Bilal Haidar

CODE Author

With over 150 published articles written for clients, online forums, and magazines, Bilal has extensive knowledge of all things code. His first Microsoft MVP was awarded to him at age 24 and ran for 10 consecutive years. Bilal also holds an ASP Insider Award, is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for Web Technologies, and is internationally recognized as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

The author of “Professional ASP.NET 3.5 Security, Membership, and Role Management with C# and VB” and “A Complete Guide To VueJS,” Bilal is also is a consultant and mentor.

As a Full Stack Engineer, he’s an expert in ASP.NET Core, Node.js, PHP Laravel, Vue JS, and React JS.

Detailed Bio

Contact Information:

Email: bhaidar@gmail.com
Phone: 0030 694 494 6666
Blog: http://blog.bilalhaidar.com

Articles Authored

Angular and the Store

Last updated: Thursday, April 15, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2018 - November/December

Bilal takes a look at making sure that your Angular app, large or small, can deal with state management and data access using the ngrx/store module.
- Angular
- HTML
- HTML 5
- Java Script
- JavaScript
- Store
- Web Development (general)
Authentication in Laravel, Part 2: Token Authentication

Last updated: Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2023 - September/October

In Part 2 of Bilal’s Authentication series, you’ll learn Token authentication in Laravel, which involves exchanging a token between the client and server for authentication, instead of sending credentials with each request. Laravel offers two packages for Token Authentication: Laravel Passport and Laravel Sanctum.
- Authentication
- Laravel
Authentication in Laravel: Part 1

Last updated: Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2023 - May/Jun

Using Laravel’s built-in authentication to secure your application is simpler than you’d think. Bilal shows you how.
- Authentication
- Laravel
Beginner’s Guide to Deploying PHP Laravel on the Google Cloud Platform

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2021 - November/December

Bilal starts a new series about using the Google Cloud Platform to deploy a PHP Laravel application.
Beginner’s Guide to Deploying PHP Laravel on the Google Cloud Platform: Part 2

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2022 - January/February

Bilal continues his series on the PHP Laravel framework by connecting the app to a local MySQL database, involving the Google Cloud SQL service, and then running a Laravel database migration from the Cloud Build workflow.
Beginner’s Guide to Deploying PHP Laravel on the Google Cloud Platform: Part 3

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2022 - March/April

Bilal continues his series on the PHP Laravel framework by securing the POST request and the Google Cloud Platform. He introduces two new features: storing files in Google Cloud Storage buckets using Laravel and using a Cloud Build Workflow step to snapshot the Cloud MySQL database as a backup.
Building a VS Code Extension Using Vue.js

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2021 - July/August

Most of the core functionalities in VS Code are extensions, and you can extend almost any feature, from color themes, to activity bars, to displaying data. Bilal gives an overview of how extensions work and some cool ideas for what to do with them.
Building MVC Applications in PHP Laravel: Part 1

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2022 - May/June

Bilal is determined to make you a better coder. This time, he embarks on a deep dive into the M of Model View Controller applications in PHP Laravel.
- Laravel
- MVC Core
- PHP
Building MVC Applications in PHP Laravel: Part 2

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2022 - July/August

Last time, Bilal looked at Models—the M in MVC. This time, he explains about Views and Controllers (the V and the C) and how to take advantage of them in PHP Laravel.
- Laravel
- MVC Core
- PHP
Composite Application Library (Prism) and Silverlight

Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2010 - September/October

With the advancement in the Silverlight technology starting with the 1.0 release to 2.0, 3.0, and lately 4.0, Silverlight is loudly saying WOW “Watch Out World.” Can you guess which world I am talking about here? It is the RIAs world! Really WOW!
- .NET 3.0
- .NET 3.5
- .NET 4.0
- Design Patterns
- Prism
- Silverlight
Dependency Injection and Service Container in Laravel

Last updated: Monday, December 5, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2022 - November/December

Bilal infuses some dependency injection into web applications with PHP Laravel. You’ll want to learn all about it to keep your code clear and uncluttered.
- Laravel
- PHP
Introduction to Real-Time Communication in PHP Laravel

Last updated: Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2023 - November/December

Bilal shows you how real-time communication creates opportunities for building dynamic and interactive web applications using PHP Laravel with Server-Sent Events and OpenAI Chat.
- Laravel
- PHP
Mastering Routing and Middleware in PHP Laravel

Last updated: Thursday, December 8, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2023 - January/February

Learn about middleware and how to create routes to control incoming HTTP requests with controllers and use route groups in PHP Laravel.
Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Membership API Extended

Last updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2019

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2007 - March/April

Working with big applications requires extending the Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Membership API to handle more detailed member records.In this article, I’ll present one of the available techniques used to extend the Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Membership API to solve some of the limitations of that API.
Nest.js Step-by-Step

Last updated: Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2019 - July/August

If you want to build efficient, reliable, and scalable apps, you’ll find the Nest.js framework to be an essential tool. Bilal shows you how to build a server-side app as he shows you Nest’s intrinsic compatibilities with other libraries and databases.
Nest.js Step-by-Step: Part 2

Last updated: Thursday, March 18, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2019 - September/October

Bilal continues showing us just how interesting, useful, and easy it is to integrate Nest.js with TypeORM. You’ll get to replace mock data from the first article with real data this time, too.
Nest.js Step-by-Step: Part 3 (Users and Authentication)

Last updated: Monday, March 15, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2020 - January/February

Use Nest.js in a User’s Module create a user and locate them in the database, and shows how to add the Auth Module that allows users to resister their new account and log in.
- Nest.js
NestJS Step-by-Step: Connecting NestJS with Angular (Part 4)

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2020 - May/June

Bilal Haidar concludes this series and shows how to connect an Angular front-end application with a NestJS back-end API.
Nuxt.js for Busy Developers

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2021 - May/June

Vue.js development is easier with the Nuxt.js development framework. If you do server-side rendering with Vue.js, Nuxt.js helps you organize folders to make Vue.js applications easier to build and deploy.
Real-Time Communication in PHP Laravel: Part 2

Last updated: Friday, December 22, 2023

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2024 - January/February

Bilal shows you how WebSockets in PHP Laravel orchestrate real-time communication and interactions. The article provides a comprehensive overview of WebSockets, along with practical examples of their implementation in Laravel using packages such as Laravel Echo and Pusher. It covers the different types of broadcasting channels, including public, private, and presence channels, and explains how to authenticate users for private and presence channels. The article also explores broadcasting events and notifications, and provides step-by-step instructions on setting up and configuring a Laravel application for real-time communication with WebSockets.
- Laravel
- PHP
Telerik Kendo UI Outside the Box

Last updated: Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2015 - November/December

Bilal takes us on a tour of Telerik’s Kendo UI and its great number of widgets that facilitate your Web or mobile app development process. There’s no need for multiple libraries anymore!
The Complete Guide to Provide/Inject API in Vue 3: Part 1

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2021 - January/February

Get started building plug-ins using Vue 3’s Provide/Inject API. Learn about Props, Prop Drilling and how to solve the side effects of Prop Drilling using the Provide/Inject API in the Options API and the Composition API.
- HTML 5
- Java Script
- JavaScript
- Vue 3
- Vue.js
The Complete Guide to Suspense in Vue3

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2020 - November/December

Use Suspense in Vue3 to create an execution context or a boundary around the content it wraps. It displays fallback content while it waits for the component(s) wrapped inside to be ready before displaying it/them. Also, learn to handle errors in applications that use Suspense.
The Complete Guide to Vue 3 Plug-ins: Part 2

Last updated: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Published in: CODE Magazine: 2021 - March/April

Bilal shows you how to create custom Vue 3 plug-ins to reuse common functionality from one app to another.
- Vue 3