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Simplifying MySQL statements using PHP

MySQL statements can be complicated, and writing them can sometimes be quite tedious. Today I want to talk about a simple technique to help improve readability and cut down modifications for MySQL statements in PHP, such as, INSERT and UPDATE. This method requires some knowledge of PHP and MySQL. We will be using an array of data…

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Friday Introductions: Evgeniy (Gene) Vakhroushev

From small town Russia to small town Georgia  (the state, not the country), our backend web developer Gene has had quite the life journey, picking up a multitude of useful skills along the way. He moved from Yoshkar-Ola, Russia to the states when he was 13, residing in Thomaston, GA ever since. Directed to us from Gordon…

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Getting Started With Angular2 Using Docker Compose

  Update 2016/11/13: The git repository that goes along this article has been updated for the latest post-release version of Angular, which is 2.1.1.  The original article used 2.0.0-rc1, and that version can be found at the corresponding tag. AngularJS is a popular javascript framework that can help to mitigate complexity on the front-end of your…

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Friday Introductions: Jesse Smith

Jesse Smith. Full-stack developer. Cross-dimensional watcher. Creator of cardboard armies. A little over 3 years ago, this budding CS student had the misfortune of having a certain Mr. Garrett Massey as his instructor for a few classes. After displaying an almost natural gift for the art of web development, Garrett decided to take this little duckling…

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Debugging Questions We Forget to Ask

As developers we’ve all been there, banging our head on the table thinking, “Why is this not working?”, staring deeply into our code asking why. Knowing that we’ve gone through the right process to make this work, and for whatever reason, it’s not. Occasionally, there may be something strange going on to cause this, however,…

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Basic Series: What is Frontend?

When we talk to our clients, often times we’ll throw out the terms “frontend” or “backend” and they don’t know what the heck we’re talking about. We use this office jargon daily and almost forget that it’s nerd-talk and not normal-people-talk. So we thought, wouldn’t it be a great idea to explain a little on the situation?…

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Friday Introductions: Trey Jones

If you’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking with any of us at Eyesore, Inc and asked us some complicated questions, you may have heard this one from us, “Let me talk to Trey about that”. Trey is our most senior developer and server guy, making him the one we run to with all of…

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5 Things Your Site Is Missing

I’m going to be real with you guys for a sec: having a website that’s functional and purposeful is the best form of marketing for your business. Your website is the first place people check for info about your business – what you do, who you are, how you can help them. It’s where someone goes…

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Friday Introductions: Garrett W. Massey (Our Fearless Leader!)

If you know Eyesore, you know Garrett Massey.  Or maybe you don’t.  Maybe you only know the guy with the beard.  Well, today is your lucky day.  You get to meet the man behind the beard. Garrett is probably not that interested in taking a long walk on the beach with you, but he is…

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