For the last 10 years, I've been teaching people how to build web-based applications using PHP as well as how to improve their PHP and DevOps skills through the tutorials on this site, and my books and courses.
My most recent books are: Deploy with Docker Compose and Mezzio Essentials. If you want to get up to speed on Docker Compose or build solid web-based applications check them out!
In addition to PHP and DevOps, I blog about how I create online courses and write technical tutorials, such as recording and editing audio and video, taking great screenshots, scripting a course, and more.
I also work at Twilio, creating weekly tutorials teaching how to program with PHP and Go. If you want to contribute an article to the Twilio blog, check out the Call for Content.
If you'd like to know more about me, check out the about page, or click the links below.
Recently, while working with the Twilio Lookup API, I had the opportunity to properly learn about Go’s empty interface. During the process, I realised that I didn’t understand it properly, so took the opportunity to do so. Today, I am going to step through what it is and how simple they are to work with.
It’s incredibly easy to build web apps and APIs using Go’s net/http package. All you really need to do is to specify a route and its handler. But, how do you restrict the methods that routes can accept? In this short tutorial, I’ll show you how.
Substitutability or the Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP) is a concept that I’ve tried to adhere to for some years when writing code. It’s beneficial for many reasons, but particularly when testing, as it can indirectly force you to write code that is more testable. Recently, I’ve started appreciating how it works in Go, and will step through how in this short article.
Homebrew makes installing PHP and so many other great tools on macOS a breeze; almost as easily as a Linux package manager. But how do you install the Imagick extension? In this short post, I’ll show you the shortest way to do so.