The Prompt I run a blog called Something Decent. The blog aims to provide users with friendly articles based on varying subjects from web dev advice to cooking recipes but mostly focuses on web dev. Today I would like you to write an article for Something Decent. The article should...

After seeing the release of the new chatGPT API by Open AI I decided to give it a whirl. I figured I could try and leverage this poor little AI to do my bidding and churn out some original (sorta) content for my blog. I have a little experience with...

If you are anything like I was at the point of accepting my first frontend development role within a CRO team you are probably wondering what on earth CRO even is. So let me try and explain… For a start CRO stands for Conversion Rate Optimisation. Yes, I can hear...

My introduction to the Roots ecosystem occurred when I was asked to migrate a Wordpress website which uses the Bedrock framework. During the process I encountered many stumbling blocks. This is due to my lack of knowledge of the framework and the way in which it works. After doing a...

In the previous instalment we went over some basic explanations of HTML and JavaScript. We also dabbled in the differences between a markup language (HTML) and a full fledged programming language (JavaScript). In this instalment we will be taking a look at a third language which all modern web developers...

On Monday, July 13th 2020, I attempted to embark on the ever so optimistic challenge of walking from my humble abode in North London to the sunny, tartan clad, shores of Glasgow. More info on the following: https://somethingdecent.co.uk/opinions-blogs/travel/london-to-glasgow-by-foot-hopefully/ However, as you may have guessed from the title of this post,...

Yes, you read that correctly. I plan to walk from London to Glasgow. Whether or not I will make it that far, only time will tell. The journey which starts at my home in north London and ends at whatever google maps dictates to be Glasgow is roughly 380 miles...

When deciding how to animate an element on the click event the first port of call is usually to set up a JavaScript event listener. What if I told you there was a way of doing so with pure CSS? Yup, you read that correctly, you can animate your buttons...

Before we start I'd like to point you towards the introductory post for Learn With a Layman. It will provide you with some background information about this series and some vital resources to aid learning. If you have already read it (you don't need to read it again) you may...