DeliveredEmployment2013 to 2020

Legacy PHP to Laravel modernisation

Rebuilding ageing PHP applications on Laravel while running the hosting, DNS and deployments they relied on.

Web Administrator and Developer at a contracting company

Problem

Client applications written in legacy PHP had become slow and hard to change, and releases were infrequent.

My role

Developer and web administrator: rebuilding the applications, building integrations, and administering hosting, domains, DNS, SSL certificates, backups and production deployments.

Technologies

PHP
Laravel
REST APIs
OAuth
DNS
SSL
CI/CD

Solution

Modernised legacy PHP applications into Laravel solutions.
Developed RESTful APIs and integrated third-party services using OAuth.
Introduced CI/CD practices for releases.
Kept the supporting hosting, DNS, SSL and backup arrangements in order throughout.

Outcome

50% improvement in application performance.
30% increase in release frequency.