I wrote Don't Ever use Symfony Listeners 2 months ago (if you missed it, be sure to read it to better understand this 2nd part). It got many constructive comments, mostly focused on particular standalone sentences without context.
To my surprise, none of the comments shown that listener beat...
PHP Internals News: Episode 20: Test Infrastructure Improvements
London, UK
Thursday, July 25th 2019, 09:20 BST
In this episode of "PHP Internals News" I chat with Nikita Popov (Twitter, GitHub) about improvements he and others have made to...
A ketogenic diet, is a high-fat, adequate-protein, low-carb diet. The purpose of the diet is to get more calories from protein and fat that from carbs. Ketosis is a normal metabolic process that occurs in the body, it works by depleting your body of it’s sugar storage, so after if starts to break down protein and fat for energy, causing weight loss. Some keto diet benefits include:
These are known to aid ketogenic dieters. Ketone supplements are not anything new for 2019, but they have been increasing in popularity over the past couple of years. Popular talk show host Dr Oz, has featured these supplements in numerous segments on his talk show. Revealing how ketones can help individuals in losing weight.
Balanced Body Keto contains Beta-hydroxybutyrate. BHB is the first substrate that kicks the metabolic state of ketosis resulting in energy.
Beta-hydroxybutyrate floats around in your blood, and importantly, can cross different important barriers to be able to be turned into energy at all times. One of the most important areas where this happens is in the brain. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is usually regulated, but since BHB is such a rock star and so hydrophilic, your brain knows to let it in so it can bring energy to the party at any time. This is one of the main reasons why increased BHB levels lead to heightened mental acuity.
Everything has a disclaimer to it, so nothing has been fully tested in clinical trials. But the organization explains the importance of the keto diet and argues that users on their supplement can expect to experience dramatic weight loss. However, with the absence of definitive and dedicated studies on this particular supplement, these claims are difficult to corroborate.
While the listing for Balanced Body Keto has a high number of positive reviews, its hard for us to say these are all legit product reviewers. Some may be, some may not be.
The organization requests fairly cheap prices for their supplement compared to others on the internet. As always consumers who try these supplements are encouraged to review the product online, so that they can add to the existing research-base for keto supplement products and companies.
We will try and email the Balanced Body Keto support team to find out more information and bring transparency to this ketone weight loss supplement. Be sure to check back on our website for updated information on Balanced Body Keto.
To help you reach your weight loss goals, we suggest you read our guides that link to the top products that are currently on the market; Superfood drinks, detox cleanses, prebiotics, and the best fat burners.
Affiliate Link
At the Laracon US conference in New York, Taylor Otwell released Laravel Vapor, a new platform for serverless hosting backed by AWS services. You can watch the presentation below.
Lately, we have been playing with SymfonyCloud for the needs of one of our client's projects. As the General Availability of the service has been announced earlier this week, we believe it is the right time to explain how we managed to get redirection.io's agent running on SymfonyCloud.
Wait, wha...
Not so long ago, web design was a brand-new industry. Because it was so new, there weren’t many opportunities to get a formal education on its fundamentals. Thus, the most direct path to becoming a professional was to teach yourself the necessary skills.
That’s how my career started. I studied the source code of different websites and figured out how things worked. I experimented with Photoshop, CSS and eventually PHP and JavaScript. Over the years, most of what I know has come from the process of trial and error.
But being self-taught in this line of work brings a mixed bag of feelings and challenges. On the one hand, it’s very freeing. On the other, it can actually be a little scary.
With that in mind, let’s explore the good, bad and ugly that comes with being a self-taught web designer.
Ah, this is where that sense of freedom comes from. With the incredible depth of educational resources out there for web design and development, you really can pick and choose your focus.
That is in contrast to a more formal education, where you are obliged to follow a set path in your learning. Of course, this is usually for a good reason (you need to understand the basic principles before you can tackle the smaller details). Still, learning on your own means having the right to set your own path.
I think there is a great upside to learning the particular skills that interest you most. For one, you’re more likely to be passionate about the subject matter. When following someone else’s curriculum, it can be more difficult to find that same enthusiasm to put in the required work (something I struggled with in school).
And, because you are taking that different path, you might find yourself thinking a bit differently as well. This can lead to creative ideas and solutions that may not have occurred to you otherwise.
Finally, when it comes to how you learn, you have the option to pick the types of materials you like best. It might be a series of tutorials or a video-based training course. Whatever your preference, the idea is that you can learn more effectively when you find a format that suits you.
Perhaps the biggest downside of teaching yourself web design is that, inevitably, there are going to be some gaps in your education. And that could mean missing something important.
For example, let’s say you want to learn how to do some specific tasks with PHP. You find some great tutorials and master their content. That’s all well and good, but what if those tutorials left out a major point of emphasis, such as security?
I’ve run into this situation in my own career. Learning things in a piecemeal format works, at least for those specific subjects I’m studying. But when put into practice, I often find that I need to search out other details that may have been either glossed over or ignored.
This isn’t a critique of the resources out there, but more of an observation of this particular approach to learning. It’s an area where a more traditional type of schooling has the upper hand.
Therefore, it’s important to recognize whatever gaps exist and seek to fill them in the best you can.
Despite the potential knowledge gaps, a self-taught designer can indeed hang in there with the competition. There are a couple of reasons for this.
The first is that our industry is a bit more segmented than we might think. There really isn’t such a thing as a one-size-fits-all designer or developer. Each of us has our own skillsets and preferred areas of specialty. Not to mention the wide array of price ranges out there. As such, we’re not competing with every other person out there so much as within a particular niche.
The space I’ve worked and competed in for the past two decades has allowed me to make a decent living, while also affording opportunities for continued learning. Am I the most highly-skilled person in this market? Not by a longshot. But it goes to show that you don’t have to know everything to find some success.
Second (and somewhat related), the job description has changed for many of us. While there are those talented folks who build everything from scratch, that is no longer a requirement. The advent of the CMS and plugins provide a great foundation for designers of various skill levels to build upon. From there, we can go as far as our skills (and desire to learn) will take us.
Sometimes, it seems as if fitting these multiple pieces together is as much a part of our job as building out a beautiful UI. That in itself provides a market for both formally and self-educated web designers.
One of the most amazing aspects of a career in web design is that you don’t necessarily need a formal education. All it requires is a little bit of talent, an internet connection and a desire to learn. From there, you can apply your skills as a freelancer or by working for someone else.
That said, being self-taught may well be the more difficult path to take. For all the freedom it provides, you might miss out on both the fundamentals and finer details of the craft. And, once you’ve established yourself as a professional, finding time to further your skills can be tough.
Still, if you understand the challenges and really love what you do, you can overcome just about any obstacles that stand in your way. It’s an opportunity that seems truly unique to web design.
The post The Ups and Downs of Being a Self-Taught Web Designer appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.
VR video is getting more and more popular so it’s imperative that you know how to edit VR footage correctly. Luckily, Adobe Premiere Pro makes it easy to handle this tricky task and end up with stunning VR footage.
In this article, we’ve gathered the best VR tutorials for Premiere Pro that will help you take your video editing skills to the next level.
For a wider range of Adobe Premiere Pro tutorials, you should take a look at this article.
With this tutorial you will learn how to correctly edit your videos so that they will be played back properly on your media player of choice. You will also learn how to apply stereoscopic effects for your videos.
Learn how to make truly immersive VR videos. You will quickly be able to understand the correct use and effects of specific VR plugins as well as be able to map out the camera paths.
Save time with this gorgeous Premiere Pro slideshow template. The template is included with your Envato Elements membership and comes with 2 slideshow versions.
Jason Lavine has prepared a step by step video tutorial to take your videos from camera to export. Learn how to apply settings that will make your VR videos truly stand out.
With this video tutorial you will learn how to edit your videos in a VR setting. You will learn and see why this is an important step, how to set up your VR device, and how to edit your videos; all in one place!
Spice up your 360 and VR videos with stunning callouts. This pack includes 350 callouts in three styles. You can easily customize them thanks to the in-depth voice over tutorials that are included in the download file.
In this step by step tutorial, you will learn how to get wider angled shots from your videos without having to reshoot them! Get the shots you want when you want them all in a few simple steps.
Learn and understand the newest features that were put into 2019 version of Adobe Premiere Pro. The tutorial covers what performance improvements were done to how to directly export VR180 footage to YouTube and Facebook.
Make your video footage more interesting by adding liquid transitions. This template from Envato Elements comes with several easy to use transitions that you can customize to fit your needs.
Find out how to use the GoPro VR Reframe Plugin to the fullest! Learn how to use the plugin’s tools that will make editing and transitioning your 360 to 2D videos a breeze.
Want to edit VR videos like a pro and get the best results? Then this video tutorial is for you! Learn techniques to reorient, add text, insert logos, and object removal for all your VR180 footage.
This video tutorial explains why and how to straighten or level out the horizons in your VR footage. Quickly and easily get your videos looking level and getting the most out of them.
Rendering a VR video is an exciting thing. With this video tutorial you will learn how make fully immersive video where you will be able to move the camera angles around via mouse of VR headset.
Learn how to use the Mocha VR plugin to track and mask to isolate areas for shadows and highlight correction. It runs in both Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects for 360 video tracking, ring removal, and stabilization.
With this video tutorial you will learn how to use some of the immersive 360 features found in Adobe’s Photoshop and Premiere Pro, as well as how to use the Mocha VR plugin for 360 tracking and object removal.
VR and 360 videos are here to stay and with the help of the tutorials on this list, you will be able to easily edit them and take your Premiere skills to the next level.
The post 10 Best Virtual Reality (VR) Tutorials for Premiere Pro appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.
No matter how great your video footage is, it won’t amount to much if your audio quality is subpar. As such, you need to learn how to edit audio so you can instantly improve the quality of your videos.
Adobe Audition is a powerful program that makes audio editing easy and in this post, we’ve scoured the Internet for the best Adobe Audition tutorials. You will learn the basics of working with Adobe Audition, mixing audio, getting rid of the background noise, and more.
You might also like our collection of completely free sound effects.
This video tutorial will give you all the basics you need to know to get comfortable with using Adobe’s Audition software. Learn how to use the waveform view to how to masterfully mix multitrack audio to get the perfect mix of music, voice overs, and special effects.
With this video tutorial, you will learn how to tweak your audio settings for recordings so that you can get crystal clear sounds. Perfect for anyone who uses a microphone!
Learn how to create the best workflows for you! Learn how to select your clips, trim them, and get them all prepped so you can save time on your audio editing and speed up your workflow.
With this step tutorial, you will learn how to mix and produce your very own multi track audio files. You will learn about presets and audio channel customizations without having to create multiple mixdown files.
Improve your audio editing by learning how to perform key tasks that work in both Adobe’s Premiere Pro and Audition. This allows you to finesse audio effects, automation keyframes, track and submix routing and more!
In this tutorial you will learn how to remove all those annoying noises like beeps and hisses through using a visual waveform with the Spectral Frequency Display. In the end, you will quickly be able to get better quality on all your audio.
With this video tutorial you will learn how to apply effects in a multitrack session as well as why and how this differs from a single audio file.
Learn the features of working within a multitrack session. You will find out how to seamlessly add individual tracks to create anything from a video soundtrack to a composition or podcast.
Everyone hates background noises. Or the background fan that keeps you cooled. With this video tutorial you will learn how to lessen and remove them from all of your videos.
In this video tutorial you will learn how to remove excess ambience noises and room echo using some Adobe Audition presets. Give your videos crystal clear audio quality in a matter of moments.
Whether you’re editing video files and looking to improve the audio quality or starting a podcast and need a reliable program to edit your podcast recordings, Adobe Audition has you covered. Use the tutorials on this list to learn the basics of audio editing.
The post 10 Beginner Audio Editing Tutorials for Adobe Audition appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.
If you're using any modern framework, chances are you're heavily relying on dependency injection. But do you know what dependency injection actually is about — or better: what it's not?
While every modern framework ships with a dependency container — a big box ...