Let’s Compare: RunCloud vs Forge vs ServerPilot
PHP
By Iszuddin Ismail,
Cloud deployment SaaS compared: Runcloud vs ServerPilot vs Laravel Forge - who's cheapest? Who's simplest? Who's got the features?
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Rapid Enterprise App Development with Zend Expressive
PHP
By Kirk Madera,
Kirk presents a way to get going quickly with Zend Expressive, setting up an enterprise-ready application bootstrap in under 10 minutes. Awesome!
ReactJS in PHP: Writing Compilers Is Easy and Fun!
PHP
By Christopher Pitt,
Christopher Pitt is back with another esoteric use case in PHP land - building custom compilers! Here he builds one which can process ReactJS code in PHP!
Are Bitwise Operators Still Relevant in Modern PHP?
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Heard of bitwise operators? Let's explore their practical application in storing and checking for user permissions, and whether this makes sense!
What Are the Workflows of Prominent PHP Community Members?
PHP
By Shahroze Nawaz,
Sharoze asks some prominent community members about their development workflow - some answers are predictable, others will surprise. What can you relate to?
Re-Introducing PHPUnit – Getting Started with TDD in PHP
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Let's take a fresh look at PHPUnit - the de-facto TDD tool for PHP. We'll explain TDD on an example, implement code coverage, and more!
How to Write JavaScript-Style Test Watchers in PHP
PHP
By Christopher Pitt,
Chris writes test watchers: auto-compiling PHP from Preprocess files, and auto-testing after every file-change. No need to manually run PHPUnit ever again!
Re-Introducing Eloquent’s Polymorphic Relationships
PHP
By Christopher Vundi,
Christopher presents Eloquent's polymorphic relationships in a human-friendly way - come learn what they're all about and master this awesome ORM!
The Theory of Constraints in PHP
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
What is the theory of constraints, and can be it be applied to PHP application development? The answer to the latter is oh yes, and for the former, dive in!
8 Must Have PHP Quality Assurance Tools
PHP
By Younes Rafie,
Take a look at this list of 8 PHP Quality Assurance tools - absolute essentials in your passion projects
Poka Yoke – Saving Projects with Hyper-Defensive Programming
PHP
By Bert Ramakers,
Bert introduces us to the concept of poka yoke - hyper defensive programming by forcing some checks and safeguards that make our code robust and sturdy.
What Is Snapshot Testing, and Is It Viable in PHP?
PHP
By Christopher Pitt,
Chris explains what snapshot testing is on some ReactJS code, before applying it to PHP and giving you something to think about when you close this tab!
Family CRMs, Guzzle Wrappers and PHP Machine Learning? Sourcehunt!
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
In this sourcehunt, we present PHP machine learning, a CRM that helps you track personal relationships, a wrapper to make Guzzle usable again, and more!
Functional Programming with Phunkie: Building a PHP JSON Parser
PHP
By Marcello Duarte,
Marcello Duarte explains how we can use functional programming to build a JSON parser from scratch in PHP! Join us in exploring advanced PHP!
How to Search on Securely Encrypted Database Fields
PHP
By Scott Arciszewski,
Scott explains how we can have a secure, encrypted, and hack-proof database, but still use normal SELECT and search queries on it. Interesting stuff!
The Balance between Visual and Technical Debt in PHP
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
What's the difference between technical and visual debt in code? Which one is more important, more dangerous? Let's discuss their balance in this editorial.