C.S. Rhymes articles - 72 total
Testing window.open() in JavaScript with Jest
I recently had to write a test for a React component that opened a new browser window. To open the...
Adding social icons to the Bulma Clean Theme footer
Version 1.1.0 of Bulma clean theme has been released. It has a small update that allows you to easily...
Building a landing page for your book
This post follows on from my last post about using your website to promote your ebooks. The first...
How to promote your ebooks with your website?
I’m a web developer by trade and a part-time author, so here are a few things that I have done to...
Using the GOV.UK Design System with Laravel
I recently worked on a project using the GOV.UK Design System with a Laravel project. The GOV.UK...
Customising Laravel Sail services using the Laravel Build server
Laravel offers a quick and easy command to create a new Laravel project that uses Laravel Sail using...
Getting started with React Hook Form
I normally develop forms in Laravel, using Livewire where possible. Laravel has some great form...
Using when with the Laravel Http Client
Here’s a little tip I discovered that I haven’t seen documented anywhere. You can use when() and...
New book announcement!
Announcing the new book, The Little-Astwick Mysteries - Trouble at the church, by C.S. Rhymes. It is...
Using prettier to format your Jekyll theme
I have been using prettier for a few years to automatically format code, especially JavaScript and...
First impressions of React Native as a Web Developer
I decided to try out React Native to build a native app and see how it works. I’m an experienced web...
Optimizing Laravel Eloquent queries
Here are a few tips and tricks that I have learnt along the way to help optimize your database...
Upgrading a Laravel Vapor app to PHP 8.2
I recently updated a Laravel app running on Laravel Vapor to PHP 8.2. I was a bit nervous about the...
Building a VS Code Extension for Gutenberg blocks
I have been tasked with building a new website using WordPress. The last time I used WordPress was a...
Using Pest to test Laravel Livewire validation rules
Last year I wrote a post about testing Laravel Livewire validation rules with PHP Unit. This post...
Mocking window.location in Jest
Recently I had to write some tests for a piece of JavaScript code that used window.location. This...
Considerations for Incremental Static Regeneration in Next.js
Next.js offers a feature called Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) that allows you to generate a...
Mocking axios in Jest tests with Typescript
Recently I wanted to write a test for a React component that uses axios to retrieve information from...
Using GitHub Dependabot with a Monorepo
GitHub offers a dependabot service that can let you know of any potential security issues with your...
What should I test?
You might often hear developers say that you should write tests. Great, let’s go! But what should you...
Creating multi-worksheet Excel files with Simple Excel
Recently I had to create a large data export for a project. I like using Spatie’s Simple Excel...
The PHP foreach loop
An alternative to the for loop, the foreach loop is used to iterate or loop over an array. The...
The PHP for loop
If you have something you want to repeat then consider using a PHP for loop, saving you from copying...
Refactoring to Laravel 8 Class Model Factories
Laravel 8 introduced new class based model factories and if you have an existing project you can use...
The PHP array
Arrays are a useful toolt to store multiple values. You can access a specific value in an array using...
Run Laravel artisan commands in PHP Storm
PHP Storm has a built in terminal window which you can use to run Laravel artisan commands, but there...
Testing Laravel Blade Components
Recently I built a Laravel package containing Blade Components for use with the Bulma frontend...
Testing validation rules in a Laravel Livewire component
Testing validation rules can become quite tiresome pretty quickly if you have to write each test...
The PHP switch statement
In the previous article we discussed the if statement, where it said you can have many different...
The PHP if statement
This is the first of a series of posts I will write that go back to basics and introduce the...