I have completed the first part of a new module for the open source ecommerce software Magento which aims to add in a bunch of additional functionality specific for Australia. You can find the module, along with installation instructions at the Fontis Magento project page.
In my new position at Fontis, I have been tasked with continuing development on a somewhat larger project for an external client. It doesn’t sound like anything too dramatic – web site written in PHP, using the CakePHP framework, and driven by a database. I just didn’t factor in Murphy’s Law.
There has been a disturbing lack of activity on this blog over the last month but, rest assured, I am still alive and well. I’ve been taking a holiday of sorts from blogging but now I plan on getting back to business.
The new year has brought a change for me – I am now working at Fontis IT alongside two of my friends from my days at uni (when I was still a student that is); it’s nice knowing other people at work right off the bat. I’m still continuing with the jobs I was doing before but now I have a nicer place to work (an office in the city) and the promise of further projects to work on after I’m done with my current batch . Overall I think it should be beneficial for everyone!
So, happy new year, I’m back, back again (tell a friend) and I hope to get some good posts up soon. I predict the first will be dealing with my further experience with ExtJS and jQuery.