User:Martinbean

Martin Bean (born 1989) is a British software developer and author on software development, specializing in PHP, Laravel, and Amazon Web Services.

Biography
Martin was born and grew up in Darlington, England. He attended both Eastbourne Comprehensive and Longfield secondary schools. He then went on to study media at Darlington College.

Martin started working in web development alongside his college studies. He moved to Newcastle upon Tyne in 2008 to begin working with a digital design agency called FUSEBOXDESIGN. After working with other local agencies, he moved to Newcastle Marketing Services, serving as in-house developer from 2009 to 2011.

From 2011 to 2016, Martin ran his own consultancy business. He then took a role of senior developer for The Law Superstore, a legal services comparison website. In 2017, he joined Pitchero as a software engineer.

Publications

 * 2014: Beginning Node.js. Technical Editor. Apress. ISBN 978-1-4842-0188-6.
 * 2015: Laravel 5 Essentials. Packt. ISBN 9781785283017.