by Sourcetoad | Jan 30, 2017 | Code
Ever since I started using Yii 2, I felt that the default way of passing data from controllers to views was not ideal, although I could not immediately say why. I kept doing it the way everyone does, thinking that I just need to give myself more time to get used to...
by Sourcetoad | Jan 24, 2017 | App Development, Programming, Web Application Development
React is a simple, yet powerful, UI library. When it was released in 2013, it offered an alternative to the existing popular monolithic JavaScript frameworks of the time. React’s most important advances are the emphasis on components, one-way data flow, the...
by Sourcetoad | Dec 26, 2016 | Design Tips
Powerpoint or Keynote presentations are infamously terrible. In the software development world (and the rest of the world, for that matter), most people would rather stick pencils into their legs than sit through a typical 40-slide presentation. But, I have good news...
by Sourcetoad | Dec 13, 2016 | Cloud Services, Cool Tools, General
While the Atari video computer system from 1977 gave us plenty of classic games, the Atari 8-bit computer line included productivity applications as well. But could you ever seriously consider employing the business software created for the Atari 400, Atari 800, and...
by Sourcetoad | Nov 14, 2016 | App Development, Code, Cool Tools
Yii and Yii2 utilize various magic methods within the framework, the implementation of which can be found in the Object class, which most of the framework extends off of. These magic methods __get, __set, __isset, __unset, and __call enforce a set of standards...
