Making 1Password understand where your change password page is located original
A few days ago, a new version of 1Password was released that is able to detect where a user can reset his or her password.
Posts tagged with best practices
What happens when we clone?
– doeken.org - submitted by Doeke Norg
Cloning is a nice way of creating a quick copy of an object. But there are some things you need to be aware of!
Read more [doeken.org]
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On using PSR abstractions
Matthias Noback shares some considerations on when you could rely on PSR abstractions
Read more [matthiasnoback.nl]
How we're using static analysis to improve our codebase
A static analyzer helps you to find bugs in your code without even running it. Popular static analyzers for PHP are Psalm and PHPStan. In this post, we're going to look at what such a static analyzer can find in a two-year-old codebase.
Read more [flareapp.io]
The benefits of writing tests
I've been creating web applications for over 15 years now. It's only in the last five years that I've learned how to test an application automatically. I can safely say that there is no other technique that has improved the quality of my code more.
Let's go over what a test is and all the benefits it provides.
Read more [testing-laravel.com]
Don't use Mocking libraries
Native PHP functionality and having a good design in the first place provide everything you need to avoid a mocking library.
Read more [peakd.com]
Introducing Dinero.js
Using Dinero, you can perform mutations, conversions, comparisons, format them extensively, and overall make money manipulation in your application easier and safer.
The docs also contain a few falsehoods many developers believe to be true about money.
Read more [v2.dinerojs.com]
Organizing Miscellaneous Utility Functions
Anna Filina shares how she goes about organizing small functions.
Read more [afilina.com]
No, Utility Classes Aren't the Same As Inline Styles
Sarah Dayan throughouhly explains the differences between utility classes and inline styles
Read more [frontstuff.io]
Clever vs insightful code
We talk about cleverness as if it’s Just Bad, such as “clever code is harder to debug”. That’s going too far. Cleverness can lead to faster, safer, even clearer code.
Read more [www.hillelwayne.com]
What about config builders?
My colleague Brent shares some thoughts on possible improvements to handling config values.
Read more [stitcher.io]
Don't test constructors
Matthias Noback wrote down some good testing advice.
Read more [matthiasnoback.nl]
Writing better Regular Expressions in PHP
Regular expressions are powerful, PHP but they are not known to be readable, and more often than not, maintaining a regular expression is not a straight-forward task. Here are some tips to improve and write better regular expressions in PHP.
Read more [php.watch]
Dealing with the n+1 problem in Laravel
Mohamed shows how you can deal with N+1 problems using the $with model attribute and the newly added Model::preventLazyLoading() method.
Performance problems caused by array_unique
Benjamin Eberlei tells the story of a performance mistake that is quickly made even by experienced developers.
Read more [tideways.com]
Greatly improve the readability of your code by breaking down complex conditionals original
Most developers have probably seen some complex conditionals in legacy code. In this video I show you how to refactor those.
No, Utility Classes Aren't the Same As Inline Styles
An excellent post on the subject by Sarah Dayan.
Read more [frontstuff.io]
The magic of dedicated exception classes original
You can make your code more readable by moving all your exception messages to dedicated classes. We using this technique in all our projects and packages.
Dealing with expired signed URLs in Laravel original
Out of the box, Laravel comes with the ability to generate "signed" URLs. These URLs have a hash in their query string that verifies that the URL was not modified.
At Flare, we use these signed URLs to add action links in mail notifications. The action links allow users to snooze and resolve errors right from the mail without having to be logged in. Pretty convenient!
My buddy Dries Vints noticed a slight drawback. He got a mail from Flare that contains these action links. A few hours after the mail arrived, he clicked one of the action links. This is what he saw.
