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15 Sep
Getting to Know Aura PHP – Part II
Introduction Last week we took an introductory tour through AuraPHP and built a simple application using the Aura 2.x framework. This week, we're going to build on that foundation, by refactoring the code we wrote, so that it's... -
01 Sep
Getting to Know Aura PHP – Part I
In the world of PHP, you're not hard up for choice for packages and frameworks for just about everything, especially since the advent of Composer and Packagist. There's Zend Framework (1 & 2), FuelPHP, Laravel... -
25 Aug
Introduction to Travis.CI Part 2
As we started discussing in my last article Introduction to Travis.CI, modern application development is a pretty demanding task. Whether that’s because of the complexity of modern applications, or the sheer number of moving parts... -
10 Aug
#CensusFail – A Preliminary Analysis
Last night, two years worth of work and planning for the first online Census night came to a screaming heap. Households around Australia were greeted with a lovely message like: And, as of 11am (AEST)... -
07 Jul
Laravel Form Refactoring with Service layers
Update September 2017: This article does not implement any custom Namespace, in time it wil be updated to include more modern Laravel coding techniques. After writing my last article on Developing Applications with Laravel - Part 3 I...
18 Jan
Good Password Hygiene
As the year gets off to a flying start, now is the time to work on and tidy up our passwords. Like all systems, good password hygiene can help to ensure you remain secure and avoid costly exploits. Instead of waiting for an incident to occur, we want to be one step in front and prevent it from ever occurring...