Reflective practice for programmers and developers in 8 points
In this article I cover some of the things that I have learned over the years
Cloud Hosting – Basic Overview and Considerations
In this article I cover some of the basics of the kinds of considerations you might have when considering moving from VPS/bare metal server into cloud architecture.
Using MySQL to return complex tagged results
Hi everyone In this article I thought I would tackle complex tag searching, using MySQL. There are lots of ways this can be achieved at a PHP level, through looping and checking/comparing. However, if you are working with a large dataset, and tagging is a required piece of functionality, for example in an enterprise blog, …
Dependency Inversion and Interface Segregation using Laravel’s Service Container
In very short, we’re going to cover the Interface Segregation Principle (ISP) and the Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP) in this article, and practically how we implement them within a Laravel environment. Dependency Inversion Principle The principle is handy for the decoupling modules (making them independent of one another) Modules should not depend upon each other, …
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Introduction to the Deep Dive
Hi everyone I’ve been meaning to do deep dive articles for a while, and have always struggled to find the right code samples and stuff. This weekend I made the decision to take a project I’ve been working on (Mafia Online) in a different direction, and port the codebase (which is shocking, for the reasons …
How to attack technical tests like a boss
I’ve been asked about technical tests more times than I can count, so I thought I would write this article. I feel qualified to do so as I have participated in literally dozens of technical tests throughout my career, and I’ve tested numerous candidates. So, if you want to know how to attack a technical …
Simple open source package for Laravel RESTful APIs
Hi everyone In my last post about creating simple search and filtering for Laravel I said I was considering creating a package to encapsulate this functionality. Well, I got this done a few weeks ago and have now released it onto Composer (Packagist) as kya/laravel-rest You can find the repository on GitHub here, and the …
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Model Search and Filtering in Laravel
Hi guys, as I have written this functionality a few times at this point, and I have been asked how to do it a couple of times, too. That is Laravel searching and filtering, I am going to develop a simple composer package which I can use to allow users to search and filter Laravel …