A while back I undertook a small project to build a bare bones toast library for web applications, one that was intended to be easy to plug in into any project and with a particular focus on accessibility in terms of visual contrast. This post will attempt to journal the…

I happened to be going through CodeIgniter’s documentation a few days back, yes CodeIgniter is still around, and I came across something that I considered as quite an interesting feature. CodeIgniter’s route restriction CodeIgniter’s routing is setup in such a way that you can create a set of routes that are only available…

When I came across templates in Golang and I decided to play around with the feature just to learn how to navigate it. I went about the process of styling my markup in a separate file and including it as a link. Once I fired up the server, you can…

Data validation is the process of checking the accuracy and quality of source data against a set of predefined rules and constraints before processing it. Whether its in securing an application or ensuring that the validity of data is maintained, validation often goes a long way in the prevention of…

If you are developing an API built on Laravel that is intended for use in production, you might end up in a situation whereby there’s some data that ends up required across multiple endpoints. This tutorial will handle how to navigate this situation with some tools right from Laravel’s arsenal. …

If you have used Microsoft Excel or SQL Server you might have come across the pivot function, which allows you to easily transform your data such that you can conduct comparisons and see patterns. PostgreSQL possesses the same functionality in the crosstab function. The two functions essentially change the orientation…

Let’s say you are working on a Laravel application and at some point you end up needing the user information in some of your views and as such there’s a section of code that is repeated whenever you are working on a new view. …

17th of November 2013, Austin, Texas. A certain German twenty six year old has just a record, making it eight consecutive wins for the season and grabbing his 12th win. Just one shy of the record at the time, which was 13 wins in a single season. Sebastien Vettel had…

As human beings, before undertaking any task or project, we are inclined to check out the landscape to find out if the effort is really worth it. If you are predisposed to some sense of self doubt before trying something novel, this post is for you. The usual workflow. The first step is…