Insights from the Workshop

• Purify your programs with capability objects

  Rationality, readability and reusability in JavaScript.

  Peter Saxton - May 1, 2016 Functional Programming JavaScript Design

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• Why I won't leave Ruby for Elixir

  My take on Functional Programming vs Object Oriented Programming.

  Peter Saxton - Apr 18, 2016 Functional Programming Object Oriented Programming Immutability

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• Three JavaScript frameworks for 2016

  Cutting edge ideas from emerging JavaScript frameworks.

  Peter Saxton - Mar 23, 2016 JavaScript Design

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• Dreamcoding my ideal language.

  Contriving four language features by wishful thinking.

  Peter Saxton - Nov 26, 2015 Functional Programming Immutability Design

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• Organising client JavaScript with Rollup.js

  Project setup with ES6 module bundles and testing using Jasmine.js and Karma.js

  Nov 12, 2015 JavaScript Rollup.js ES6

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• Handling Errors in Elixir, No one say Monad.

  Advice for handling errors in Elixir pipelines.

  Peter Saxton - Oct 18, 2015 Elixir Functional Programming Monad

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• Domain Driven Design, Where the real value lies.

  Seeing the tactics and the strategy in Domain Driven Design

  Peter Saxton - Aug 20, 2015 Ruby Domain Driven Design

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• Introducing Interactors to represent getting stuff done.

  The line in the sand between domain code and the framework

  Peter Saxton - Aug 16, 2015 Ruby Domain Driven Design

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• Untangle your Domain Model from the Database

  Utilising the Repository Pattern for data persistence in Ruby

  Peter Saxton - Aug 9, 2015 Ruby Domain Driven Design

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• Tackling God objects in Ruby applications

  Breaking apart the model with entities and records

  Peter Saxton - Aug 2, 2015 Ruby Domain Driven Design

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• Application border control with form objects

  Using form objects to preserve your domain language against invalid input.

  Peter Saxton - Jul 23, 2015 Ruby Domain Driven Design

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• Building on Solid foundations

  Moving mindset from language to domain with value objects.

  Peter Saxton - Jul 15, 2015 Ruby Domain Driven Design

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• Discovering the joy of over design

  Introducing Domain Driven Design with Ruby.

  Peter Saxton - Jul 14, 2015 Ruby Domain Driven Design

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• Cove House Mevagissey

  Improving performance for a static webpage using page speed insights

  Peter Saxton - Jul 13, 2015 portfolio performance web

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• Ruby require and broad modules

  Does Ruby's require encourage overreach in modules

  Peter Saxton - May 28, 2015 opinion ruby

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• Useful Music

  Report on Collaborative working, technologies and practices

  Peter Saxton - May 11, 2015 portfolio git

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• Introducing the new blog

  Building on a blank canvas, my new blog without bootstrap.

  Peter Saxton - Apr 23, 2015 css

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• Further Ramblings

  How to learn about the web in small steps

  Nov 7, 2014 Internet World Wide Web JavaScript

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• Philosophical Question of consciousness

  How can we tell if a machine is intelligent? Perhaps when it needs sleep.

  Peter Saxton - Nov 6, 2014 Turing Test AI

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• Explaining Webpages

  Rambling in cyber space

  Nov 5, 2014 Internet Coding JavaScript

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• Grunt

  JavaScript build tool.

  Nov 4, 2014 JavaScript Grunt.js

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• Webcomponents, Functional Reactive Programming, and Microservices

  The most exciting areas for modern development on the web

  Peter Saxton - Nov 2, 2014 Web components FRP Microservices JavaScript

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• A Selection of Interesting links

  Sep 12, 2014 ruby python javascript

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• Introduction to Yeoman

  Scaffolding tool for web apps

  Peter Saxton - Aug 17, 2014 JavaScript yeoman automation

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• Publish Subscribe pattern in JavaScript

  Implementing a simple pub-sub object in JavaScript

  Peter Saxton - Jul 15, 2014 JavaScript Functional Programming

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• JavaScript testing with Karma and Jasmine

  Setting up browser tests for JavaScript client applications

  Peter Saxton - Jun 28, 2014 JavaScript node Test Driven Development

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• Function currying and function composition

  Introducing two fundamental concepts from functional programming in JavaScript.

  Peter Saxton - Jun 26, 2014 JavaScript Functional Programming

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• Quick intro to Bower

  Packet management for the web with bower.

  Peter Saxton - Jun 25, 2014 Bower JavaScript

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• Microservices at Skills Matter

  Russ Miles talks about microservices.

  Peter Saxton - Jun 24, 2014 Microservices

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• Starting with Node.js and Npm

  Reflecting on my journey and what I did next

  Peter Saxton - Apr 30, 2014 Node JavaScript

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• Makers Academy: weeks 13 plus

  Reflecting on my journey and what I did next

  Peter Saxton - Apr 26, 2014 Makers Academy Ruby JavaScript

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• Zero to Heroku with Flask

  Experimenting with microservices in my last week at Makers Academy

  Peter Saxton - Apr 7, 2014 linux heroku python

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• Makers Academy: The final countdown

  Experimenting with microservices in my last week at Makers Academy

  Peter Saxton - Apr 5, 2014 ruby ruby on rails microservices

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• Mocking API calls with Webmock

  Automating mock http responses with Webmock

  Peter Saxton - Apr 4, 2014 RSpec TDD Rails Ruby

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• Makers Academy: Penultimate Week

  Starting our final group project.

  Peter Saxton - Mar 31, 2014 Heroku Git TDD

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• Fred George talk and Microservice excitement

  My introduction to the microservice architecture

  Mar 26, 2014 microservices programming object oriented programming

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• Makers Acadamy: Wandering in the wild

  Taking a moment to discover how much more there is to learn

  Peter Saxton - Mar 26, 2014 clojure haml Makers Academy

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• A second week with Ruby on Rails

  Exploring convention over configuration in Rails

  Peter Saxton - Mar 24, 2014 Ruby Ruby on Rails Makers Academy

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• Makers Academy: Unleash Ruby on Rails

  Getting introduced to the main ruby web framework

  Peter Saxton - Mar 18, 2014 ruby ruby on rails Makers Academy

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• Opening Clojure

  Impression from my first day with clojure

  Peter Saxton - Mar 13, 2014 Clojure functional programming

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• The trouble with Postgres and Rails

  Setting up PostgreSQL on Linux Mint

  Peter Saxton - Mar 10, 2014 postgresql linux database

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• Hurrah for Apple

  Renewable energy use at Apple

  Peter Saxton - Mar 9, 2014 climate change technology

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• Tooling up my text editor

  Getting professional about the tools of the trade.

  Peter Saxton - Mar 8, 2014 Workflow Makers Academy Sublime Text

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• Maker Academy: JavaScript a new love-hate relationship

  Our introduction to JavaScript at Makers Academy

  Peter Saxton - Feb 26, 2014 JavaScript Makers Academy

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• Makers Academy: Weeks 5 & 6

  Introducing the web with Sinatra and data storage with postgres

  Peter Saxton - Feb 19, 2014 Makers Academy Sinatra Ruby

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• Converting to linux

  Setting up Linux Mint as my main working environment

  Peter Saxton - Feb 11, 2014 Linux

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• Makers Academy: Games Week

  Using Test Driven Development to build Battleships and a Sudoku solver

  Peter Saxton - Feb 10, 2014 ruby git TDD

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• Cooperative development

  Three projects exploring the power of collaborative creation

  Peter Saxton - Feb 4, 2014 pair programming open source crowdfunding

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• Phonegap London: second meetup

  Learning about ionic and phonegap at the London meetup

  Peter Saxton - Feb 3, 2014 phonegap JavaScript

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• Makers Academy: Whatta lotta objects

  Getting introduced to Object Oriented Programming(OOP) with Ruby

  Peter Saxton - Feb 3, 2014 MakersAcademy TDD OOP

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• Filling in my tax return

  Registering as self employed in the UK on my way to becoming a freelancer

  Peter Saxton - Jan 27, 2014 business money freelance

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• Makers Academy: Spooky interaction

  Creating better code with tests and pair programming

  Peter Saxton - Jan 23, 2014 MakersAcademy ruby TDD

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• Makers Academy: Journey Beginning

  My first week at Makers Academy developer bootcamp

  Peter Saxton - Jan 13, 2014 MakersAcademy ruby git

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• Minimum Viable Product vs Accessability

  An overview on getting setup as self employed, it's not that bad

  Peter Saxton - Dec 2, 2013 web MVP accessability

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• Walk through registering as self employed (UK)

  An overview on getting setup as self employed, it's not that bad

  Peter Saxton - Nov 20, 2013 employment

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• London Layout Kickstarter

  Lessons from crowdfunding campaigns

  Peter Saxton - Nov 18, 2013 portfolio crowdfunding mapping

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• Is the future closer than I thought?

  Exciting developments from SpaceX and Boston Dynamics

  Peter Saxton - Nov 7, 2013 technology

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• Starting a Routine

  Commitment to write about our exciting world

  Peter Saxton - Oct 21, 2013 crowdfunding technology

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