2016: Week 2
Lyst This week I wrapped up the merchandizing feeds ticket. I think this work really improves the user experience. Let's see if it impacts conversion. I wrote some tests for a Javascript mixin that applies analytics to links through out the code base. I've now been tasked with building a...
Javascript Testing
2016: Week 1
Lyst This week I was mainly working on a ticket to experiment with visually merchandizing product feeds. This involved a significant amount of time hammering out the details of what the initial experiment should actually look like, working with/in Python & SQL and some grappling with caching. I'm really looking...
2015: Week 53
Week 53 is from Monday December 28, 2015 until (and including) Sunday January 3, 2016. The first week of the year is the week that contains that year's first Thursday (='First 4-day week'). The highest week number in a year is either 52 or 53. "Growing tired of this fluent...
How I learnt to code*
I often get asked about which resources I found helpful when I was first learning to code so here is a post on that. If your aim is to quickly find out what 'coding' is, spend an hour with Dash. This is a super easy (& fun) way to test...
Javascript Attack
To get to grips with Javascript I've been busy with some projects... MultiFizz I spent a morning last week playing with IO, a simple prototypical language. Javascript is also a prototypical language and I have been told that looking at IO would be a nice intro. After that I wrote...