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You don't write tests for yourself
You write code, so you write tests You may have a different version: You write tests before you...
Hugo: partialCached or not?
The name is pretty self-explanatory. It caches the render of a given partial. While it can optimize...
Hugo: don't miss the best part
Hugo is a fantastic piece of software, IMHO. It's highly flexible and covers lots of great features,...
PHP: random failures in tests
Context: Tests have been working fine so far, and, suddenly, it seems to fail. Why? While it's...
Laravel: Do you need facades?
What are facades? Laravel comes with an internal mechanism called Facades, which provides...
PHP: errors to avoid with constructors
PHP developers love constructors 🫶. You only need to implement a method named __construct() in your...
Naming boolean parameters in your API
Developers love boolean parameters 😅. You may use names such as is_enabled, is_active, is_published,...
PHP Frameworks: hidden errors to avoid
Frameworks such as Symfony (7.2 at the time of writing) or Laravel are highly customizable and...
PHP: Skip the boring part & press Tab!
Phpstorm is a fantastic IDE for PHP developers. While it's not free, you get pretty cool features,...
PHP: Should I mock or should I go?
Mocks in short Mocks aim to test the behavior of real objects. They simulate...
PHP: Practical ways to escape from the hell of Dates
Critical features for businesses often rely on dates, such as subscriptions, recurrent payments, or...
PHP: The Garbage Collector explained with simple words
The Garbage Collector (GC) is the internal memory management system in PHP, but there are some...
PHP: monads
This post is heavily inspired by the tech talk by Gina Banyard at the "FORUM PHP 2024": ...
Forum PHP 2024
Last week, I attended the "Forum PHP 2024." \0/ What is Forum PHP? Forum PHP 2024 is...
Idempotency and API design
It's easy to build REST APIs that break the principle of idempotency. It happens when identical...
PHP: Going multibytes
Multibyte characters can be tricky in programming. Warning mbstring is not enable by...
PHP: Understanding Time Zones
Working with time zones can be tricky in programming. As PHP is meant for the web, the language...
PHP: no, it's not possible
You may add "yet" to this title! Sometimes, things are what they are simply because nobody knows how...
Performance: mistakes to avoid
It might seem obvious, but performance is a concern, and it's easy to make mistakes in that...
PHP: yes, it's possible
Let's see if that's possible, then we'll see when to use it. Is is possible? Can...
PHP 8.4: Property Hooks
PHP 8.4 is expected for this fall. Let's review the RFC "Property Hooks." Disclaimer...
PHP: testing, "Attention please!"
Why bother with tests anyway? Unit tests encourages developers to write modular and...
Security: Why the "XZ backdoor" is worrying
The recent attempt to compromise XZ, a library included in many Linux distributions out of the box,...
Security: move your SSH keys to an encrypted location
The problem By default, the ssh-keygen command writes public/private keys in the ~/.ssh...
PHP: basic loops vs. built-in array helpers vs. readability
PHP has built-in helpers to make all kinds of sorting and filtering with arrays, but is it always the...
PHP: about empty()
The empty() helper is a built-in PHP function that is often used to check inputs. The problem is it...
PHP: The first rule of the output buffering is you do not talk about the output buffering
PHP provides built-in helpers to manipulate the output buffering, but it can be tricky to debug. ...
Python: the making of Secret Santa
Let's practice with a basic Secret Santa generator in Python. What is Secret...
PHP 8.3: a new major in town
PHP 8.3 is available with cool features you might not know yet. You have now a built-in...