This week I:- Glossary: changed the site config to use PHP 7.4 AES: started work on an update to the PDF generating functionality so it uses PHP 7.4 AES: further work locally on a version of the website running under vagrant (to facilitate the move to Jekyll) AES: Migrated some recent changes to the new Jekyll version of the website Read on

This week I’ve: Oversteer Racing – more work on post race screen Glossary – upgraded to CakePHP 2.10.15 RF1 – work on pre-season tidy up Read on

This week I’ve: Oversteer Racing: worked on code to release rival cars after their pitstop Glossary: updated to CakePHP 2.10.11 Misc: carried on reading “The Phoenix Project” Read on

This week I’ve: Glossary: Updated the Glossary to CakePHP 2.10.10 Misc: sorted out GDPR stuff… lots of GDPR stuff 🙁 Read on

This week I’ve:- RF1: replaced the old charting system with a new one RF1: upgraded to Django 1.11.12 Glossary: upgraded to 2.10.9 Read on

This week I’ve: RF1: launched the competition for 2018 Glossary: updated to CakePHP 2.10.8 Oversteer Racing: fixed a bug with the particles Misc: updated MantisBT Read on

This week I’ve mostly: Glossary: upgraded to CakePHP 2.10.7 now that this has been released following a fix to the bug I’d identified and then tested the fix for in 2.10.6 Oversteer Racing: I’ve been working on creating a smoother transition when we change the level of drag or rolling resistance on the cars (for example, when getting a ‘tow’ from the car in front or when off the track). I’m quite pleased how this... Read on

This week I’ve: Oversteer Racing: created a car livery for an example rival car Oversteer Racing: did some research on racing game AI Oversteer Racing: started work on code to support multiple cars Glossary: upgraded to CakePHP 2.10 Misc: read more of “The Curve” Read on

This week I’ve: Oversteer Racing: got the pit stop animation the way I want it RF1: upgraded to Django 1.8.18 Glossary: upgraded to CakePHP 2.9.7 Misc: more work on a new EC2 instance, almost ready to use Misc: played around with some NFC tags Read on

This week I’ve: Oversteer Racing: more work on the pit stop UI so players can select the changes to make and see how it affects pit stop duration Oversteer Racing: wrote the latest dev blog Glossary: updated to CakePHP 2.9.5 RF1: posted a blog post outlining some changes to the rules for 2017 RF1: added functionality to add and delete races which will make administering the game easier if a race is cancelled mid-season Read on

Another busy week but I did manage to: Upgrade the shop to ZenCart 1.5.4 Upgrade the test version of RF1 to Django 1.7.4 Upgrade the Glossary to CakePHP 2.6.1 Reconstructed info for all the blog posts I’ve not done for the last couple of months… the record is now complete 😉 Analyse some stats for Bubblision Read on

Busy, busy, busy… still more prep work for the ZenCart upgrade. I’ve also started work on migrating RF1 to Django 1.7 as support for Django 1.6 will end later this year. Read on

Yet another busy week, all I managed to do was a bit more work on preparing for the ZenCart upgrade. Read on

Another busy week but I did begin working on a shop upgrade to the latest version of ZenCart (which was released on the 31st December). I don’t really enjoy upgrading ZenCart and you know you’re in for a rough time when the documentation states that its upgrade process “isn’t wrong, it’s just different”. Read on

For many years I maintained an instance of Gallery 2 (http://galleryproject.org/) to share some of our photos with family and friends. However, life and technology moves on and I simply don’t have time to maintain the installation of the Gallery software* and couldn’t justify the time to upgrade it to version 3. Similarly, we don’t tend to use it for our photos any more and instead share things via Flickr, Facebook or just plain email.... Read on

Some tasks I’ve completed this week: Upgraded the shop software so it supports PHP 5.4. Helpfully my host produced a zip of the changed files which I could compare with my own changed versions of the files so I could be sure I’d applied the same changes. I’m still stunned that the ZenCart devs haven’t provided an interim release of ZenCart that’s compatible with PHP 5.4. Made some code changes to RF1 so it supports... Read on

I’ve still got a fair few things going on so I’ve not got as much done as I’d hoped… Perhaps this will be the trend for the first part of 2014 as the F1 season is just around the corner so I’ll need to start working on RF1. This week I’ve started the following tasks but not completed any: Player bubble collision with power-ups Fix duplicate player bubble bug Other tasks I’ve completed: Updated the... Read on

For a variety of reasons I’ve not had as much time to devote to my game project as I’d hoped this week. As a result I’m a bit behind where I’d like to be in terms of the current sprint. That said, I still managed to complete a couple of tasks: The non-player bubbles now burst (albeit the particles still needing a lot of work) and are removed from the game area if they reach... Read on

Sprint tasks review Created a new branch in the git repo Migrated the code Fail – confirm the existing SimpleTest test suite reports no errors Additional task – Migrated test suite to PHPUnit Tested the deployment to a fresh CakePHP 2 install Merged branch into master Moved code into production Complete Read on

Story By the end of this sprint we will have migrated the current application from CakePHP 1.3 to CakePHP 2.3. We will have also deployed the new codebase into production. Sprint tasks Create a new branch in the git repo Migrate the code Confirm the existing SimpleTest test suite reports no errors Test the deployment to a fresh CakePHP 2 install Merge branch into master Move code into production Expected duration One – two weeks.... Read on

Sprint tasks review Work out how to extend SimpleTest to a test database with the WebTester Complete – see documentation. Create Integration Tests Created tests for Terms (public and admin functionality) Created tests for Groups (public and admin functionality) Created tests for Links (public and admin functionality) Created tests for other ancilliary models (admin functionality mainly) Complete – tests created Read on

Story As a developer I need to be certain that the web front-end of the application works as expected. Sprint tasks Work out how to extend SimpleTest to a test database with the WebTester Create Integration Tests (predominantly Terms, Groups, Links but also including ancillary models) Expected duration Two – three weeks. Read on

Sprint tasks review Migrate existing code to a git repo Complete – Source code moved to my BitBucket account. Install SimpleTest Complete – SimpleTest installed and tested using CakePHP 1.3 core tests. Create Unit Tests (Models and Util component) Created fixtures (needed fixtures for all models) Created tests for Models Created tests for Util component Complete – tests created Read on

Story As a developer I need to migrate the current code base from CakePHP 1.3.15 to CakePHP 2.x. In order to do this I need to create missing unit tests as these will allow me to migrate to the new codebase and retest the migrated code. I also want the code to be under version control. Sprint tasks Migrate existing code to a git repo Install SimpleTest – the only test framework supported by CakePHP... Read on