The “It's Just Like...” Heuristic
Why feeling that you understand a new idea, is a sign that you didn't.
Read more [verraes.net]
Learning Laravel: Assets and Authentication
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
Looking for a fun way to dive deeper into Laravel that's not just a to-do list tutorial? Our "Learning Laravel" series by Kristin Collins is exactly what you've been missing!
Read more [tighten.com]
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The difference between Traits, Interfaces, and Abstract Classes in PHP
– aschmelyun.com - submitted by Andrew Schmelyun
If you've been working with PHP regularly, chances are you've run across an Interface, Trait, or Abstract Class. At first glance, they might appear to have a few similarities between them, and it can be hard to make out their differences and use cases.
Read more [aschmelyun.com]
Statements Vs. Expressions in JavaScript
In this blog post, Josh Comeau shares some of the epiphanies he's had about this distinction, and how you can use this information in day-to-day work.
Read more [www.joshwcomeau.com]
React Hooks for Beginners: Managing State
– tighten.com - submitted by Jamison Valenta
What's all the fuss about React hooks? In our latest blog post, we share the basics of managing state with hooks in a React app.
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12 must-see talks if you want to become a better Laravel developer
I usually don't link to these kind of lists, but this one is great. Every one of the videos mentioned is a gem.
Read more [jcergolj.me.uk]
Things I Didn't Know About SQS
Chris Fidao wrote another excellent post on AWS.
Read more [laravel-news.com]
Modern Javascript: Everything you missed over the last 10 years
Here's a nice list of JS niceties that is available natively in modern browsers
Read more [turriate.com]
Tailwind CSS: From Zero to Production
In this incredibly well produced course, Tailwind Labs member Simon Vrachliotis teaches you how to get started with Tailwind.
Read more [www.youtube.com]
Functional Programming is not weird: you just need some new patterns
Don't be afraid of friction when learning new things.
Read more [medium.com]
When I lost a few hundred leads
Everybody makes fuckups. When you do, don't be ashamed, just try to learn from it.
Read more [stitcher.io]
Object oriented code done right
Here's an entire chapter taken from Front Line PHP, a course on building moderns apps with PHP 8
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Learn all new PHP 8 features by watching this free video course original
Together with my colleague Brent, I've created Front Line PHP, a book and video course on building modern applications with PHP 8. You can purchase the book here.
The video course is entirely free. Head over to our website to see videos on all new major PHP 8 features.
Exploring PHP 8 features original
In preparation for creating the Front Line PHP video course I needed to make myself familiar with the features that PHP 8 brings to the table. In this stream you can see me trying out some of these features for the first time.
My journey into event sourcing
These past few months, my colleague Brent and I worked together on a project that uses event sourcing in a big way. On his blog, Brent shared a post mentioned a lot of interesting resources for learning and understanding event sourcing.
Read more [stitcher.io]
Braille, and the evolution of software development
– stitcher.io - submitted by Brent
There are one or two parallels with the history of braille that Brent thinks we can learn valuable lessons from.
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My First Golang
Chris Fidao shares his first Golang app that went into production.
Read more [chipperci.com]
EventSourcery: a free video course on event sourcing
A few years ago Shawn McCool recorded a very nice video course on event sourcing. He recently made the entire course free to watch.
Read more [eventsourcery.com]
ES6 modules made simple
– dev.to
A good overview on how to import stuff in the JavaScript world.
Read more [dev.to]
What a Year of Learning and Teaching Accessibility Taught Me
Sara Soueidan shares valueable insights on the importance of accessibility.
A few years ago I didn’t know what the term “accessibility” meant. I built Web sites that were partially inaccessible because I didn’t know better. Fast forward to today, I know enough to be able to write, speak and run workshops on accessibility, helping others build more a accessible and inclusive Web. Much like everyone else in our field, I am still learning. But since I started, I learned a lot of valuable lessons and core values that drive my work today. Here are a few of them.
Read more [www.24a11y.com]
