Published in ITNEXT·May 7, 2020Golang Testing — Mocking RedisWhen testing our applications we often have a lot of external dependencies, and often we’re not running our tests in an environment where we have room to boot up Redis, MySQL etc. Recently I was trying to solve the problem of needing a Redis connection in one of my applications…Redis2 min readRedis2 min read
Mar 30, 2018Go for PHP Developers: Structs vs ClassesSo unlike modern PHP, Go handles the way we interact with types in our applications in a different way, through the use of structs. In fact it tailors itself to be more primitive, like it’s grandfather C. Go does however have similar concepts implemented, which to an outsiders point of…Golang5 min readGolang5 min read
Mar 20, 2018Go for PHP Developers: Getting StartedFor all you beginner, intermediate or expert PHP developers, here’s an article which should provide you with a little guidance on how to get started writing your applications in Golang and how it compares to a similar workflow with PHP. But first, let’s grab the things we need to start…Golang2 min readGolang2 min read
Jun 28, 2017Auto Rebuilding Go Programs — With Docker, Glide & FreshIntroduction Developing Go applications can often be a slog, especially if the Go application is a service in a larger ecosystem, that you need to run locally during development. Every time we make a change to our code we’d have to kill our Docker container, re-build our Go binary and re-run…Docker4 min readDocker4 min read
May 31, 2017What web development tools should I learn in 2017?2017 has been an interesting year for me, I feel like I’ve learned so much about myself, my skills and the industry which is “Web Applications”. …PHP4 min readPHP4 min read
May 31, 2017Connecting to a Database with GoHave you ever wondered how you can interact with a database in Go using the Model pattern? Well here’s a quick example of how you can get started with GORM, an ORM for Go. In this example we connect to an SQLite database called database.db and migrate a new table for users. We then add a new user row with the name “Craig” and fetch all users. We finish by printing out the JSON representation of this list of users.Web Development1 min readWeb Development1 min read
Published in sneek·Apr 10, 2017Why working remote is AMAZING! And how it’s changed my outlook on work and life.To start, I’m sat in a coffee shop, 72 miles from my flat and I’m working. Crazy, I know. Technically right at this moment I’m writing this article, shhhhhh. I always thought when the time came for me to plunge into full-time work, my working day would go something like…Remote Working6 min readRemote Working6 min read
Apr 3, 2017Golang Testing — JSON Responses with GinRecently I’ve been implementing a small side project in Go with Gin. I know how easy it is to setup tests with Go, but I was very surprised not many people had covered examples of how to test the JSON responses for your APIs. With Gin specifically. I discovered, it’s…Golang2 min readGolang2 min read
Mar 30, 2017Dockerizing Your Go ApplicationPrerequisites — I’m going to assume you’ve got Go and Docker installed locally, if you haven’t then head on over to these links and head back here once you’re done :) https://www.docker.com/get-docker https://golang.org/ Jumping In So first we’ll create our Dockerfile ready to run our compiled web server, called main FROM scratch ADD main…Docker2 min readDocker2 min read
Jun 4, 2014PHP Web Dev WorkflowJust the way I do things — I've always been intrigued by the way people work, what editors they use, any cool workflow apps, which version control system they're using and why? So I thought I'd share the way I do things. These are my opinions; Some of you may find them useful, some might agree and…3 min read3 min read
