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If you are managing one or more Zend Framework 2 applications, did you know that you can already begin porting them to Zend Expressive? In this tutorial, you will learn how you can start today, using the Zend/PSR-7 bridge.
Want a simpler way to configure a Zend Expressive application? Want to simplify how it’s done, yet still be sufficiently expressive enough, that it’s easy to read and maintain? Then it’s time you got to know Interop-Config by Sandro Keil.
Ever experienced HTTP 500’s, but found that your error logs are empty. Ever had no clue why or how this could be happening? Perhaps you forgot to enable the Whoops error handler.
Laravel’s Eloquent ORM isn’t likely the first one you think of when using Zend Expressive. You likely think of Zend\Db or Doctrine. But, with a little bit of work, it’s possible to use Eloquent with Expressive. Today’s tutorial shows you how - step-by-step.
In any application there are a lot of moving parts, which can lead to a lot of complexity — especially when it comes to configuration. Given Mezzio’s flexible nature, this can easily be the case — if we’re not careful — requiring a lot of supporting configuration. ConfigProvider classes, however, make managing application configuration very maintainable, even intuitive. This tutorial shows how to implement them.
A common requirement of web-based applications is to upload and download files. But, out of the box, there’s no simple way to download them in Zend Expressive. This tutorial shows you how - step-by-step.
Can you develop application in Zend Expressive as easily as you can with Laravel? Is it possible to make Zend Expressive fly, like Laravel does out-of-the-box? Recently I sought to find out. Here’s my step-by-step guide to doing it + some key recommendations.
Whilst I love being a software developer and a technical writer, above all I love to teach. Today I decided to embrace that passion. Here’s a bit of the back story, and part of the plan for the future.
Refactoring code is an essential aspect of building and maintaining software. In this tutorial I will show you how to use PhpStorm’s refactoring functionality to make it as easy as possible.
Recently I was emailed by a fellow developer regarding how to mitigate a business’ concern about single person risk. Here’s my thoughts on that question.