Learning

2023

MySQL Database Migration to a Remote Server from a .gz mysqldump file Jul 1

Some bugs only appear when your web application is truly tested out in production. The actual use cases of your data structure may differ from what you imagined, so make a dump of the prod DB and play around on a development server.

How to test protected functions with PHPUnit in your Laravel app May 13

An essential part of developing an app is testing your code. My preferred method of testing my Laravel code is using PHPUnit and this is how I use reflection to test those 'harder to reach' protected and private methods inside classes.

Space is the Place: Reasons to explore Twitter Spaces Mar 28

Space! The Final Frontier... but what if it is the beginning? Twitter spaces are a great way to meet and trade ideas with people from across the globe from the comfort of your sofa!

3 things the best senior developers do Mar 24

Working under the care of a more experienced developer can make or break a junior developer's career. Here are 3 things the best senior developers do.

Common Function Comparisons in PHP Mar 4

How do you decide between two functions that, at a glance, seem to do the same thing? Let's pick apart the differences to try and make it easier.

3 ways to read input with a Go CLI Feb 23

Tutorial with examples showing 3 different ways to read user input when building a command line interface (CLI) with Go

Go CLI User Input Experiment Feb 18

While building a CLI with Go, I ran a few little experiments without business logic to ensure that I was able to read user input exactly as expected.