S.Wojnowski - web development

Helping make the web work for everyone.

Welcome to my website. My name is Sylwester Wojnowski. I am a full stack web developer who started programming for the internet in 1998. As a web developer I plan, design and implement intereactive internet technologies and applications for individuals and organisations.

Web Developer Zone

Web Developer Zone is a code first section devoted to tools and techniques used in web development. Thematically, the main focus here is on PHP, Linux, BASH, JavaScript and a little bit of MySQL and Python.

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Make sass watch and compile scss files in the background

Make sass watch and compile scss files in the background

11 Jan 2022 00:42:58


Make sass command watch and compile scss files in the background.


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Building a module for CodeIgniter 4

28 Jan 2022 12:34:11

Building a module for CodeIgniter 4

Once you are somewhat familiar with basics of CodeIgniter 4 and the MVC pattern it uses, it is time to move on to building modules for the framework. Modules are chunks of functionality you write once and reuse in your current and subsequent projects. Depending on your needs you ...

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Creating URL-safe slugs in CodeIgniter 4

27 Jan 2022 12:25:32

Creating URL-safe slugs in CodeIgniter 4

Today it is very desirable to be able to create user (and search engine) friendly URLs. One big step towards achieving this is knowing how to build slugs. A slugs is a special string, which is suitable for including in an URL. For example a slug has no spaces in it. They all are ...

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Database queries with bindings and Query Builder essentials in CodeIgniter 4

23 Jan 2022 01:25:58

Database queries with bindings and Query Builder essentials in CodeIgniter 4

CodeIgniter 4 offers a good range of tools for fetching data from database. There are simple queries, queries with bindings and a very good Query Builder class. I do not use simple queries, so leave them aside, and focus on the later two. A couple of (almost) self-explanatory ...

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Selecting items created within the current month in MySQL

22 Jan 2022 19:08:58

Selecting items created within the current month in MySQL

Here is a quick query, which helps to find all the items added to a MySQL database table in the current month. Suppose today is January 18, 2022, and you want to get all the blog posts stored in Posts table, which were created within the last 18 days. Assuming that the table ...

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SWWW

S.Wojnowski - web developer

SWWW is my place on the web where I write on stuff related to web development. Main focus here is on my own programs and scripts, but also websites I have developed over years or helped develop, improve or maintain. In the Web Developer Zone I take a closer look at various solutions related to web development and computer programming.

If you find any of my projects interesting, useful or would like to know more on it, do let me know. This website has a contact form. Altenatively, you can leave a comment under an article on the blog.

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I am based in Wakefield, UK, but always happy to consider remote work opportunities.

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