Uploading files to Amazon S3 from the browser - Part Two
November 11th, 2017
Now that we've established how to upload files directly from the browser to Amazon S3, lets look at Dropzone JS, to handle making the user experience a little prettier than the standard file input.
Uploading files to Amazon S3 from the browser - Part 1a
October 18th, 2017
Whilst part one of this series used AWS Signature Version 2, this post extends the original and discusses using AWS Signature Version 4 for greater compatibility across availability regions.
Uploading files to Amazon S3 from the browser - Part One
October 16th, 2017
This post looks at how and why you might handle uploading files to Amazon's S3 platform directly from the browser, rather than via your server as an intermediary.
A call-recording Proof of Concept with Nexmo and Laravel
September 25th, 2017
Recently, I had cause to put together a Proof of Concept that would handle call recording through a multiple choice IVR and I discovered this was a lot simpler than anticipated.
Laracon US 2017 talk recaps
August 9th, 2017
Throughout Laracon US 2017, I was live-tweeting all of the talks. I've collected those tweets using Twitter moments and present them in one place here.
Presentation: Introducing Laravel
June 19th, 2017
Originally presented at the PHP Adelaide meetup in June 2017, this talk aims to serve as an introduction to the Laravel Framework and some of its most common and powerful aspects.
Package: Easily create application users in Laravel
June 12th, 2017
If you've ever found yourself in a situation where you need to quickly whip up a new application user and fire off a password reset email, this might be the package for you.
Presentation: PHP in 2017
May 23rd, 2017
Originally presented at the PHP Adelaide meetup in May 2017, this talk aims to serve as a very high-level overview of concepts, groups, and methodologies modern PHP developers should be considering.
Elegant form handling in Laravel
May 15th, 2017
There are a number of different ways to handle forms in Laravel, whether using helpers or writing HTML by hand, but I consider this approach elegant and easy to work with in most cases.
Partial model updates in Laravel
March 27th, 2017
From time to time, I will need to perform a PATCH-style - or partial - update of a model via a HTTP request. The first instinct for this might be to use a bunch of conditionals, but there's a simpler way: intersect!