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Keeping Laravel Controllers Clean with Form Requests

mike knepper
26 Sep 2016
Coding

I've recently been working in PHP and have been very impressed by the Laravel web framework. At first, having only heard horror stories of massive...more.

Are you a wise developer?

My three-year-old son has the right idea—he questions everything we say. My son: "Where are you going?" Me: "I have to go to work." My...more.

Automating Your DevOps Infrastructure: Starting from Scratch with Ansible

You've heard of it, but you haven't done it. You know it's where you want to be, but it's not where you are. You know...more.

An intro to progressive web apps

There’s been a lot of excitement in our industry recently about progressive web apps, these shiny new websites that can transform themselves into native-like mobile...more.

8th Light Acquires WisdomGroup

I’m excited to announce that 8th Light has agreed to acquire WisdomGroup, the leading voice in Chicago’s vibrant Ruby community. This acquisition combines two powerful...more.

Better RSpec Stubs

RSpec is a very powerful tool for testing applications. It's been around for a while and provides a rich feature set. One thing that RSpec...more.

The Onboarding Checklist

One of the perks of being a consultant is that we get to work with many different teams. During my first tenure at 8th Light,...more.

What will your legacy [code] be?

The words "legacy code" strike fear into the hearts of developers everywhere. Behind that fear, legacy code means it's slow to understand existing behavior, slow...more.

Refactor and Source-Control Your CI

If you're using Jenkins, then you may have a job that has an "Execute Shell" step to build your project. The contents of that step...more.

To Teach is to Learn.

The person who says he knows what he thinks but cannot express it usually does not know what he means. —Mortimer Adler Richard Feynman, like...more.

RubyMine Remote Debugging via Vagrant

malcolm newsome
03 Aug 2016
Tools
Ruby

I mostly work with developers who prefer Vim or Emacs as their editor of choice. This is certainly understandable, because each of those editors provides...more.

Docker as a (workstation) service

kofi gumbs
27 Jul 2016
Coding
Java

Docker promotes itself as "a tool for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications," and there is much literature available to describe...more.