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Stop the Mac's play button auto opening iTunes by default

Stop the Mac's play button auto opening iTunes by default

The Play/Pause key on mac’s default behavior is to open iTunes, which for me is never what I w...

7th Dec 2016 08:35 PM

Using MPDF with Nova Framework

Using MPDF with Nova Framework

MPDF is my go to library when I need to generate a PDF using PHP. It’s perfect for taking a ht...

23rd Nov 2016 07:53 AM

.blog the new domain for daveismyname

.blog the new domain for daveismyname

Today I’ve finally secured the domain extensions I’ve been after since it was first anno...

22nd Nov 2016 11:05 PM

Using Mamp database with Nova Framework

Using Mamp database with Nova Framework

It can be really useful when working locally to use Mamp’s database it’s very easy to se...

21st Nov 2016 08:33 AM

Admin Panel with AdminLTE

Admin Panel with AdminLTE

Nova Framework comes with a fully working admin panel for building applications quickly.

21st Nov 2016 08:02 AM

Nova Framework 3.75.0 released

Nova Framework 3.75.0 released

The system directory is the core of Nova Framework as such it should not be touched, to this end the...

21st Nov 2016 07:46 AM

Custom Pagination for Nova Framework

Custom Pagination for Nova Framework

Pagination that comes out the box with Nova Framework is great and very easy to use. The defaul...

6th Nov 2016 11:13 AM

Catch emails when in development using Mailtrap fake smtp testing server

Nova Framework | Tools | Development

Catch emails when in development using Mailtrap fake smtp testing server

During the development phase it’s important to test sending emails without sending to end user...

5th Nov 2016 09:01 PM

Worldwide mobile usage takes over desktop usage for the first time!

SEO | Development

Worldwide mobile usage takes over desktop usage for the first time!

Stat counter have accounted mobile and tablet internet usage exceeds desktop for first time worldwid...

3rd Nov 2016 04:37 PM

Wakatime - record time spent coding automatically

Tools | Development

Wakatime - record time spent coding automatically

For quite sometime I’ve been using wakatime, a tool that integrates with lots of IDE’s a...

31st Oct 2016 10:02 PM

Front-End Tooling Survey 2016

Tools | Development

Front-End Tooling Survey 2016

Today I received an email inviting me to take part in a front end tooling survey, which I of course...

31st Oct 2016 07:25 PM

Post to Slack using the incoming webhooks API

API | PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

Post to Slack using the incoming webhooks API

Slack is a great tool for teams I use it to communicate with the rest of my team, recently I’v...

28th Oct 2016 08:14 AM

Install PHP INTL on Mac using HomeBrew

Nova Framework | Development

Install PHP INTL on Mac using HomeBrew

Mac’s come with PHP installed but they don’t come with the PHP extension INTL installed....

14th Oct 2016 06:52 PM

How to use Github Hooks to send updates to your website

PHP & MySQL | Tutorials | Tools

How to use Github Hooks to send updates to your website

For anyone that uses Github know’s how useful it is, especially on the collaboration front. Al...

8th Oct 2016 01:27 PM

Get involved in open source with Github's Hacktoberfest

Get involved in open source with Github's Hacktoberfest

Want to get involved with open source and contribute but don’t know where to start? Good new G...

30th Sep 2016 09:37 PM

How many KCOM engineers does it take to install Lightstream in one flat?

How many KCOM engineers does it take to install Lightstream in one flat?

I can’t tell you, so far I’ve counted 6 and yet still my property is yet to be connected...

21st Sep 2016 10:13 PM

PHP reverse date using strtotime

PHP & MySQL | Tutorials

PHP reverse date using strtotime

I use datepickers a lot in my projects the date’s default to the American YYYY-MM-DD format so...

26th Jul 2016 01:42 PM

Changing default mysql password for MySQL 5.7 on a Mac

Changing default mysql password for MySQL 5.7 on a Mac

Today’s I’ve reinstalled my os and decided to install mysql in terminal I didn’t m...

23rd Jul 2016 12:28 PM

Open current terminal directory in Sublime Text

Open current terminal directory in Sublime Text

Being able to open the current directory from terminal in Sublime Text is very useful, I’ve se...

18th Jul 2016 08:40 AM

Installing Laravel installer globally on Mac

Laravel Framework

Installing Laravel installer globally on Mac

Laravel comes with a handy command line installer, once installed can be ran anywhere from terminal...

15th Jul 2016 08:18 PM

Installing php 7 on Mac

PHP & MySQL | Tutorials | Development

Installing php 7 on Mac

Setting up a mac to run php 7 instead of the default php 5.5.

15th Jul 2016 07:47 PM

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