• Moltin API

    I want to introduce you guys to an awesome e-commerce API called Moltin. It takes out so much hard work when it comes to creating an e-commerce platform and I have been working with the API to try and create an open source Laravel e-commerce platform which utilises the Moltin API as the core part of the app.

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  • How to containerize your PHP/NGINX docker project properly

    This evening, I had myself a little challenge. I would turn my two containers (MariaDB and my own built container) into more containers, but using the power of Docker’s official container repos. E.g. I would have 3 containers in total PHP7-FPM, NGINX and my already created MariaDB.

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  • Windows 10 UWP Web Wrapper App Release

    Windows 10 UWP Web Wrapper App Release

    At the beginning of this week, I had decided to give myself a little project of creating an app for the Windows 10 ecosystem. I wanted to my website to be a Windows 10 app and I wanted to create this with as little effort as possible.

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  • Hosting your site With Digital Ocean and Docker

    I want to share with you how I am hosting my website with Digital Ocean (hosting company) and Docker (places your app in containers).

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  • New Year, New Blog, New something?

    I am really stoked to show you guys my brand new Blog built with October CMS. For my hosting, I have used Digital Ocean (click the link for $10 free). Digital Ocean is a fantastic hosting company which I just love to use as they give you complete control over your VPS, and they even give you One-click apps to help you get started.

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  • Using View Composers in Laravel 5.2

    I have started using Laravel’s View Composers which come in handy when you have a navigation bar that constantly needs certain data. For example, you have an e-commerce store and you need to poll how many items a user has in their basket on pretty much every page they move onto, or you need a login/register button when a user isn’t logged in and then a profile options button when they are.

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  • Using Vagrant and Homestead In as Little Steps as Possible (Per Project Install)

    I want to show you guys just how quick and easy it easy to get a Laravel project up and running alongside Vagrant/Homestead.

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  • Mounting Volumes in Docker and Using Windows 10

    This is a quick post to details some issues I have found when trying to use Docker within a Mac or Windows environment.

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  • Oauth Tutorial – Part 1 – Setting up Facebook

    Last week I promised that I will be creating some tutorials regarding Oauth and Laravel’s Socialite plugin. Today, we will start with setting up each website and creating an app on these sites to accept our OAuth requests.

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  • Guzzle Curl Error 60 SSL unable to get local issuer

    I’ve seen a couple of questions regarding the error Curl: (60) SSL certificate : Unable to get local issuer certificate and thought I would post some steps on the best way of setting it up locally.

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