Sep
26,
2023
Professional Test Management with TestRail – Part 1
"Now just a quick test and we can go live!" Surely most of us have heard this statement before. A professional approach, perfect plans and structured work during the project - and yet this optimistic, yet at the same time naive conclusion in the home stretch.
Aug
1,
2023
PHPUnit 10 – All you need to know about the latest version
PHPUnit 10 is the most important release in PHPUnit's now 23-year history. It is to PHPUnit what PHP 7 was to PHP: a massive cleanup and modernization that lays the foundation for future development. Let's take a look inside at what specific changes PHPUnit 10 has brought and will bring...
Jul
14,
2023
The PHPUnuhi Framework at a Glance
While pipelines, tests, and automation positively influence many aspects of our daily work, there are still topics where manual work makes developers yawn. The platform-independent open source framework PHPUnuhi is trying to revamp the topic of “translations”, enhancing it with possibilities in the areas of CI/CD, storage formats, and even...
May
3,
2023
Asynchronous Programming in PHP
When starting this article I wanted to write about quite a lot of things and quite a lot of concepts. However, trying to explain just the fundamental blocks of what asynchronous programming is, I quickly hit the character limit I had and was faced with a choice. I had to...
Apr
6,
2023
New awesome features of MySQL
MySQL, like any other technology, is constantly evolving and brings many new features. However, not everyone has the time to keep up with all the new features in this popular open-source database. Fortunately, this article provides a quick catch-up!
Feb
23,
2023
Clean Code in PHP
Do you want to create software that is easy to maintain and has as few bugs as possible? Or write code that others, but also you, can still understand after weeks or even months? Maybe clean code is something for you.
Jan
30,
2023
How Git Hooks Support Local Development
No more commits with messages like "Fixed typo" or "Best commit ever". No more commits with syntax errors or failing unit tests. No more error messages because Composer packages were not updated after a pull. Sounds too good to be true? Not with the help of a pirate!
Jan
11,
2023
PHP 8.2 Says Goodbye to Some Legacy Issues
PHP version 8.2 was released on December 8, 2022. It brings new features that greatly improve working with PHP. Some legacy code has been removed, so you need to be careful when upgrading to the new version. You never know what’s still in your old code.
Oct
4,
2022
Laravel vs. Symfony: A Side by Side Comparison
When facing the start of a brand new PHP application there is one decision that can’t be overlooked: which framework should you use? Theoretically, you could start with none but assuming the project at hand is anything but trivial that’d probably be a bad idea. The good news is you’re...
Aug
29,
2022
Building a Job Offer App With Mailchimp and Symfony
In this article, you’ll learn how to build a Single Command Application that interacts with MailChimp and GoogleSpreadsheets using the Symfony Framework. You’ll also learn how to structure your applications to survive changes to the vendor environment.