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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.
Zend Expressive is an excellent framework for building modern applications; whether micro or enterprise-sized applications. But that doesn’t mean that it’s the easiest to get up to speed with. Today I’m going to share with you what I’ve learned, building applications using it.