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How to send emails in Laravel using Mailtrap 2.3 (3)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on July 3, 2022

on 3^rd Jul 2022

In this article, I’ll explain what is Mailtrap Email Testing, and how to send emails from your local development Laravel project using Mailtrap. Introduction In 2020 I was developing a platform, based on Laravel, that made extensive use of cron jobs and email sending. The cron jobs check some values on the database, and the […]

Laravel Local development Mail PHP

Online security: Phishing Prevention 0 (0)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on February 26, 2022

on 26^th Feb 2022

In recent years we hear more and more about cyber attacks and scams carried out through the Internet. One of the main methods used by cyber criminals is phishing. To understand how to protect yourself from phishing, we must first understand exactly what phishing is.

Phishing security

Setup Continuous Deployment with GitHub Actions (on a shared server) 4 (4)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on October 26, 2021

on 26^th Oct 2021

In this article I described how I implemented a Continuous Deployment system with GitHub Actions and FTP Deploy for a personal project on a shared server.

Continuous Delivery FTP Deploy GitHub Actions

Optimize a website with Cloudflare 0 (0)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on August 16, 2021

on 16^th Aug 2021

In this article we will see how to optimize a website with Cloudflare to get the best performance from this service. This is the second part of the article How to configure Cloudflare for a site on Aruba with Shared Server.

Aruba cache Cloudflare hosting

How to configure Cloudflare for a site on Aruba with Shared Server 0 (0)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on August 16, 2021

on 16^th Aug 2021

In this article, I will explain how to configure Cloudflare for a site on Aruba with Shared Server. Hence, we will take advantage of the global distribution network of Cloudflare, or CDN (Content Delivery Network), and their mitigation system of DDoS attacks.

Aruba cache Cloudflare hosting

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How to integrate Instagram Basic Display API using PHP 7 3 (3)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on July 15, 2021

on 15^th Jul 2021

This article is about the Instagram Graph API, in particular how to integrate the Instagram Basic Display API into PHP 7, and offers a solution for integrating API calls to your Instagram profile on your website, retrieving media from it and making it available on your website.

Instagram Integration PHP

How to integrate Spotlight gallery library into your WordPress website [no plugin] 5 (2)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on June 23, 2021

on 23^rd Jun 2021

Today I am going to explain to you how I integrated Spotlight gallery library into a WordPress website, without any plugin, just coding.

Javascript JQuery PHP WordPress

How to build a simple PHP MVC framework 4.5 (94)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on March 30, 2021

on 30^th Mar 2021

Today I am going to show how to create a simple PHP application following the MVC pattern (Model-View-Controller). MVC frameworks are widely used in the industry because they offer a lot of advantages for rapid and structured development.

PHP Programming

Organize and track my progress during the job search - Pic. by Anna Tarazevich on Pexels

Organize and track my progress during the job search. 0 (0)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on December 27, 2020

on 27^th Dec 2020

I want to share with you how I organize and track my progress during the job search. The hiring process can be stressful, so for that reason, I also refer to it as “being ground up like a piece of meat in the infernal recruitment process“. Here some tips for organize and track the progress during the job search.

Amsterdam hiring process job search

How to create a simple Open Weather App with PHP, Vue.js, and Docker 0 (0)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on May 10, 2020

on 10^th May 2020

Weeks ago I was looking for something to build during this quarantine, something to publish on my Github. I wanted a web app idea, so I took a look at a list of available APIs. There’s enough APIs out there: Linkedin, Youtube, Genius, Instagram, and more. In this article, I’ll describe how to create a simple Open Weather App with PHP, Vue.js, and Docker.

Docker Programming

A daily basis list of Git commands. 0 (0)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on April 27, 2020

on 27^th Apr 2020

Introduction When I started using Git some years ago, I initially created a text file where I stored all the commands I used, pretty straightforward. Sometimes, though, I work on a different computer, so I decided to publish online my personal daily basis list of Git commands, in order to be able to consult it […]

Programming

How to create a Python Translator with IBM Watson™. 4.6 (7)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on January 26, 2020

on 26^th Jan 2020

In this article, I’ll explain how to create a Python Translator with IBM Watson™ Language Translator with a free quota API service.

Programming Python

Vue.js reactivity 0 (0)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on April 17, 2019

on 17^th Apr 2019

I spent a few hours last weekend facing the common issue of modifying an object in Vue.js reactivity and track its changes. The challenge was to append an array as new property into a reactive Vue object. Dynamic reactive object property After getting the data response via a GET request, I could see the new […]

Javascript Programming Vue.js

Oude-Turfmarkt 141-143 - Universiteit-van-Amsterdam

Souvenir from Amsterdam 3 (2)

by Giuseppe Maccario

on December 1, 2018

on 1^st Dec 2018

This postcard is my favorite Amsterdam souvenir. I was sitting on a bench on Rokin in front of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, August 2018. The Rokin is a canal and major street in the center of Amsterdam. I have been living in Amsterdam for 1 year when I took this photo. There are endless things […]

Amsterdam Location