Every week, in 20 - 40 minutes, I help you improve your web development skills with new knowledge, tips, pointers, random facts, inspiration, and some general chit chat. Tune in to have a fun, engaging, and friendly conversation about web development.
Latest Episodes
Writing Simpler, more maintainable DataProviders with PHPUnit's TestWith attribute
If you love using data providers in PHPUnit, but find defining them verbose (and potentially buggy), then you’ll love the attribute-based approach in PHPUnit. In this ...
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Some thoughts on Accel's $57M Series A Investment in Laravel
Recently, Laravel took a $57M Series A investment from Accel. What might this mean for the future of Laravel – for the future of PHP more generally? I don't have a cry...
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How to Set a POST Variable From a File When Using Curl
When using curl, how do you set the value of one or more of the POST variable’s from the contents of a file? For the longest time, I didn’t know. But recently I found ...
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Validate Dockerfiles With One Command
Docker is an excellent way of deploying software. But, how do you know if your build configurations (your Dockerfiles) are valid without building them? In this episode...
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Composer's show command and why you should use it
Composer is an amazing tool that makes working with PHP so much simpler than it ever was before!In this short(-ish) episode, I want to introduce you to Composer's show...
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