published on
22 May 2021
in CodeIgniterDevelopment on macOSPHPWeb Development
CodeIgniter 1.4.4 released to support CodeIgniter 4.1.2 (new framework version), also bringing a number of other improvements.
When creating a new web application, you can now select CodeIgniter 4.1.2 (which is now the new default), 4.1.1, or 4.0.4 (especially if you somehow need to support PHP 7.2) from the framework pop-up menu. A new cool feature allows the users instantly change the framework version of existing applications...
You can now look up anything across multiple search engines at once with ease
published on
6 Apr 2021
in Mac Apps
Parallel Search lets you type in your query once and search it across multiple search engines in parallel, and displays the results in a grid of frames obtained from different search engines all at once. The grid can consist of columns and rows, the number of which you can control from the toolbar. You can then view the initial search results in this grid of split browser frames. After that, you can keep browsing in the application's simple browser, or open the links in your favorite web browser.
As part of preparing a local development environment for CodeIgniter Wizard
published on
24 Feb 2021
in PHPDevelopment on macOSWeb Development
In this tutorial, we'll install the latest version of PHP using Homebrew on macOS Big Sur, also known as macOS 11. This PHP installation features a rich set of extensions and libraries, including those required by version 4 of the CodeIgniter framework.In the previous tutorial, we've already installed Homebrew on a fresh copy of macOS Big Sur.Now in the Mac Terminal app, I'll simply type: brew install php in the command prompt, and then hit the return key. In this process, my user account...
A Stepping Stone in Preparing a Robust Development Environment
published on
22 Feb 2021
in Development on macOS
In this article, we are describing a series of step-by-step instructions over the Mac's Terminal CLI, to install Homebrew on a fresh copy of macOS Big Sur.Later, we will install the latest version of PHP (which was 8.01 at the time of this writing), and then we'll use it for our local development environment for working on web applications generated with CodeIgniter Wizard. Later, we will be installing the latest version of PHP using this configuration (which was 8.01 at the time of this writi...
published on
16 Sep 2020
in CodeIgniterPHPWeb Development
CodeIgniter Wizard is a relational database-driven PHP code generator and a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool for the Mac which reads your MySQL database tables and columns, presents you with some options to determine which ones to include, how to interpret them, and then quickly creates a working web application with full CRUD functionality based on version 4.x of the CodeIgniter framework. And the wizard creates all the necessary MVC classes with layout and view files.
