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Here is a collection of articles that I have written about software development, software testing, DevOps, and developer education.

Learning Golang. Day 2

May 10, 2022

Today was a _slightly_ slower day for learning Go than was yesterday. However, I learned about flow control statements, and defer, panic, and recover.

For the longest time, I've been meaning to learn another software development language in-depth, in addition to my primary development language, PHP. I've decided that the language is Go.

After many years of seemingly endless struggle and frustration while creating online courses and content, I'm cautiously optimistic that things are about to get a lot better, as I have a new, dedicated video-editing PC.

If you use laminas-view's HeadScript helper to conditionally include JavaScript in your PHP applications, make sure you don't get caught out if you need to included arbitrary script attributes. Here's how to do it.

In versions of Xdebug before version 3 setting up step debugging for code inside Docker containers has often been challenging to say the least. However, in version 3 it's become almost trivial. In this short tutorial, I'll step you through what you need to do, regardless of the (supported) text editor or IDE you're using.

While Docker is an excellent platform for rapidly developing and deploying code, the official Docker containers are often quite minimal. Consequently, they often lack tools that we need from time to time to debug network problems and to use Composer. In this tutorial, I'm going to take you through several tools that I often add to the official Docker PHP images I use to make my life that much easier.

No matter how small your web app may be, security is essential! In this tutorial, you'll learn how to add a CSRF token in forms used in Mezzio-based applications, to prevent attackers from being able to force your users to execute malicious actions.

Audacity is one of the best audio editors, or digital audio workstations available. If you’re a regular user, are you using it as efficiently as you can to edit your online courses and podcasts as quickly as you can? In this article, I step you through what I do to edit quickly and efficiently.

Audacity is one of the best audio editors, or digital audio workstations available. If you’re a regular user, are you using it as efficiently as you can to edit your online courses and podcasts as quickly as you can? In this article, I step you through what I do to edit quickly and efficiently.

If you need to adjust the volume of a specific section of a track in Audacity, the most powerful and flexible way to do so is by using the Envelope Tool. In this post, I show you exactly how to do so.