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Testing API responses in pestPHP
I get asked about API response testing a lot, how should you do it, and where to start. I have a general rule when it comes to testing APIs, and that rule is: “...
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Laravel DDD - Routing within our Domain
In a normal Laravel application we store all of our routes within web.php or api.php typically, however how does this work with our Domain Driven Design approac...
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Tappable Query Scopes in Laravel
I recently saw an awesome tweet while browsing twitter which introduced this idea of tappable query scopes, and wanted to share it and dig into it a little more...
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Laravel DDD - Querying Records in our Domain
In the last instalment we spoke about using a simplified version of the CQRS pattern to create commands. This time we are going to talk about the other side to...
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Laravel DDD - Starting our Domain Code; Data Objects and Factories
In our previous blog post we set up our Laravel application to use Domain Driven Design, and we did this in a way that would let us expand and add new domains a...
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Laravel DDD - Using Data Objects; Domain Commands
In our last instalment we spoke about how we can use data objects and data object factories to escape what I call “array hell”, a place where we have no idea wh...
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Introducing - Laravel Transporter
Sending API requests in any PHP framework has always been a little bit of a manual process, yes you can create an SDK or wrapper - but you are still having to d...
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Laravel DDD - Getting started with DDD in Laravel
In a typical Laravel application we are very used to doing things in a certain way, by the book as they say. However there comes a point in the applications lif...
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Working with third party services in Laravel
I have been working with 3rd party APIs for longer than I care to admit, over time I have found a few ways that work nicely for me. In this article, I am going...
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Adventures in PHP - PHP SDK Builder
I have been working with 3rd party APIs for a very long time. Each time I usually either pull in their SDK, if there is one available, or I build a wrapper arou...
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Adventures in PHP - PHP URI Builder
I would like to announce my latest package uri-builder which is a fluent interface for building a URI string. Now, it might sound simple - and you might wonder...
Digital Ocean
Providing developers and businesses a reliable, easy-to-use cloud computing platform of virtual servers (Droplets), object storage ( Spaces), and more.
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Building a REST API in GoLang - Part 1
I have been building APIs for production environments for many years now, predominently in PHP. After a successful session it was clear that their systems were...
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PHP Online - The Story So Far
PHP Online started as an idea, an inspiration, a way to give back. Recently there has been a lot of talk about how we might improve the PHP community as a whole...
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My First Go Module - go api problem
I have been playing with GoLang on and off now for around 3 years, but never really had chance to use it the way I wanted to. However, recently with a new clien...
TALL stack is growing in popularity in the Laravel community, and rightly so. The way in which you can write beautiful code split into reactive components witho...