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Laravel Wink: A beginner's guide

A new Laravel based publishing platform from a member of the core Laravel team, we take a look

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Backing up your Laravel Application

Keep your data safe — set up automated backups in under an hour

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Adding Google reCAPTCHA v3 to your Laravel Forms

A guide on how to prevent bots using your Laravel site using Google reCAPTCHA v3

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Connecting an Objective-C framework to your Swift app

A tutorial on how to import Objective C frameworks into a Swift project in Xcode in a few simple steps

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Source code recovery (Part 1)

How to take back control of unsupported software and hardware in your organisation

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Source code recovery (Part 2)

How to take back control of unsupported software and hardware in your organisation

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How to make a Mega Menu using Bootstrap 4

A tutorial with code examples

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Laravel Telescope

We set up Laravel’s powerful debug assistant and take an in-depth look at its features

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What’s new in Laravel 6

We take a look at new features and changes in Laravel 6 you should be aware of whether starting a new project or upgrading an existing one

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Why we use Laravel & Wink

There are so many options when choosing the technology for your website and content management system. We explain why we believe Laravel with Wink is a great choice

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What Makes A Successful Website

10 things you can do to improve your website

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Putting a Laravel App into Production

Manually deploying your Laravel project to a live web server

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Laravel Authentication: An Overview

A primer on authentication in Laravel projects

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Laravel + Bootstrap + Clean Code = Successful Rapid Development

How to go from idea to live web app in a day

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Adding Google ReCaptcha to forms in Laravel

Add a captcha to your forms to protect your site from automated bots in just a few minutes

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Bootstrap 4: Carousel

How to create brilliant slideshows using Bootstrap’s Carousel component

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Laracon Online 2019 — Writing less complex, more readable code

A summary of Jason McCreary’s talk from Laracon 2019

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Getting Started With Faker in Laravel

A look at the functions of the Faker PHP library and how to set up Model Factories and Seeders for your Laravel application

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What’s new in Laravel 5.8

We take a look at new features and changes in Laravel 5.8 you should be aware of whether starting a new project or upgrading an existing one

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ARIA States & Properties Cheatsheet

A quick reference document to help web developers make their websites and web applications accessible

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Custom Error Pages in Laravel

How to customise your error pages to show relevant information and match your site design

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Laravel Commands Cheatsheet

Speed up your Laravel app development with these useful commands

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CSS Selector Cheatsheet

Speed up your front end coding with this helpful cheatsheet

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Bootstrap 4: Forms

How to build a contact form for your website

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Adding Core Data to an existing project in Xcode 10 & Swift 4

Add Core Data functionality to your existing project in just a few steps

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Creating a contact form for your Laravel website

How to build a secure, extendable, robust contact form system

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Bootstrap 4: Buttons

A tutorial for beginners on how to use Bootstrap 4 buttons

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Bootstrap 4: Button Groups

A tutorial for beginners on how to use Bootstrap 4 button groups

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Seaborne Freight Website — What Went Wrong?

We take a look at some critical issues to consider when deploying a website

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Debugging with Laravel’s built-in tools

A few ways to collect and and inspect your application data

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Adding cookie consent to your Laravel site in under 5 minutes

Implement a cookie consent package and stay GDPR compliant in a few easy steps

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UI Design for Touchscreen Kiosk Software

Kiosk software design isn’t just a matter of enabling touch on your application — it is about making sure you create the most touch-friendly UI possible

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How to create an Accordion using Bootstrap 4 Cards

A tutorial on building an Accordion using Bootstrap 4 cards for beginners

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Laravel Project Directory Structure — A Brief Overview

We take a look through the files and folders in a new Laravel project that you should get familiar with

Accessibility & Touch Screen Kiosks

Self-service kiosk solutions are about making a user’s life easier. Accessibility makes sure no-one is left behind

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How Accessibility Helps Us All

Accessibility is essential for a huge number of users but did you know that it benefits everyone?

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Bootstrap 4: Cards — my favourite Bootstrap 4 component

A tutorial on Bootstrap 4 cards for beginners

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Kiosk Applications — Choosing the Right Technology

Browser based app, mobile app or system application?

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Bootstrap 4: Getting started

A tutorial to help beginners start using Bootstrap 4

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Six Reasons Apple May Reject your App

Some common pitfalls app developers should be aware of

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3 Easy Steps To Improve The Performance Of Your Laravel Application

Improve your web application's performance in just a few minutes

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