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Facebook API: Getting Your Additional Permissions Approved

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If your Facebook App requests additional permissions from users, they first need to be reviewed and approved by Facebook. Here are some tips on getting through Facebook’s review process as quickly as possible.

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Facebook, Facebook Graph API, Review, Tips and Tricks

Cordova: Release Signing Android Applications

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If you’re using Cordova 5.x+, it’s easy to configure it to also build signed release builds of your Android application. Providing you’re already created a keystore using the keytool, this tutorial will have you building release builds in minutes.

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Android, Code Signing, Cordova, Google Play Store, Security

Laravel 5.x: Custom Validation Rules

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This tutorial shows you how to extend Laravel 5.x to include custom validation rules. In this case, how to check if a field matches the current user’s stored password, when the user wants to change their password.

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Laravel 5, PHP, Tutorial

AWS: Install MongoDB 3.x on Ubuntu 14

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If you’re running the default Ubuntu 14 LTS server on AWS, you’ll find that the package manage will only install MongoDB v2.x. However, you can install the latest version by updating apt-get using this tutorial, allowing you to use install the Parse API Server.

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Amazon Web Services, MongoDB, Tutorial, Ubuntu

AWS: Install NodeJS 4.x or 5.x on Ubuntu 14

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If you’re looking to install the latest version of NodeJS on your Ubuntu 14 LTS server, you’ll find that the default package manager only has access to older versions of NodeJS. However, you can easily update apt-get to get the latest version using this tutorial.

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Amazon Web Services, NodeJS, Tutorial, Ubuntu

Parse.com: Setting up the Open Source Parse API Server

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Following Parse’s announcement of the service winding down and the subsequent release of the Parse API Server, I’ve taken the time to setup my own instance of the open-source software to help migrate from Parse.com before it shuts down in January 2017.

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Amazon Web Services, AMI, MongoDB, NodeJS, Open Source, Parse, Tutorial

Laravel 5.x: Redirect CSRF Errors to Previous Page

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I have always found it frustrating that failing the CSRF check in Laravel 5.x throws an exception. I would rather prefer it redirect the user back to the previous page, and get them to try again. So, I modified the VerifyCsrfToken.php middleware to do just that.

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CSRF, Laravel 5, PHP, Tutorial

Parse Android SDK: Customise the Push Notification Icon

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If you are using the Parse Android SDK in your mobile app, you are able to customise the push notification icon by updating your AndroidManifest.xml file. This method also applies if you are using Parse in a Cordova / PhoneGap app.

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Android, Cordova, Parse, PhoneGap, Push Notifications

Cordova: Fixing jQuery Mobile Navigation Issues on iOS 9.x

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iOS 9 changed the way JavaScript handles navigation history, and as a result, hybrid apps using jQuery Mobile can break (i.e. those build in Trigger.io and Cordova). Luckily, there is a easy fix that can resolve the issue.

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Bug, Cordova, iOS, PhoneGap

Create Public / Privacy Encryption Keys and Encrypt / Decrypt Data using PHP

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In a recent project, I’ve been using public/private key encryption to transmit data from a mobile application to an API, keeping sensitive information secure as a result. This tutorial explains how you can create your own keys, and then use them to encrypt or decrypt data using PHP and OpenSSL.

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Encryption, PHP, Public / Private Keys, Security, Tutorial
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