Against 99% of the business advice I have ever received, I filed my own T2 business tax return last week. It was mailed to the PEI CRA Tax Center in a white envelope with a regular stamp. Although I had to tape around the envelope to make sure nothing felt out, it was the best business learning I experienced this year!Why I Filed My Own Business TaxIf you ever start a … [Read more...]
Project: Warhammer Underworlds Dice Calculator
What I didFull Stack DevelopmentThis Underworlds Dice Calculator is the first interactive Django app I designed and wrote. I designed the UI (user interface), used Bootstrap 4 for the frontend and Django for the backend. It is deployed to and hosted on PythonAnywhere.Optimized for SpeedBecause this is meant to be a free app, I designed the data structure such … [Read more...]
My First Web App (Backend Web Development)
This simply website is my first web app. It's written in Python using the Django framework connected to a mySQL database. Seeing it live on the internet gave me a buzz about the same size as making it on BuzzFeed! That's another story for another day.A 2 Year JourneyOver the last 8 years I have built many feature-rich Wordpress websites. Since 2016 I want to progress … [Read more...]
How to Direct Link to Google Review
Having a direct link to your Google Business Review makes it more convenient for your customers. They no longer need to look your business up, click around, and then type up a review. It's a great way to remove additional barriers to getting reviews!Directly linking to Google Review makes it easy for your customers. 2 Steps to Getting Your Direct Link: 1. Look up your Google … [Read more...]
Why I Chose Computer Science 101 Over Coding Bootcamp
I decided to learn to code last year, and I recently completed a CPSC 101 at University of Northern British Columbia.Yes, that was a first year university class full of teenagers. In one of the tutorials, I was paired up with a student who was extremely excited that she was about to turn 20 and all I can think about was how much I would be willing to pay to … [Read more...]