Category Archives: Programming

Accessing Cordova Config Info From JavaScript Without Plugins

Posted on March 19, 2018 by

I wanted to access the current build number for analytics, but there seemed to be no easy way to get at the info that Cordova puts into the plist file (Xcode) and AndroidManifest.xml (Android Studio). My solution is to copy … Continue reading →

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Push Notifications on iOS

Posted on August 11, 2015 by

As with anything new on iOS, getting push notifications working has been a pain. Thankfully, there’s a brilliant write-up of the process here: Apple Push Notification Services in iOS 6 Tutorial: Part 1/2. Plus the PhoneGap/Cordova plug-in to make it … Continue reading →

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Build an HTML5 Game: Some Reviews

Posted on May 3, 2015 by

I’ve found three decent reviews for my book “Build an HTML5 Game“, and especially pleasing is the fact that two of them seem to be from exactly the target audience i.e. developers with existing web skills who didn’t realise how … Continue reading →

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Build An HTML5 Game – Answers To Exercises

Posted on February 17, 2015 by

My Build An HTML5 Game book is finally on the way, and the website to go with it is live too. As well as info about the book it serves three main purposes: A place to see and play the … Continue reading →

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Build an HTML5 Game – 40% Early Access Discount

Posted on January 30, 2015 by

My book Build an HTML5 Game in going to be out in a couple of months, and until around 4pm on January 31st 2015 you can get 40% off with the discount code BRIGHTANDEARLY if you buy it here: http://www.nostarch.com/html5game … Continue reading →

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Appearance on the Backendy podcast

Posted on March 20, 2014 by

I’ve made an appearance on the Backendy podcast in which I chat with friend and former business partner Darren Beale about flying a plane, Facebook game development and advertising of the past, and various business and business-of-tech type things. You … Continue reading →

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A New Venture: Wedu Games

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

My new venture, Wedu Games, is up and running. Or at least the site is as there are no games finished yet. There are a few things in development, though, including an interactive storytelling table app (that isn’t a game … Continue reading →

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Indie Game Developers and the Facebook of Doom

Posted on February 25, 2010 by

Slides from my presentation at the London Facebook Developer Garage last night: Indie Game Developers and the Facebook of Doomhttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=futureindiegamedevelopers-100225032338-phpapp01&stripped_title=indie-game-developers-and-the-facebook-of-doom View more presentations from Karl Bunyan.

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fbExchange.Net – a new site for Facebook development answers

Posted on February 16, 2010 by

With Daniel Schaffer (author of the .Net Facebook API Client) I’ve put together a Stack Overflow-type website for Facebook developer help called fbExchange.Net. It’s intended to build as a knowledge base and to be focussed more on tech than the … Continue reading →

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Microsoft SQL Server text data column and PHP length problems

Posted on December 29, 2008 by

I’ve had this problem before: PHP truncates results from a SQL Server text field to 4096 characters. (This is running PHP under Apache on Windows.) To save myself having to work out the right Google terms again, this is the … Continue reading →

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