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Welcome to my blog, where I post tips and tutorials about PHP, Laravel, JavaScript and Web Development

How to promote your ebooks with your website?

How to promote your ebooks with your website?

Published: Jun 6, 2024

I’m a web developer by trade and a part-time author, so here are a few things that I have done to help promote my books and ebooks using my website...

Using the GOV.UK Design System with Laravel

Using the GOV.UK Design System with Laravel

Published: May 29, 2024

I recently worked on a project using the GOV.UK Design System with a Laravel project. The GOV.UK frontend provides layouts and accessible HTML components with their own CSS and JavaScript....

Customising Laravel Sail services using the Laravel Build server

Customising Laravel Sail services using the Laravel Build server

Published: May 21, 2024

Laravel offers a quick and easy command to create a new Laravel project that uses Laravel Sail using the Laravel build server. But what if you want to customise what...

Getting started with React Hook Form

Getting started with React Hook Form

Published: May 10, 2024

I normally develop forms in Laravel, using Livewire where possible. Laravel has some great form validation tools built in that I’m really used to working with and Livewire offers easy...

Using when with the Laravel Http Client

Using when with the Laravel Http Client

Published: Jan 28, 2024

Here’s a little tip I discovered that I haven’t seen documented anywhere. You can use when() and unless() with the Laravel Http client.

New book announcement!

New book announcement!

Published: Jan 7, 2024

Announcing the new book, The Little-Astwick Mysteries - Trouble at the church, by C.S. Rhymes. It is now available for pre-order on the Amazon Kindle store for £2.99, with the...

Trouble at the church book cover

The Little-Astwick Mysteries - Trouble at the Church

A fast paced crime mystery set in the fictional English village of Little-Astwick. David Morgan, a Community Support Officer, new to the area, gets plunged in at the deep end with a new acquaintance, Evelyn McKenzie, trying to figure out what has been going on at the village church.

Available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and Paperback.