A friend I worked with a few jobs ago recently contacted me about doing some freelance work for him. He's collecting data, usually contained on governmental websites, for use in a project he's working on. It's the kind of work I did in a previous job and he provided an initial framework to use for this project. In this framework he was using the PHP library simple_html_dom. As I worked on this project I found that the library was not the best solution and switched over to using PHP's built-in DOM libraries.
In January I was invited to apply to Upwork Pro which is described as a way for freelance programmers to more easily find quality work on Upwork (itself a job board of freelance projects). The application included a programming test. While I wasn’t accepted into the program (likely because I lack established freelance work history on Upwork) the programming test itself seemed like a something to toss into my GitHub repository in case a prospective employer wants to see more source code of mine.
I recently had the opportunity to work on a small freelance project. My client wanted to put together a system that would allow people to digitally hand sign legal documents. It turned out to be a fun, little project. Due to confidentiality, I am unable to name my client or to show off any of the code base. However, I can describe the project in general terms.
How much power can a windmill generate if a windmill could generate power? I endeavor to find out how..
People sometimes talk about the odd ways they come up with ideas. Such as hitting their head on the bathroom sink to think of the flux capacitor. Recently, for me it was a dream. The details escape me, but it had to do with coming up with a way to calculate how much could be earned from energy produced by a windmill. I woke up thinking that may be a neat thing to put together in my play pen. So I did it.
For more than a month now I have been working in my new playpen with the Laravel PHP framework. I figured this would be a good time to take a moment to discuss my initial impressions of it, particularly in comparison to Codeigniter, the other framework I have experience with.
