What we do
Responsive Websites
Websites need to adapt to the device they are being viewed on. I build responsive websites to give your viewers the best user experience possible.
Content Managed Websites
I build websites that you can update yourself. Either custom solutions or making use of WordPress.
Hosting
Reliable and affordable, cloud based hosting on both Linux or Windows platforms. Email accounts with spam prevention.
About NerdBoy Software
I've been building sites for about 17 years, from the days of HTML and animated GIFs, then using asp and Microsoft Access, then onto ASP.net and SQL Server.
I'm also adept at using Wordpress, creating custom themes or configuring premium themes.
I have created a few Android applications and currently have 2 games on the Google Play store.
Bespoke development
Customisation and configuration
Including games
THE TEAM
Joe
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Exclude a file from Mercurial
Find the .hgignore file and open in a texteditor Add a line e.g. myfolder/mysubfolder/myfile.txt or for a for the contents of a folder e.g. myfolder/mysubfolder/dontinclude/ If you already have a file in source control and you want to remove it, open a command prompt, navigate to the directory. hg remove -Af myfile.txt -A records a Read more about Exclude a file from Mercurial[…]
Vue.js cancel button
If you have a form with bound fields, then as you change the fields then the model will be changing. Suppose you want to cancel out of these changes. In the component define a method to call when you initialise the form. I’ll explain the validationerrors array in a future post. So when we’re initialising Read more about Vue.js cancel button[…]
Vue.js fire event in component
To fire an event in a component and respond to it in the parent. In the component, inside “methods” create a method with this.$emit e.g. Trigger this somehow e.g. Then in the parent create a method to respond to this And then wire the event up on the component markup
Vue.js pass some translations into a component
In the parent page create a javascript variable and set the values server-side e.g. ViewBag is only used here for illustration. In the component define translations as a prop, specifying it’s type as Object. I’ve kept the other prop “rows” to show how multiple props are specified. In the component template use them like Or Read more about Vue.js pass some translations into a component[…]
Investing in Crypto Currencies
I’ve been investing in crypto currencies for about 9 months now. I started by buying small fractions of a BitCoin and as I learnt more, I bought a few alt-coins and I’ve invested in some ICOs. There’s a fair bit to learn, so I thought I’d make a short guide for anyone new to cryptocurrencies. Read more about Investing in Crypto Currencies[…]
Xamarin SearchBar Tip 2 – search as you type
See part one on how to pass the text that was typed in passed to the command. This next tip runs the search command when the text changes, as you type. Add a new behaviour, I added this to a subfolder “Behaviour” Then in the view add a new xmlns And add the behaviour like Read more about Xamarin SearchBar Tip 2 – search as you type[…]
Xamarin – SearchBar Tip 1
If you’re using a SearchBar control, you’ll need to pass the text that’s been entered. Instead of using a property you can use a Binding “trick” instead. You’ll notice that SearchCommandParameter is set to bind to the text property of the SearchBar itself