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I have finally finished the first release of the project management software I have been building using the CodeIgniter framework.
To download it please visit Cyberience Projects website.
Cyberience Projects is a web based open source project management software application built using the PHP CodeIgniter framework.
The main features of the application are Project and Task Collaboration; Client [...]

At my normal 9 to 5 job as a Business Analyst we use a number of different processes and tools within our development process. For web screen prototyping / mock-ups we use Microsoft Visio, however, the task can be quite laborious.
I was looking to see if there were any online tools which we could use [...]

I’ve recently found a few excellent articles which I thought I would share.
1)  How to Write Good Tests

2) iPhone Home Screen Prototype

3) 10 Reasons Why You Should Upgrade to Windows 7

4)  51 Web Apps for Web Designers and Developers

5) 10 Puzzle Websites to Sharpen Your Programming Skills

If you are experiencing problems with your PC hanging all the time or even the dreaded blue screen of death then it might just be possible that an upgrade of RAM might solve your problems.
A quick way to run some diagnostic tools on your PC is to run the Full Tests available at PC Pitstop. [...]

There are many ways to setup a codeigniter installation, however, I thought it might be useful to share the setup that I currently use.
My setup allow the removal of the index.php from the URL as well as having a front and backend application running off the same codeigniter base. In addition to this the codeigniter [...]

As a freelance web developer I generally only work on solo projects. I had given brief consideration to using some kind of version control system to ensure that if I ever made any mistakes with my coding I could easily roll back the changes and restore my website or application back to a [...]

I’ve been thinking of setting up a blog for a long long time and now I’ve finally got round to doing it !!
The purpose of the blog is to try and share some of my thoughts around my interests which are wide and varied and include Website Design and Development, PHP, CodeIgniter and Business [...]