The Apache Cordova documentation is rather good, but occasionally you encounter information that is either out-of-date or missing entirely. One such instance is the ability to delete a file when using the File plugin – the documentation for this function is missing, so to help others, I’ve included some sample code to achieve this.
Cordova, JavaScript, TutorialThis week, I bought myself a brand new 2017 15″ MacBook Pro, upgrading from an early 2013 15″ MacBook Pro (with Retina). I was able to migrate all my data in a matter of hours, and this is the process I followed (using Thunderbolt 2 to USB-C).
Apple, MacBook Pro, MigrationMaster the Git commands using this useful Cheat Sheet. Printable PDF version included, covering everything from creating a repo to make changes, and working with branches.
Cheat Sheet, Git, PDFWorking with multiple clients with their own AWS setups and security groups makes it difficult to work remotely sometimes. For instance, updating the many security groups with my current (dynamic) IP address so I can SSH into the server. Luckily, I’ve created a script for that.
Amazon Web Services, EC2, SecurityLaravel 5.2 is already good at sanitizing input data received from GET and POST data, but it doesn’t remove excessive spacing at the beginning or end of the data. Luckily, this is easy to achieve using Custom Middleware.
Input Sanitization, Laravel 5, Laravel 5.2, PHPEver needed to copy a remote database into a local environment to run tests on? This tutorial includes a bash command line script you can use to easily replicate a remote MySQL database to another environment.
Backup, Bash, Command Line, MySQLRecently, I had to create a Laravel Artisan script that would log into a SFTP server, check if a certain file exists, and then upload / override the file. To achieve this, I used the SSH library from LaravelCollective. This tutorial covers how to log into a remote server using SSH / SFTP and upload or download files.
Laravel 5, PHP, SFTP, SSHThis tutorial shows how you can use Moment.js in your website or application to display dates and times in the user’s local timezone. It’s easy to use and makes working with dates and times much easier in JavaScript.
JavaScript, Moment.js, Time ManipulationI’ve already covered release signing Android application in Cordova in a previous article, but sometimes you want to do the same for debug builds. By default, Cordova uses it’s own debug keystore, but it’s easy to customise your project to use a keystore of your choice when creating debug builds.
Android, Code Signing, Cordova, Debug, Google Play Store, Security