different people. The dictionary’s definition of a requirement is one that – I believe – we can all agree on: “A thing that is needed or wanted” That definition is so succinct that it is impossible to disagree with, although I’ve no doubt that some will want to. A person may require a lift, they may require food...
Overview The logical first step to understanding what BPMN is, and why we need it is to understand what it stands for. BPMN is an acronym for Business Process Model and Notation, which has been maintained by the Object Management Group as a standard since 2005. Knowing what the acronym means, let’s dive into why we use it. What Does it Look Like? What is BPMN BPMN or Business...
All software produced will have bugs, it just a fact of development, software, life. An identifier of quality software is how few bugs it ships with, an identifier of the quality of the software vendor is how quickly those bugs can be patched. Whilst automated tests should absolutely be a part of every build pipeline, bugs can and will slip through the net. When they do, reporting the bug with...
So with a fresh new Magento 2 instance successfully downloaded and sitting happily in a directory, you can choose to either install through the setup Wizard, which is browser based, or you can choose to install via the command line. Perhaps a hangover from many years passed, but I rarely trust browser based installers. All too often they would fail after creating half the DB forcing you to scrub...
So having recently found myself in a position where I need to compare two contracts, quickly and easily to see the changes / differences between the two, I came across Mergely – which was exactly what I needed.
No sign ups.
No registration.
Literally just copy and paste in your two documents, and the differences are highlighted right there for you.
Github for code, mergely for documents.
Whilst I’ve become a huge fan of running Valet for local development – specifically Magento 2 which runs at a pace that doesn’t make me want to claw my eyes out – rather than installing Apache / Nginx, configuring, adding entries in the hosts file etc, I have found it trip me up a few times. A key one of these, is Valet may show mysql@5.7 to be running, but when you try...
Brochureware refers to a series of web pages / website that exists to present company printed collateral / marketing materials in a digital format. Typically very simple and non-interactive websites.
CATWOE is an acronym for Clients, Actors, Transformation, Weltanschauung / Worldview, Owner, Environment, and is essentially a process that business analysts follow when understanding business goals, problems, and identifying solutions.
In UML the term Actor refers to a human user or an external system that interacts with a particular part of a system; ultimately an entity that produces or consumes data.