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LaravelWeb Development

Pushing Logic to Custom Collections

This is a technique that I recently found useful. Eloquent models allow you to specify a custom collection object to be returned - which sometimes…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaApril 10, 2016
Web Development

Don’t Build Salmon Cannons

Today I learned about Salmon Cannons. Salmon have evolved to swim up river to spawn, but the introduction of dams has created a sometimes impossible obstacle…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaApril 7, 2016
LaravelRefactoringWeb Development

Things I Used To Do (That Aren’t Cool Now)

I'm the proud owner of WhichBeach - the website that tells you which beach is best to visit (in Malta) based on the weather, updated hourly. As…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaMarch 27, 2016
VueWeb Development

Setting the default value of a select tag in Vue.js

I recently came a cross a small stumbling block when rendering a select box from data passed to my component via props. This is my…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaMarch 23, 2016
LaravelVueWeb Development

Using Laravel and Vue.js for Fame and Glory

Last weekend I chose to develop an SPA (single-page application) written in Laravel and Vue.js in order to promote the launch of my band Stalko's second…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaMarch 13, 2016
LaravelWeb Development

Backing up Laravel Applications

If you're not backing up your websites in production, you should be. Be prudent with your backups so that when data loss happens, you can…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaFebruary 27, 2016
LaravelSearch

Learning Elasticsearch with Laravel

In this post we'll explore Elasticsearch; the basics of search and how to set it up with Laravel, Homestead and even Forge. Even though there…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaFebruary 26, 2016
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Learning the Language

I wrote an article about how learning the language of the business should effect your code over at BRND WGN. One way to alleviate the…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaSeptember 23, 2015
ProductivityWeb Development

Search Laracasts through Chrome’s Omnibox

When venturing on something new, I automatically pop over to Laracasts to see if Jeffrey's got an opinion about it. If you do the same, then…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaSeptember 6, 2015
Laravel

Laracon EU 2015 Recap

I wrote a recap of my experience at Laracon EU 2015. Learning Outcomes 1) It’s great to be surrounded by the pioneers of my industry…
Michael Stivala
Michael StivalaSeptember 2, 2015
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