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Sharing our opinions on business management, website development, and design.
Do I need a new website?
So you got your website designed a few years ago, and since then your company has undergone several changes. The changes might vary from different team members managing the website to new internal departments [...]
Best Software and Applications – 2017 Ember Awards
The Ember Awards, an Alberta-wide digital awards night, were this past Saturday and we were honoured to receive our first award! A custom inventory management system we created for local business Nothing But Tires [...]
Variable Columns for Datatables
Most developers have used Datatables when they want to display large amounts of data, but what happens when the structure of that data is different depending on the search parameters provided? How do you handle [...]
Staff Meetings: Finding a Productive Balance
Here at PDERAS, we value productivity. We always have several web development projects as well as internal initiatives on the go, and so we focus on staying on task in order to meet our [...]
Prototyping: Adobe Xd, Atomic and InVision
There are now numerous tools available online for prototyping websites, applications, and other online experiences. Each of these tools is relatively budget-friendly and offers a range of similar features. Today we are going to [...]
Using Slack for Team Communication
Staying on task in order to achieve big results is important to us here at PDERAS. We recently grew from four team members up to six, and so wanted to have a system in place [...]
Making Better Animations Using Scroll Magic Part 2
In my last blog about Scroll Magic (scrollmagic.io) I talked about a few things that will really help ease the stress of creating animations for your website. There were a few things I left [...]
Using Trello For Our Project Management
As digital process consultants it’s important for us to practice what we preach. We want our project management to be accessible, open, and effective through the use of digital technology. Earlier this year we [...]
Falling Snowflakes WordPress Plugin
Some Holiday Cheer: A Free Falling Snowflake Wordpress Plugin We have some pretty big fans of the holidays at our office, and this year we decided to take some time and create something to celebrate the season. [...]
Comparing Laravel to the Play framework
Web development has moved beyond what the best language for the job is (since they all contain many of the same features, just in different forms) and into choosing the best framework to use. Frameworks [...]
10 Year Anniversary Celebration!
Thursday, November 24th will be the 10th anniversary of PDERAS Consulting Group! This milestone wouldn't have been possible without the incredible support from our many clients, collaborators, friends, and family members. Our industry has changed [...]
Making Better Animations Using Scroll Magic
Things always appear more exciting and impressive when they are moving and interactive. Just as pictures were turned into movies to increase their value and interest, web developers are now including more animations and interactive [...]
Dynamic Development: Building Relationships and Successful Products
Beyond anything else, we enjoy working with clients that, like us, share a dynamic vision and passion for their business or organization, with the goal of constantly looking to do better. Luckily in Alberta, especially in Edmonton, there is an abundance [...]
Optimizing Project Management: Developing a Successful Cyclical Process
Having been in the custom development industry for over a decade, we know that a cyclical process is the truest representation of a successful workflow. Don’t be misled by a linear process. Creating a complex, [...]
Laravel: How to Use Migrations to Update a Table That Has An Enum Field
** Disclaimer: The only version of Laravel that this has actually been used/tested is 5.2. Seems the issue still exists in the new 5.3 release – but it’s likely due more to the doctrine/dbal [...]
Bridging Technologies: How to Reduce the Clutter in Your Digital Space
Over the years we have found an increasing request from potential and existing customers for a new kind of service revolving around tidying up and linking existing applications and software together. We call this service bridging, but [...]