Posts tagged with learning
A cool visualization of the basic concepts of machine learning.
In machine learning, computers apply statistical learning techniques to automatically identify patterns in data. These techniques can be used to make highly accurate predictions.
Read more [www.r2d3.us]
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In a very cool post, Rodrigo Pombo explains the internals of React by rewriting it's core from scratch.
We are going to rewrite React from scratch. Step by step. Following the architecture from the real React code but without all the optimizations and non-essential features.
Read more [pomb.us]
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In a new post David Hemphill argues that you sure can (re)build something that already exists. I fully agree.
Some folks ask this rhetorically, implying there's no good reason when something similar already exists. They ask this question with a smug grin and think they've got you.
Read more [davidhemphill.com]
Jason McCreary wrote an epic blogpost on how to get started with tests in a Laravel app. I wish I could have read this when I started out with testing.
This brings me to the next common response, we don’t know where to start testing. This comes in two forms. The first form is quite literally we don’t know which test to write first. The second form is more not knowing how to write the first test. ... Today, I want to focus on getting started with testing your Laravel applications.
Read more [jasonmccreary.me]
Konstantin Kudryashov, one of the speakers at the upcoming Full Stack Europe conference, makes the case for sharing new insights early.
When you build new feature as a team, and it requires a lot of new learning, do not hoard new knowledge in your head. Instead, incrementally commit each unit of learning into working code. Hide that partial logic behind a feature flag. The feature would be incomplete, but work-in-progress outputs will expose meaningful and demonstrable progress. To increase team’s awareness of outputs, add links into the feature tracker or documentation.
Read more [stakeholderwhisperer.com]
When you don't use specific knowledge or skills, you may find that, eventually, you just forget said knowledge or skill.
Something embarrassing happened to me the other day. I was playing around with a new server on Digital Ocean and it occurred to me: I had no idea how to manage it. This is slightly awkward because I've been a sysadmin for over 10yrs, the largest part of my professional career.
Read more [ma.ttias.be]
Jez Swanson, an engineer at Google, wrote a very pretty explanation on how Fourier transormations work and what their role is in storing sounds and images.
The Fourier transform is an extremely powerful tool, because splitting things up into frequencies is so fundamental. They're used in a lot of fields, including circuit design, mobile phone signals, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and quantum physics!
Read more [www.jezzamon.com]
Christopher Rumpel launched a new video series on how Laravel works on the hood.
Laravel Core Adventures is a video series which explains how Laravel works under the hood. You will get several videos on different difficulty levels to learn about each topic. The first videos below are about the Laravel request lifecycle. Expect more to come when the full site is released in early 2019.
Sammy Kaye Powers, the host of the PHP Roundtable podcast, wrote a blogpost on how to compile PHP from source including unreleased RFC's. After following this tutorial you'll be able to play with the [typed properties] that are currently under discussion.
We'll be discovering and testing a completely unreleased feature of php-src from an RFC that's still under discussion. If you've ever wanted to be ahead of the curve of PHP features or you've just wanted to contribute back to PHP internals, testing an unreleased feature from an RFC is a fun and educational way to do so.
Read more [www.sammyk.me]
A GitHub repo containing easy to understand PHP snippets.
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My colleague Sebastian started a new side project: a newsletter about programming, design, and other related topics.
Growing the Stack is a biweekly—as in, once every two weeks—newsletter about programming, design, and other related topics. The newsletter isn't tied to any programming language or ecosystem, and it's not meant keep you up to date with all the new & shiny tools out there. It tries to bundle content that inspires. Content that triggers you to consider and try out new ideas.
Subscribe here: https://sebastiandedeyne.com/newsletter
Ayesh Karunaratne made a good summary of the new stuff coming in PHP 7.3 which will be released by the end of the year.
This is a live document (until PHP 7.3 is released as generally available) on changes and new features to expect in PHP 7.3, with code examples, relevant RFCs, and the rationale behind them, in their chronological order.
https://ayesh.me/Upgrade-PHP-7.3
The trailing comma in function and method calls seems nice!
It’s hard to keep track of what’s new in JavaScript (ECMAScript). And it’s even harder to find useful code examples. So in this article, I’ll cover all 18 features that are listed in the TC39’s finished proposals that were added in ES2016, ES2017, and ES2018 (final draft) and show them with useful examples.
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/here-are-examples-of-everything-new-in-ecmascript-2016-2017-and-2018-d52fa3b5a70e
Steven Vandevelde wrote a beautifully illustrated post on some cool functional concepts.
This is a more visual approach to the topic of purely-typed functional programming. What does it mean to have a “functional” programming language? What are types? What makes a functional-programming language “pure”? These are the questions we will answer here, with a focus on simplicity.
https://icidasset.com/writings/building-blocks/
Getting to know another framework and community can be a daunting task. But in case of Symfony it proves not to be that hard. On his blog Matthew Setter shares his first steps into Symfony.
Recently, I decided to learn the basics of the Symfony (4) framework, so that I could better understand one of my client's applications, and provide better support to it. I never expected to use such a well-rounded framework. Nor did I expect to encounter such an engaged and supportive community. Here's the story.
https://www.matthewsetter.com/first-experience-with-symfony/
Simon Vrachliotis recorded a free Egghead.io video course on the kickass Tailwind CSS framework.
In this course, you'll learn how to handle responsive breakpoints, how to trigger specific element states, how to handle specificity, how to keep your bundle file size in check, and how to seamlessly extend Tailwind with your own custom utility classes. By the end of the course, you should have a firm understanding of how Tailwind works and be able to create your own tailor-made design system and utility class CSS toolkit for your next project!
https://egghead.io/courses/build-user-interfaces-by-composing-css-utility-classes-with-tailwind
Marius Schulz created a free Egghead course where he explains how JavaScript this keyword behaves in various contexts.
JavaScript’s this keyword is a source of confusion for many new and experienced developers alike. It can be frustrating if, for some reason, this doesn’t point to the context that was intended. This course will help you understand JavaScript’s this mechanism in depth.
https://egghead.io/courses/understand-javascript-s-this-keyword-in-depth
Kotlin is a workhorse language built by the folks at JetBrains (you know, the company that gave the world PHPStorm). It's a superset of Java. In this video by Ross Tuck he tells you more about it and walks you through some of it's nice features.
If want to learn the language I'veen told by Ross that the Kotlin Koans repo is an excellent way to get started.
Colin DeCarlo, a developer at Vehikl, wrote some thoughts on why PHP has a bad reputation in some circles.
People shitting on PHP isn’t going to go away, it’s a symptom of a few things. PHP has a ridiculously flat learning curve so just about anyone can write code using it, this means a lot of amateurs and ‘get it done’ developers will choose php but won’t really ever level up their skills when it comes to software development.
https://medium.com/@colindecarlo/who-uses-php-anyway-672115ab81de
I agree with Colin on everything he writes in his post. I'm also thinking that the some of the reasons on why people don't like PHP apply to Laravel as well. In my mind Laravel is to PHP frameworks what PHP is to other programming languages. Both Laravel and PHP might not do everything by the "real programming rules", but it sure is easy to use. And when handled properly powerful and maintainable stuff can be built with it.
Because Laravel is an easy framework to get started with, it's a popular choice for newcomers. Even with almost no experience you can build an app. Some of those projects will go to production. If an experienced developer that uses another framework comes by and sees that Laravel app, it might be easy to conclude that the problem lies with Laravel, and not with the inexperience of the junior programmer who just begon his/her journey in coding.