Richard Ballard
  • Notes
  • About
  • Contact

Richard Ballard

Richard Ballard
Chrome Extensions 2018

Chrome Extensions 2018

I've recently been thinking how I can 'work smarter, not harder' and an obvious optimisation is documentation. At work, our team and I are actively trying to document the key areas of our working life in an attempt to help us right now, and indeed future

26 Mar 2018
Deploy a multi-project solution from GitHub with Azure Deployments

Deploy a multi-project solution from GitHub with Azure Deployments

Azure has a simple way to set up a Deployment Option that monitors our GitHub repository and deploys our code when we push commits to a certain branch. Once you’ve given Azure permission to access your GitHub repository, this works out of the box with little fuss in the

25 Jan 2018
Everyday git commands

Everyday git commands

The vast majority of the projects I work with use Git as their source control. I predominantly use a Git UI tool for most of my daily Git interactions. However, there are times when I need to jump to the command line to have that extra control. My Git client

14 Nov 2017
It's probably time to take a break

It's probably time to take a break

After a couple of years in the industry, you realise that you will burnout if you carry on working hell for leather, all year round, year after year. Next comes the ability to pick up on the little signs that indicate that you might need a break. For me, those

30 Aug 2017
JQuery Validate with dynamically generated forms

JQuery Validate with dynamically generated forms

Recently, I worked on a project that required validating forms client-side that were served via an Ajax call to the server. When a dropdown changes, the UI triggers a request for a dynamically generated form. It sends an ID to the server and expects a fully formed HTML form back.

18 Jun 2017
To blog or not to blog

To blog or not to blog

I've always appreciated the effort others have made to maintain their blogs, happily consuming them for my benefit. However, I'd always thought blogging was for others, not me. Recently, I decided to change that. So, I bought a domain, did my platform research and set up

05 Jun 2017
See all
Richard Ballard

Richard Ballard

Notes along the way

Richard Ballard
  • LinkedIn
  • GitHub
  • Email
Powered by Ghost