Simple user authentication in Laravel 4
Posted in: frameworks | June 14, 2013 |
With the recent release of Laravel 4, PHP developers have at their disposal one of the finest frameworks for application development. As with all new frameworks, it is always good to write some quick code to get a feel for the underlying architecture. The following post shows a simple authentication application using Laravel.
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Adding actions to Gmail using Schemas
Posted in: browser,html | June 13, 2013 | ( 2 ) Comments
Recently, Google introduced Schemas in Gmail messages to allow developers to deliver a more interactive email experience integrated with their web app. Schemas in emails can be used to represent various types of entities and actions. Email clients that understand schemas, such as Gmail, can render entities and actions defined in the messages with a consistent user interface. In the case of Gmail, this means that the emails can display quick action buttons that let users take actions directly from their inboxes, essentialy allowing them to tie their web app with Gmail for a more integrative experience.
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Debugging Laravel with MonoLog and FirePHP
Posted in: laravel | June 6, 2013 | ( 1 ) Comment
By default, Laravel is configured to create daily log files for your application, and are stored in app/storage/logs. All Laravel logging features are handled by the wonderful MonoLog library. Monolog includes various log handlers you can use – FirePHP, ChromePHP, CouchDB, Stream and many more. One of my favorites is FirePHP while debugging PHP apps.
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Tips and Tricks for Improved Drupal Security
Posted in: security | May 14, 2013 |
Drupal is one of the most popular free and open source web application frameworks. Drupal is almost infinitely extensible through not only various theme possibilities but also the vast library of modules or add-ons. However, this great extensibility is also a point of weakness should insecure or vulnerable code be used in either themes or community contributed modules that can result in compromise. The following guide on best practices for Drupal covers main areas of attention in regards to security for any Drupal web administrator.
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10 Tools for Designing Responsive websites
Posted in: design,frameworks | May 11, 2013 |
With a wide variety of devices available for viewing web content, responsive design has become a necessity rather than a feature of a website. Below are some frameworks and tools that will help you in designing advanced responsive websites for any viewing device.
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Intercepting mouse events on an iPad
Posted in: javascript | May 10, 2013 |
In the last post we saw how we could easily work with mouse events on an iPad. Touchscreen devices like the iPad do not have a cursor, so the user cannot exactly move the mouse over an HTML element triggering a ‘mouseover’ event. One of the readers requested on how we could use a different interaction pattern on an iPad for a ‘mouseover’ event than on a desktop browser. For example in the following web page code the image-container class is attached to images div which displays a preview link overlay on mouseover.
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