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An introduction to Checksums

by JohnoTheCoderAsk Johno, Tutorials 29th December 201829th December 20180 comments

Hi everyone This is a quick introduction into checksums, and practically how to use them, at the request of someone through the Ask Johno section of the blog. I know what a checksum is, but I’m not sure how to implement or use one (in PHP) to achieve what I need. Anonymous Asker They go …

RESTful APIs – An accurate description

by JohnoTheCoderIntegration Devleopment 27th May 201815th December 20186 comments

Hi everyone Today I thought I would do a quick post to cover RESTful APIs, and what they are. The reason for this article is that I have, on numerous occasions, encountered developers (and indeed whole teams) who have misunderstood this concept at its very core. This causes a number of problems, firstly if you …