Glide: Easy Dynamic on-Demand Image Resizing
Let's take a look at Glide - an image manipulation library for easy dynamic on-demand image resizing for all the screen sizes!
Tag: PHP
Building a Hacker News Reader with Lumen
Wern Ancheta builds a Hacker News reader with a local cache from nothing with the Lumen microframework!
Better WordPress Development Workflow with WordPlate
In this article Firdaus Zahari covers WordPlate, a WordPress boilerplate framework for modern PHP development.
Websockets in Your Synchronous Site
Chris introduces Socketize, a "sockets-as-a-service" layer that helps you implement websockets into apps with zero overhead, then adds them to a PHP script!
Contributing to Open Source: Gatekeeper Case Study
Bruno goes through the entire process of contributing to an open source project - from contact with the author to sending PRs. Come see how it works!
How to Consume Laravel API with AngularJS
Francesco builds an AngularJS app to consume a previously built Laravel API application for making book wishlists. JSON web token authentication in action!
How to Build an API-Only JWT-Powered Laravel App
Francesco builds an entire API-only application with the Laravel API Boilerplate project (JWT edition) for creating and editing book wishlists!
Building Microsoft’s What-Dog AI in under 100 Lines of Code
Here's how to use a popular AI engine to classify uploaded images of dogs into breeds - much like Microsoft's What-Dog app, but in only 80 lines of code!
How to Build Your Own Dependency Injection Container
Andrew Carter builds a Dependency Injection container from scratch, showing you how that rocket science is really just fireworks strapped to lego figures!
Clean Code Architecture and Test Driven Development in PHP
Vitalij Mik goes through a from-scratch UseCase implementation to demonstrate Clean Code Architecture and Test Driven Development on a Guestbook app!
Building OctoberCMS Form Field Widgets like a Pro
Younes Rafie looks at building awesome OctoberCMS form field widgets for deeply customized inputs and making OctoberCMS a true business-worthy CMS
Appserver – Server Configuration, Dir Structure and Threads
Scott revisits Appserver and teaches you how to set up an example application with a custom virtual server. Your apps have never been this fast!
OctoberCMS CRUD – Building a Team/Project Management Plugin
Younes Rafie uses OctoberCMS to build project and team management functionality into it, creating a fantastic app in a matter of minutes!
Command Buses Demystified: A Look at the Tactician Package
Andrew Cairns explains Commands and Command Buses, demonstrating their use with Tactician, a popular Command Bus package for PHP
More Tips for Defensive Programming in PHP
Jeff Smith expands on his previous "Defensive programming" post by offering more tips on making sure your apps do what they're supposed to. Check it out!
Build an Android App with React Native
Wern Ancheta shows us how to use React Native to create an Android app based on the Pokemon Pokodex that even reads results to you!
Tutorial on Using Drupal 8 Plugin Derivatives Effectively
Danny goes through the process of explaining and using Drupal 8 plugin derivatives - a most versatile approach to upgrading any Drupal app!
Can PHP Be Even Faster? Light-Speed with the Blink Framework
Younes writes an entire Notejam app from scratch in this in-depth tutorial and analysis of the high-speed Blink framework
An In-depth Walkthrough of Supercharging Apps with Blackfire
M. Lavaryen explains the Blackfire profiler in depth and demonstrates its use on a simple script, laying the groundwork for further exploration on your end!
Crash Course of Wunderlist’s API with Guzzle
Danny Sipos takes a break from Drupal to teach us about Wunderlist and it's (almost) brand new API - see how easy it is to build custom todo UIs!
Setting up PHP 7 Servers with Laravel Forge and DigitalOcean
See how easy it is to set up PHP 7 servers with both Laravel Forge and a manual DigitalOcean setup!
Introducing Bugsnag – the Last Error Monitor You’ll Need
Younes introduces Bugsnag, an excellent professional error monitoring, reporting and parsing tool, and implements it into an old Laravel app.
Easier Authentication with Guard in Symfony 3
Danny introduces Guard, a new Symfony 3 component for easier authentication
Transphporm – a Different Kind of Template Engine
Zack Wallace walks us through a paradigm-shifting new template engine, Transphporm, which uses CSS selectors to alter template content. Intrigued? Come see!
Feature Toggling Explained with Qandidate’s Toggle
Ever wondered how to quickly add that "Xmas mode" or holiday promotion to your site? Feature toggling to the rescue! Check out Qandidate's Toggle!
Drupal 8 Queue API – Powerful Manual and Cron Queueing
Danny, our Drupal expert, explains and demonstrates a Drupal 8 queue, implementing a queue handler that can be both triggered manually, or via Cron.
Using the RulerZ Rule Engine to Smarten up Playlist Building
Christopher Pitt shows us how we can use RulerZ, the PHP rule engine, to smarten up playlist song selection by applying constraints and filters!
Filling out PDF Forms with PDFtk and PHP
Reza explains how we can use PDFtk to fill out PDF forms programmatically, and then builds a class around the functionality to make things even easier!
Modeling an Aggregate with Eloquent
Andrew Cairns explains the Aggregate pattern and implements it on top of Laravel's Eloquent. Feeling the pro thirst? Give this advanced tutorial a go!
Liking, Watchlisting and Uploading through Vimeo’s API
Wern continues where he left off in the last part, and implements liking, watchlisting and uploading of videos into his Slim application!