The Reading Room is our collection of what we’ve written and what we’re reading from the web.
Dootrix & Heathrow Airport
We are delighted to announce that Dootrix has signed a partner agreement to provide software and application development, and consultancy services to Heathrow Airport. Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited (formerly BAA) […]
Dootrix is a Microsoft Silver Partner and a Cloud Solution Provider
We are delighted to announce that Dootrix is a Microsoft Silver Partner and a Cloud Solution Provider. We have demonstrated proven Azure performance, passed rigorous technology assessments, met the Azure […]
“We look at the process in itself as a product, and that helps us learn.”
Heathrow’s Andrew Isenman on making innovation work in one of the world’s biggest and busiest airports. Andy Isenman, Head of DevOps at Heathrow Airport “Start-ups and enterprise have two opposing […]
Automating Azure Deployments with ARM Templates
Our lead DevOps engineer, and all round nice guy Mark Vallins, shares his experience with Azure deployments using ARM templates, Powershell and Visual Studio Code. A great video walkthrough […]
Entity Framework Code First Migrations on VSTS
Recently I came across a requirement to deploy a code first project on VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services). The project had Entity Framework running against an SQL Server on Azure. […]
Integrate awesome animations into your native apps
Have you ever marvelled at an app’s ability to capture your attention through animations ranging from simple micro interactions to complex story telling? Have you wondered how you too […]
Using the power of blockchain when buying a house
Recently I have gone through what can only be described as the laborious still paper-based process of buying a house. So I got to thinking there must be a quicker, […]
10 Books Every Product Designer Needs To Read
…and why you should take the time to actually read them. 1. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Kahneman’s book contains some deep important concepts around how human beings make decisions. […]
The antidote to showrooming?
Bringing the best online shopping experiences into real life stores. We’re fascinated by ideas that use technology to enhance and harmonise with real world experiences, especially if they solve real […]
This month’s most useful tools for developers > April 2018
Some are about new thinking or new techniques, some are about old or legacy technology and some are just useful resources for different languages or platforms. Some are just lolz. […]
An experiment with AWS Lambda & a Serverless Framework
“I wanted to use the Serverless Framework to create something simple that could be deployed, run and stripped down again really quickly.” Dootrix Tech Lead, James Robinson. We’ve been doing a […]
Clarity and control. The simple way to manage mobile team communications
How can you manage real time incidents quickly and at scale? How do you ensure that large, disparate teams, in multiple locations, can respond simply and efficiently to operational information? […]
The Real Value of Design Thinking.
Design sprints with solution-focused Design Thinking are the keys to exceptional ROIs. It’s official: Design Thinking has a huge return on investment for organisations of any size and that means […]
Docker lightning talk
A team lightning talk by Steve Atkinson, on how you can create a local production-like environment for development….Or how I learnt to stop worrying and mimic my production environment.’
This month’s most useful tools for developers > March 2018
Some are about new thinking or new techniques, some are about old or legacy technology and some are just useful resources for different languages or platforms. Some are just lolz. […]
Table of Disruptive Technologies
A dashboard of weird and wonderful (and possibly worrying) ways that the world might change in the foreseeable future by Futurist Richard Watson. By Richard Watson at imperialtechforesight.com
This month’s most useful tools for developers > February 2018
Some are about new thinking or new techniques, some are about old or legacy technology and some are just useful resources for different languages or platforms. The brief is simple — if […]
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