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January 16, 2014
PHP dotenv in Laravel
I just discovered that Taylor has built in .env file loading into core. By adding a file of type .env.{environment}.php
to the root of your application, it will be autoloaded by Laravel...
January 26, 2014
Quick, Explicit Route::resource
Laravel provides some excellent helpers for setting up routes in your web application. And when building RESTful and resourceful applications in Laravel, there is a helper,...
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StaticShowdown 2014
Rob, a classmate and good friend of mine, invited me to work with him and a few coworkers on their StaticShowdown team. He sent me the link, and I almost immediately replied yes. I'd never done a...
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Tests Don't Make Bad Code Good
Another day, another back and forth discussion on Twitter about the merits of software development. This morning, the topic was testing, and if having untested code inherently makes that code bad....
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