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David Carr

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Hi, I’m Dave. A Laravel Developer. I love to build Laravel apps using the TALL stack.

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laravel 5.3 disable registration

Laravel comes with built in authentication to enable it first create the users table by ru...

David Carr

2 min read - 15th Dec, 2016

Laravel 5.3 install whoops

In older versions of Laravel error’s where displayed using the Whoops. In recent versions...

David Carr

1 min read - 15th Dec, 2016

Run Python 3 as default when Python 2 is installed on a Mac

I’ve started to learn Python version 3 I had Python 2 already installed so when typing ‘py...

David Carr

1 min read - 11th Dec, 2016

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...

David Carr

1 min read - 7th Dec, 2016

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...

David Carr

2 min read - 23rd Nov, 2016

.blog the new domain for daveismyname

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

David Carr

1 min read - 22nd Nov, 2016

Using Mamp database with Nova Framework

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

David Carr

1 min read - 21st Nov, 2016

Admin Panel with AdminLTE

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

David Carr

1 min read - 21st Nov, 2016

Nova Framework 3.75.0 released

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

David Carr

1 min read - 21st Nov, 2016

Custom Pagination for Nova Framework

Pagination that comes out the box with Nova Framework is great and very easy to use, for i...

David Carr

2 min read - 6th Nov, 2016

Laravel | Emails | Testing | smtp

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...

David Carr

1 min read - 5th Nov, 2016

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

Stat counter have accounted Mobile and tablet internet usage exceeds desktop for first tim...

David Carr

1 min read - 3rd Nov, 2016

Front-End Tooling Survey 2016

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

David Carr

1 min read - 31st Oct, 2016

Wakatime - record time spent coding automatically

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

David Carr

1 min read - 31st Oct, 2016

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...

David Carr

2 min read - 28th Oct, 2016

Install PHP INTL on Mac using HomeBrew

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

David Carr

1 min read - 14th Oct, 2016

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...

David Carr

3 min read - 8th Oct, 2016

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 n...

David Carr

1 min read - 30th Sep, 2016