Drupal goes Social: Building a “Liking” Module in Drupal
PHP
By Abbas Suterwala,
Learn how to build an Ajax / jQuery powered "liking" module for Drupal with Abbas Suterwala!
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Virtual Environments in Python Made Easy
Programming
By Oltjano Terpollari,
Oltjano shows you some hacks to become more productive in Python, in particular with using virtual environments.
Using BoltCMS to Build a Small Business Website
PHP
By Nick Salloum,
Nick Salloum takes a look at BoltCMS - a new player in the CMS game - and uses it to build a sample small business website. See how!
Social Logins in PHP with HybridAuth
PHP
By Collins Agbonghama,
Agbonghama explores a PHP package used for adding social logins to your PHP application. Log your users in with FB, Google, Github, etc!
Efficient User Timelines in a PHP Application with Neo4j
PHP
By Christophe Willemsen,
Christophe Willemsen dives into building social-network style user timelines with Neo4j and PHP - build your own social network easily!
Bittorrent’s Maelstrom: Using Torrents to Host Websites
Web
By Bruno Skvorc,
Maelstrom is Bittorrent's ambitious project which allows users to load websites via torrent magnet links - decentralized, free hosting for everyone!
Introduction to R and RStudio
Programming
By Bruno Skvorc,
Bruno Skvorc introduces you to the wonderful world of R - a programming language designed specifically for data analysis and plotting. Let's mine some data!
Set up Automatic Virtual Hosts with Nginx and Apache
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Tired of setting up new virtual hosts for every new project? Make your server of choice do it automatically. Bruno Skvorc shows you how.
Integrate Elasticsearch with Silex
PHP
By Daniel Sipos,
Danny Sipos continues the development of his hybrid app by integrating Elasticsearch with Silex, the PHP micro-framework.
Using Github Webhooks with PHP
PHP
By Younes Rafie,
In this short tutorial, Rafie Younes will show you how to implement Github webhooks with your PHP app - log all changes to a repo in your local database!
Laravel 4 to Laravel 5 – The Simple Upgrade Guide
PHP
By Younes Rafie,
Younes covers upgrading from Laravel 4 to Laravel 5 in this short guide, referencing the most important change points. Have you upgraded yet?
Install and Integrate Elasticsearch with Drupal
PHP
By Daniel Sipos,
Danny Sipos decides to make a super-fast CMS by using Drupal for content management, and Silex+Elastisearch for the front-end app. See how!
Laravel Blade Recursive Partials with @each
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Bruno Skvorc explains the @each Laravel Blade construct and uses it to build recursive partials that print out infinitely nested trees of data. See how!
The Best PHP Framework for 2015: SitePoint Survey Results
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
The survey is complete and the data has been crunched - which framework is the most popular PHP framework of 2015? Tune in to find out.
Welcoming New Authors: January – March 2015
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
In the first three months of 2015, we've gained four new authors and two got "regular" status. Want to join our work-from-home army? Read the post!
Top 10 Z-Ray Features to Check Out
PHP
By Daniel Berman,
Daniel Berman introduces Z-Ray - a revolutionary debugger from Zend and present in Zend Server. Check out its top 10 features!
Getting Started with SQLite3 – Basic Commands
PHP
By Shivam Mamgain,
Shivam Mamgain introduces the basic commands of SQLite3, explaining how to use it from the command line.
First Look at Platform.sh – a Development and Deployment SaaS
PHP
By Chris Ward,
Chris Ward takes a look at Platform.sh, a development and deployment SaaS for web apps with versioning, team management, and more
Quick Tip: Develop Laravel 5 Packages the Laravel 4 Way
PHP
By Younes Rafie,
Ever developed Laravel 4 packages? Ever wondered how you can use the same procedure to build them for Laravel 5? Wonder no more - Rafie Younes explains it.
User Authentication in Symfony2 with UserApp.io
PHP
By Daniel Sipos,
Danny Sipos explores UserApp - a user management and authentication web service letting you add logins easily to any app - by implementing it into Symfony2
Quick Tip: Composer & Github – Develop Packages Interactively
Web Foundations
By Younes Rafie,
Ever wondered how you can develop your PHP package while using it in an app for best effect? Use Github to fetch it via Composer, still undeployed!
How to Use Github’s API with PHP
PHP
By Younes Rafie,
Younes Rafie explores the Github API and its integration with PHP via a Laravel helper application
Use Laravel Contracts to Build a Laravel 5 Twig Package
PHP
By Younes Rafie,
Younes Rafie explains what Laravel contracts are all about and uses them to implement a Twig engine into Laravel
Creating Custom Field Formatters in Drupal 8
PHP
By Daniel Sipos,
Danny Sipos shows you how simple it is to extend and modify field formatters in Drupal 8 in order to get entirely new ones. Drupal 8 is coming - get ready!
Commenting, Upvoting and Uploading Photos with the 500px API
PHP
By Younes Rafie,
Younes Rafied further explores 500px's API and implements upvoting, favoriting, commenting and uploading of new photos into the app he built last time!
Exploring the Webiny Framework: The StdLib Component
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Bruno Skvorc takes a look at the base component of a new framework on the block - Webiny. Does it show potential or is it just another clone? Find out.
Popular Photos, Filters and User Profiles with the 500px API
PHP
By Younes Rafie,
Younes Rafie shows you how to implement 500px API into your Laravel application, adding popular photos, filters and users' profiles to it.
Building APIs You Won’t Hate: Review
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Phil Sturgeon's book "Build APIs You Won't Hate" promises to teach you best practices in API design. We've reviewed it, and this is the verdict.
Best PHP Framework 2015 Survey
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
It's time for SitePoint's annual framework survey again - which one is most popular? Why? Among which nationality and age group? Find out!
Exploring the Cache API in Drupal 8
PHP
By Daniel Sipos,
Danny Sipos looks at the Cache API in Drupal 8 and demonstrates its power on an example of fetching and caching 100 remote posts. Get ready for Drupal 8!