Creating Snippets with Sublime Text is a breeze. Checkout this video to learn how to create a basic HTML skeleton snippet. You will then be able to create all the snippets your heart desires!

There are so many time tracking apps available today. Some of them are very minimalistic with only a few todo lists and some of them can get very complex including multiple clients, multiple projects & deadlines, and many other features. Well, if you are a fan of the pomodoro technique, I would encourage you to [...]

So, when searching through all the Laravel authentication bundles I found some pretty cool stuff and I learned a lot about the built-in Laravel authentication system; however, I just wanted a simple authentication bundle that would get me up and running with a simple email and password login/signup. So, I went ahead and created my [...]

Laravel is a great PHP framework for rapidly building web applications. One of the advantages of using Laravel is the ability to create re-usable pieces of code. Yes, you could always use libraries and third-party classes; however, Laravel has introduced a new way of building plug’n play pieces of functionality into your application which are [...]

There are so many PHP frameworks available today and one of the latest frameworks that’s picking up a lot of speed is Laravel. Laravel has so many great features such as migrations, bundles, generators, and much more. The documentation has been put together very nicely, it is in active development, and it uses the latest PHP [...]

I’ve been programming in PHP for nearly 10 years, and I would consider myself to be fairly competent with the language. It’s funny that some of the simplest things that I would program in PHP I would just accept certain aspects instead of looking further into them. I am talking in particular about single and [...]

If you ever get a chance to come down to San Diego, you really need to connect with the JoyRiders group. They have really been doing some fun things lately. Visit their site here: JoyRiders.TV They always have great outdoor adventures, extreme challenges, and fun holiday events. One of the greatest things about hanging out [...]

Do you often wonder if the framework, language, or tools you use will reflect the outcome of your web project? Sometimes we can get so caught up in what to use for our latest idea that it can distract us from the thing that’s really important… creating the idea. The Code Editor Let’s take for [...]

The newly released Lytro Camera is a camera like no other. When taking a picture with a standard camera, you will usually focus on the element you want to photograph. Well, now with the Lytro Camera you can snap your photos and then change the focal point afterwards. Then share the file with your friends [...]

So, a couple weeks ago I experienced heavy server overloads on an app due to so many concurrent users. There may have also been some code clean up that was necessary. Either way it was kind of a headache, but also a learning experience. So upon searching the interent I could not find an easy [...]

So, when searching through all the Laravel authentication bundles I found some pretty cool stuff and I learned a lot about the built-in Laravel authentication system; however, I just wanted a simple authentication bundle that would get me up and running with a simple email and password login/signup. So, I went ahead and created my [...]

Laravel is a great PHP framework for rapidly building web applications. One of the advantages of using Laravel is the ability to create re-usable pieces of code. Yes, you could always use libraries and third-party classes; however, Laravel has introduced a new way of building plug’n play pieces of functionality into your application which are [...]

I’ve been programming in PHP for nearly 10 years, and I would consider myself to be fairly competent with the language. It’s funny that some of the simplest things that I would program in PHP I would just accept certain aspects instead of looking further into them. I am talking in particular about single and [...]

So, a couple weeks ago I experienced heavy server overloads on an app due to so many concurrent users. There may have also been some code clean up that was necessary. Either way it was kind of a headache, but also a learning experience. So upon searching the interent I could not find an easy [...]

I don’t know what it is about Facebook documentation that I find tedious. I feel that their documentation overcomplicates things because they try and cover so much. Anyway, I created a very basic version of how to implement their Authentication API. Take a look at the simple demo here: http://www.tonylea.com/go/examples/easy-facebook-authentication/ You can checkout the repository [...]

So, when I first switched to a mac, the IDE that fell in my lap was Coda. I was absolutely amazed at what this wonderful IDE app could do for me. I had heard a lot of people talking and praising TextMate so I decided to venture over to TextMate and see what they had [...]

So, what if you want to create a simple PHP script without having to create a new database for a simple admin log-in to gain access to a certain page. Well, in this post I will run you through a 1 page php file that will allow you to have a log-in page, logged in [...]

When working on a project I found that I needed a simple solution that would allow me to expand or unshorten a short URL. I’m sure you know what short URL’s look like: http://bit.ly/mwyBzI Anyway, there are several ways to do this. My first attempt was to accomplish this using jQuery. I used a jQuery library [...]

If there ever comes a time when you wish to detect whether a string is english or not... There is a very simple way of representing this in PHP. Here is a PHP function which will return true if the string is in english or it will return false if there are foreign characters.

If you are in the process of starting a new project, or perhaps re-writing an existing project, and you are trying to decide on which PHP framework to use it is very important to understand the two differences between most frameworks. A framework is one of the two: it is either a Glue Framework or [...]