Another pointless website

I develop websites, mobile & desktop apps

frequently blog

and travel

when time and work allows.

If you’re in denial

can’t find anything better to do

or your day has hit a serious low

then waste some time here.

A brief history

Welcome to the micro-site of writer, developer, blogger and traveler James Griffiths.

They say a picture paints a thousand words so here's a brief tapestry of my life to date...

1977 - Planet earth welcomes a happy & healthy new addition

1982 - Pre-smartphone days

1989 - Throwing down some moves in the rubble of an ongoing demolition of a council estate

1995 - Discovering the joys of sculpture

1996 - Clearing flowerbeds in the local shopping precinct

2002 - Discovering the world of Flash MX and web development

2005 - Building interactive web applications

2006 - Launching my own business

2012 - Still kicking it

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Welcome to the micro-site of writer, developer, blogger and traveler James Griffiths.

They say a picture paints a thousand words so here's a brief tapestry of my life to date...

Over the years I've been privileged and fortunate to work on some amazing projects.

Here's a handful of some of the clients that I've worked with during this time.

Coding covers a multitude of different disciplines - here are the areas that I specialise in...

Front-end development
20 years experience with JavaScript, TypeScript, CSS/Sass & HTML
Back-end development
Highly experienced with PHP & MySQL, KirbyCMS, PerchCMS, Node, Express & MongoDB
Web Page optimisation
Improving page loading times (measured through TTFB, LCP, Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals)
Responsive design
Expertise in developing websites and applications that run cross-platform
Ionic application development
Native device like experiences that run across iOS/Android, desktop and web environments
Angular/TypeScript
Frontend application development using the Angular Framework and TypeScript language
StencilJS Web Components
Cross-platform UI component development using cutting-edge standards
Search engine optimisation
Engineering websites and applications from the ground up to be search engine friendly
Website accessibility
Developing websites and applications that can be used by people from all walks of life
Documentation
Project documentation and in-code documentation

With exuberance and vitality my day starts to be greeted with the following...

A brief snapshot of my mis-spent youth...(I could have been a contender)

Cone Ollie 1992

360 flip sheridan centre 1996

Rodney Mullen - Rock City skatepark, 1998

A brief snapshot of my mis-spent youth...(I could have been a contender)

Digital projects and sculptures that I've been involved with

Writing is a passion and here are some of the books that I've been fortunate to write so far.

My ebooks are available through the following outlets:

Mastering Ionic: The Definitive Guide

An in-depth guide to working with the Ionic Framework, Angular, TypeScript, Capacitor and Stencil Web Components
Mastering Ionic: Working with Databases

Cross-platform application development using Ionic Framework/Angular with PouchDB/CouchDB, SQLite, PHP/MySQL, the MEAN stack and Cloud Firestore
Mastering Ionic: Working with PouchDB

An in-depth guide on developing cross-platform applications using Ionic Framework/Angular with PouchDB/CouchDB
Mastering Ionic: Working with SQLite

A hands-on walk through developing SQL driven cross-platform applications using Ionic Framework/Angular with SQLite
Mastering Ionic: Working with PHP & MySQL

A guide to using Ionic Framework/Angular with PHP, MySQL and the GD image manipulation library to develop cross-platform applications
Mastering Ionic: Working with the MEAN stack

A guide to developing Ionic Framework/Angular applications using the MEAN stack
Mastering Ionic: Working with Cloud Firestore

A guide to developing Ionic Framework/Angular applications using Cloud Firestore, Cloud Storage and Firebase hosting