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Tom McCann

@tommccannJoined January 2024

Veteran developer, making the transition to frontend after 40 years on the backend

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Backend to Frontendtommccann.hashnode.dev5 posts

Meanwhile, back in the backend...

I had to spend some time in the backend setting up some essential infrastructure components of my app. First, a MySQL database server hosted by Digital Ocean in Singapore. Second, a Database Proxy Server, developed by me, hosted by Render in Virginia...

Jan 19, 2024 · 1 min readtommccann.hashnode.dev

Including the Bootstrap CSS Framework in a Google App

Being a CSS newbie, I regard Bootstrap as my 'training wheels'. I'm not confident enough with CSS to create clean-looking designs so I welcome help from wherever I can get it. I like the simplicity of Bootstrap. In a previous post I demonstrated how ...

Jan 7, 2024 · 1 min readtommccann.hashnode.dev

Embedding a Svelte app in the Sheets sidebar

The Google Sheets add-on requires a menu and various controls in the sidebar. I originally intended to hand-craft the HTML and CSS, but that would be very fiddly. Is it even possible to integrate a Svelte-developed app into the Google Apps sidebar? Y...

Jan 7, 2024 · 2 min readtommccann.hashnode.dev

Choosing the project and the right tools

Rather than choosing a boring brochure-ware website as my first project, I've decided to do something more ambitious. I will build an add-on to Google Sheets that allows users to import data from various relational databases. As you can see from the ...

Jan 3, 2024 · 2 min readtommccann.hashnode.dev

40+ years dev experience on the Backend. Can I break into Frontend?

I ran my first computer program, written in Fortran, on the 27th September 1979 at 11:54:26. How can I be so sure? I've got the line-printer output in front of me. 'Scuse the coffee stains. Since then I've been on a journey through the emergence of n...

Jan 2, 2024 · 1 min readtommccann.hashnode.dev

Tom McCann

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Tom McCann's blogs

Meanwhile, back in the backend...

Including the Bootstrap CSS Framework in a Google App

Embedding a Svelte app in the Sheets sidebar

Choosing the project and the right tools

40+ years dev experience on the Backend. Can I break into Frontend?

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Tom McCann

About

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Tom McCann's blogs

Meanwhile, back in the backend...

Including the Bootstrap CSS Framework in a Google App

Embedding a Svelte app in the Sheets sidebar

Choosing the project and the right tools

40+ years dev experience on the Backend. Can I break into Frontend?