PinnedWhy your Laravel application needs automated testsIn this article, we’ll explore the benefits of writing automated tests from a developer’s perspective. …Laravel6 min readLaravel6 min read
PinnedWhat is the difference between a CMS and a framework?In this article, I make a comparison between deploying a CMS and using a framework for your software project. In my career, I have often had to make a choice during a consultation with the client between using a CMS or a framework. Often the customer in question looked at…CMS5 min readCMS5 min read
PinnedLaravel Eloquent relations — The basicsEloquent is the database abstraction layer Laravel uses. Are you new to Laravel? Then I hope this article helps you out with the first steps you’re taking with Eloquent. Laravel Eloquent supports different types of relations. …Relations4 min readRelations4 min read
Dec 19, 2022Laravel Eloquent relations — MorphToThis article is the first follow-up to my first article about Laravel’s Eloquent relations. I’ll be diving into the polymorphic relationship MorphTo, MorphOne, and MorphMany. A polymorphic relationship allows the child model to belong to more than one type of model using a single association. — Laravel docs In my…Laravel Framework4 min readLaravel Framework4 min read
Dec 19, 2022Impuls Drives from Star Trek just got real!Sorry for not posting something about Web Development this time but the nerd and hard sci-fi books fan in me took over this morning when I came across this episode of StarTalk. Do you remember the T-800's energy cell from Terminator? The power source of the Delorian, or the Impulse…Nuclear Fusion2 min readNuclear Fusion2 min read
Dec 14, 2022Craft CMS — How to pick the right plugins?When picking a plugin for your website there are several things you need to keep an eye on. In this article, I’ll list them so you know what you should keep in mind. I wrote this article for clients and for developers who are setting their first steps into the…Craft Cms4 min readCraft Cms4 min read
Sep 23, 2022oAuth 2 — Get your Office 365 token in LaravelWith the following code sample you can retrieve an oAuth 2 token for your Microsoft account. This is specifically for the Credentials Grant authorization flow. If you want to learn more about the available flows oAuth 2 has, I recommend this article by Athiththan Kathirgamasegaran. Microsoft supports 3 flows, you…Laravel2 min readLaravel2 min read
