Pondering About My Main Backend Techstack of Choice
For about eight months or so, I decided to commit myself and focus on Node.js as my main backend techstack of choice. PHP/Laravel have treated me well and I’ve been loving Go, but I...
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The Ternary Operator in PHP
If you have a small if/else statement, it could possibly be turned into a ternary operator. What is a ternary operator The ternary operator is a comparison operator and can be looked at as...
So, I Purchased a New MacBook Air. A Much Needed Business Expense
I finally took the risk, bit the bullet and have purchased a new MacBook Air. I’ve been in desperate need of a new work laptop for awhile now, so this has been a long...
Some Notes on ES6 (JavaScript)
I’ve been taking a stab at ES6/ES2015 and Webpack for the past couple of days. So far I love it! I haven’t been the hugest fan of Javascript, however, I took the dive and...
Development Videos Worth Watching #1
Hello there! Happy New Years Eve! In this new blog series, I want to share a few web development videos that I’ve found in the world of web development and programming. These videos have...
Database Migrations and Seeding in Laravel
Hello there! This is a video I created that covers database migrations and data seeding Laravel. It covers how to create migrations, how to work with you seeder class and how to create model...
Sending Email in Laravel with Mailables
I recently found out about a feature in Laravel 5.3 as I was working with email. That was when I discovered Laravel Mailables. This is a great, clean way to send email; especially if...
Autoloading PHP Files with Composer (psr-4)
If you’re not sure what composer is, it’s a dependency manager for PHP. It’s very similar to NPM. Composer is a nice way to install PHP packages, manage dependencies, use it as an autoloader,...
Exploring Caching in Web Applications
I’ve been exploring the topic of caching in web applications lately. To be more specific, I’ve been interested on how data gets cached for better performance; especially when you’re performing really expensive queries. Maybe...
Responsive Menu with CSS Flexbox
I’ve been getting into CSS flexbox lately and I think it’s really awesome it was a bit confusing at first, but once you start using it, it starts to click and make sense. Flexbox...
Laravel Collections: The map() Method
In the last blog post, I talked about collections in Laravel. I decided to make a video this time, taking about the map() method and what it does. The video explains the map() method...