When Objects Aren't Enough
– www.tonysm.com - submitted by Tony Messias
Tony Messias been looking up resources on the roots of Object-Oriented Programming. He shares some very interesting ideas.
Read more [www.tonysm.com]
Contract Tests
In this post, Kai takes a look at how you can write tests to ensure consistent behavior across all implementations of an interface.
Read more [www.kai-sassnowski.com]
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Writable getters in JavaScript
A pattern that has come up a few times Vera's my code is the following: an object has a property which defaults to an expression based on its other properties unless it’s explicitly set, in which case it functions like a normal property. Essentially, the expression functions as a default value.
Read more [lea.verou.me]
Object oriented code done right
Here's an entire chapter taken from Front Line PHP, a course on building moderns apps with PHP 8
Read more [front-line-php.com]
Unconventional Laravel: Responsable Classes
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Sometimes your controllers can get rather large, especially if you have lots of conditions and data formatting. Have you ever considered moving some of that complexity out into a dedicated response class?
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
Laravel Worldwide Meetup #3: Yaz Jallad & Adel Fayzrakhmanov original
Here is the recording of Laravel Worldwide Meetup #3. Jazz Jalled spoke on the manager pattern, Adel Fayzrakhmanov on PhpStorm plugin development.
Unconventional Laravel: Custom Pipeline Classes
– ryangjchandler.co.uk - submitted by Ryan Chandler
Laravel makes use of the internal Pipeline class and it's more common in userland too, but have you ever considered tidying up these pipeline processes with custom pipeline classes?
Read more [ryangjchandler.co.uk]
Abstract resources in Laravel Nova
Bruno Falcao explains a nice strategy when creating resources in Nova
Read more [stitcher.io]
Who's scared of phantom types?
The usage of phantom types is a simple type level trick which can help with this in practical settings, without requiring complicated features or making your code too abstract and less readable.
Read more [marcosh.github.io]
Avoiding inheritance in Laravel
Jason McCreary makes the case for using traits over reaching for inheritance.
Read more [jasonmccreary.me]
Your App is a Package Manager
A nice way of structuring an app and good example of handling multitenancy in a light way by the Tighten team.
Read more [tighten.co]
The Backend For Frontend Pattern
Mohamed Said explains an interesting pattern for you to consider that can potentially make authenicating from the frontend easier.
Refactoring: Demeter-Wrapping
Geepaw Hill explains a way to avoid demeter violations.
Read more [www.geepawhill.org]
Static Constructors in PHP
– liamhammett.com - submitted by Liam Hammett
A static constructor is just a method the developer can define on a class which can be used to initialise any static properties, or to perform any actions that only need to be performed only once for the given class. The method is only called once as the class is needed.
Read more [liamhammett.com]
Combining event sourcing and stateful systems
– stitcher.io - submitted by Brent
In this two-part series, my colleague Freek and I will discuss the architecture of a project we're working on.
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The Beauty of Single Action Controllers
– driesvints.com - submitted by Dries Vints
Dries Vints wrote a bost on why he uses single action controllers.
Read more [driesvints.com]
Capturing the World in Software
Very nice post by Jessica Joy Kerr on the benefits and tradeoffs of event sourcing.
We can get a complete, consistent model of a small piece of the world using Event Sourcing. This is powerful but expensive.
Read more [blog.jessitron.com]
Enums without enums in PHP
– stitcher.io - submitted by Brent
Brent explains a few patterns to add enum functionality in PHP.
Read more [stitcher.io]
📺 How to avoid large function signatures by using pending objects original
In this video I demonstrate how to you can create a fluent API by using pending objects. We'll take a look at how subscribers can be created in Mailcoach. As a bonus I explain how jobs are dispatched using a pending object in Laravel.
