Navigating the choices for building front ends can be daunting. Like everything technology based, you are faced with a bunch of technology choices and tradeoffs. This article attempts to distill your app development options and outline the various pros and cons.

Content Management Systems seem to be a hot topic at the moment. We have been building varying solutions for several clients with integrated CMS systems, including our very own websites abletech.nz and addressfinder.nz. Our personal experience sees us on a three to five year lifecycle with CMS’s. Abletech went from WordPress, to BlogSpot, to Tumblr, to Medium, and now to Strapi over the course of 16 years! This article outlines some of our learnings, why we keep changing, and what we are really after from our CMS.

JAMstack with Next.js, Netlify and Prismic CMS

JAMstack with Next.js, Netlify and Prismic CMS

JAMstack with Next.js, Netlify and Prismic CMS

Custom software is designed for a specific purpose, user or organisation. Read about our Abletech SaaS (Software as a Service) product AddressFinder.

We’re often asked how students and graduates can increase their chances of getting a paid summer internship with Abletech. Here are a few options to help you stand out from the crowd:

JSConf-goers enjoying the complimentary coffee on the first day of the event (and some cheery Abletechers on the right!)

Inspiration and support. These events aim to push the boundaries of what JS can achieve. They intend to focus on topics that* define and revolutionise* the coming year of technology and are a launching point for some of the most revolutionary products, services, and technologies on the web. They also encourage the social connections within the community.

This year’s RubyConf AU is the biggest yet with a long line-up of speakers and some very cool social events.

Elixir is rapidly gaining interest and popularity. Kiwi developers connect online to learn and share tips together via Twitter and the AU/NZ Slack group. Wellington Elixir User Group members get together for Hack Nights.

Here are Abletechers Kate Norquay, Oliver Greenaway and Carl Penwarden at the Wellington ‘meet & greet’ with up-and-coming graduates.

Abletech (and its sister companies) sometimes looks to hire 1–2 students for summer internship roles. The following seven steps will substantially increase your chances of getting one of these sought after positions.

Sam grew up in Wellington. She’s currently studying towards a Bachelor of Science at Victoria University. She has two majors: Computer Science and Media Design.

A big thank you to Shaun O'Connell from Abletech for giving a Tech Talk recently. Shaun’s been enjoying the latest Enspiral Dev Academy meetups and gave us some feedback on what he found interesting and useful after the first one about using TypeScript.

Dana at Abletech

The purpose of Kalo’s app is to control external hardware synthesizers or samplers. WebStep should work fine with any MIDI enabled synthesizer or sampler that’s visible to your operating system.

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Highlights for the Abletech Team were:

Gareth Jenkins, Paramedic and Resuscitation Trainer at Auckland Hospital