30
Jan
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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!
11
Jan
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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.
4
Oct
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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 not exactly short of options to choose from.
29
Aug
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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.
5
Aug
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Using pg_profile for Historical Workload Analysis in PostgreSQL
What is pg_profile and how do you use it? For PostgreSQL, the extension pg_profile is a simple historical database workload profiler. This article will demonstrate how pg_profile provides extended performance statistics and streamlines the ability to understand performance incidents.
15
Jul
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A simple alternative to XML, JSON, and co
Have you ever wondered why comments in XML are written in such a complicated way or why JSON doesn’t offer comments at all? Have you ever needed to fix an indentation error in your YAML file? If so, then you already know some of the hurdles in common text-based data formats. This article will take a look at an alternative: the Simple Markup Language.
17
Jun
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MySQL Database Compare Tools Overview: ApexSQL Data Diff vs dbForge Data Compare
Modern technologies provide database specialists with powerful and convenient software tools. In this article, we are going to examine the powers of the two popular solutions for data comparison: dbForge Data Compare for MySQL created by Devart and ApexSQL Data Diff for MySQL developed by Quest.
7
Jun
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Keynote: How to design for the metaverse?
Calling all creators! How are you going to build the metaverse? Will it be an ever-expanding, sprawling virtual city? Or will it be a discussion of infinite interactions and boundless possibilities? No one can predict how our next-gen future, the metaverse, will look and feel. So how can you prepare for it? We share the skills and tools you’ll need to make you and your business metaverse ready.
9
May
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Quality on the assembly line
To achieve optimization in your PHP projects and avoid deployment problems, you’ll need a well-coordinated mix of tools, pipelines, and approaches.
11
Apr
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The wonderful world of Contao
Contao recently celebrated its 15th birthday and is still greatly popular in the community. It's high time to take a closer look at the smart open source CMS.