SDWebImage fixed width cell images
While looking for a easy solution to load uitableview images remotely, I came across a great library called SDWebImage. It’s very simple to use and provides a lot of flexibility for loading and caching...
View ArticleiOS tip: Center UILabel in tableFooterView
If you’re building an app that supports portrait and landscape you will probably run into an issue with keeping things centered after device rotation. Below is a quick example of adding a UILabel to a...
View ArticlePHP: Handle comma separated input
A quick example of how to handle comma separated input from a POST variable in PHP. The code below will turn your POST variable into an array containing the user’s input which you can further validate...
View ArticleLighttpd – url rewrite and query string QSA
One of the first things I was curious about when I started using Lighttpd was url-rewrites. On apache mod_rewrites you can use the [QSA] flag to allow for the query string after your new urls. Here is...
View ArticleCreating a log in view controller for your app in iOS5 with a PHP backend (1/2)
In this two part tutorial we will cover creating a simple iOS5 app using storyboards that enables users to log in to your app by calling a PHP page to authenticate. We’ll also discuss techniques used...
View ArticleCreating a pull to refresh animation like the popular Vine iOS app
I liked some of the details in Twitter’s Vine iOS app so I set out to make some of them. I thought the pull to refresh animation was pretty cool so I started with that. You can view the code on my...
View ArticleCreating the bouncy/zoom image effect in the KickStarter iOS app
The KickStarter iOS app is pretty awesome. In particular, I like the bounce/zoom effect they have when you pull down on a UITableView. Turns out, it’s pretty easy to replicate. Since UITableView...
View ArticleLaravel 4 – Pivot vs Polymorphic – Part 1
PHP has come a long way! Coming from the Rails world back to PHP has actually been pretty painless thanks to Laravel. One of the first things that stumped me was under what circumstances to use pivot...
View ArticleSwift – Google Analytics
I really wanted a simple way to add Google Analytics to my iOS (swift) app without subclassing the way they recommend. Swift makes this easy with Extensions. All you have to do add GA to your swift app...
View ArticleHow to migrate data from Laravel Cashier 5 to 6
In this post I will outline migrating your existing subscription data from Laravel Cashier version 5 to version 6. In version 6, Cashier got a nice update to handle multiple subscriptions but there is...
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