Web Service

02 Jan

I was recently tasked with creating some fairly unique data visualizations with D3.js for some big name companies, displaying aggregate data sets in visual pleasing and easily discernible graphics. I figured it would be good to document my experience so others can also learn what D3 is all about. What is D3? The D3.js library is a powerful javascript library for integrating data into interactive documents. The documents could be hosted by a web service to allow data display and visualization on large scales. The full source and tests are also available for download on GitHub. D3 allows data to be bound to the DOM (Document Object Model)...

22:16 / Coding / Programming / Technology / Web Service
24 Jul

As a fitting first post to this blog I am going to be discussing the process by which anyone can easily setup a Wordpress blog on Amazon's Web Service platform. The nice part about the Bitnami certified Wordpress installation is that it comes pre-configured and fully updated. No messing around with setting up databases or changing configuration files is needed. As always with any setup of a public facing web service I encourage users to first read the OWASP security implementations and considerations here I would not store any financial or personal information on a Wordpress site unless you have extensive knowledge...

23:52 / Software Development / Web Service / Wordpress