Setting up an account on dploy.io with your existing Digital Ocean droplet is a really smooth process, especially if you do it during the creation of your droplet. I ran into a little rough patch trying to congfigure dploy.io with my existing
Automatically Deploy Private Git Repo to Server
Working with Git (or some type of subversion control system) makes web development so much easier. It’s greatly beneficial for teams, but it’s still very advantageous for even solo web developers too. I’ve recently worked with a small team to develop
Implementing DropzoneJS with Laravel 4
DropzoneJS is a great little Javascript library put together by Matias Meno. By placing the code in your webpage, you can create a drag and drop multi-file upload utility. Or if the browser doesn’t support drag and drop, you can
Laravel Homestead Server with PuTTY and Private Key File
One of the local development environments I’ve been working from lately is the Laravel Homestead server setup through a VirtualBox put together by Taylor Otwell. This instance is running Ubuntu 14.04, with support for several web development tools. The idea
What’s the Purpose for Javascript Closures?
Trying to figure out what Javascript Closure’s are is one thing, but determining why we even use them is another. A lot of the posts I come across talk about the closure being an “advanced” technique, and then they walk
Using Chrome Dev Tools in VirtualBox to Debug Mobile Website Over USB
The title here is a mouthful, but I can boil this down to what I am trying to do. Goal: To access an Apache2 virtual server, on a VirtualBox with a Windows 8 host and Ubuntu 13 guest. I want
Using Bower Package Manager to Install Bootstrap on Windows 8
The web development world doesn’t seem to be too Windows friendly. It seems like every Youtube or +NetTut video I watch demonstrating a new technique is done on an iMAC. So when I go to use some of these utilities