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A super-simple LAMP stack for Vagrant. A pre-configured Vagrant Box with a full array of features to get you up and running for PHP / WordPress / Laravel / Symfony

There are multiple options available to connect to your MySQL database instance when it is located inside of a Vagrant Box such as Cognac Box or ScotchBox. From the command

For several of my projects I have implemented Mailgun for email delivery. That system works wonderfully to help handle the dirty work of email deliverability. However recently I encountered a

Based on my article earlier today about Password Reset Tips for Businesses, this article is about the responsibilities and best practices of web developers. The Security versus Convenience paradigm is

In this series, I’ll demonstrate some of the web development tools I use. Today we’ll cover Vagrant — a virtual environment management tool. Vagrant is a tool for building and

In this series, I’ll demonstrate some of the web development tools I use. Today we’ll cover VirtualBox — an Open Source Virtualization product for your local machine. Oracle VM VirtualBox

EDIT: March 2020 – Scotch Box is no longer actively maintained so please take a look at the following post which described how to use Cognac Box which is currently

Plesk is a powerful web server management tool. Among the included features is an OpenVPN Server, so when you’re working remotely you can connect directly to your server remotely. This

In 2019 I’m going to reboot this blog with a new series on web development, Ubuntu (linux) Server Administration and more in the application and web development realm. Stay tuned!

I have started to experiment with web development tools again and quickly ran into frameworks and tools which utilize Composer and there is mixed information on how to use composer with