Use GitHub to Quickly Compare Two Branches and Create a PR of the Changes
If you need to quickly create a PR of the changes between two branches, GitHub is the quickest and most pragmatic choice. Here’s why.
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articles and tutorials to help you and your team grow your software testing, deployment, and documentation
skills, posted on a regular basis.
How to Migrate from Zend Expressive Version 1 to 2 with Command-Line Tooling Support
If you need to migrate Zend Expressive applications from version one to two, don’t do everything by hand! Save yourself time, and make use of Zend Expressive Tooling.
Visual Debt. Really?
Recently, Jeffrey Way dateed what’s become quite a controversial video in the PHP community on Laracasts, discussing a concept called Visual Debt.
Create Modules and Middleware with Command-Line Tooling Support
For the longest time, Zend Framework hasn’t had the strongest support for command-line tooling and scaffolding. However, in recent times, that’s all changed. Come find out how to use Expressive’s new tooling support to create modules and middleware rapidly.
Announcing the new Zend Expressive Essentials Book & Course
Perhaps you’ve not seen the news on Twitter, Facebook, or the mailing list. If so, you may not know that I’m actively working on a new book and course about Zend Expressive.
Deploying With Docker - Take 1, Or "Houston, We Have a Problem"
A little while ago, I wrote two parts in a multi-part series about using Docker. As someone who’s reasonably new to Docker — and been bitten by the Docker bug — I wanted to share what I’d learned, in the hopes that others may benefit.
How to Debug a Docker Compose Build
If you’re using Docker Compose to deploy an application (whether locally or remotely) and something’s not working, here’s a concise approach you can use to debug the deployment and get your containers up and running properly.
reStructuredText and the curious case of how headers are implemented
While I use ReStructuredText, and its companion platform Sphinx-Doc a lot, that doesn’t mean that I believe they’re the best combination for technical writing and documentation.
An Initial Sphinx-Doc Workflow
Do you use Sphinx-Doc and reStructuredText to manage your project’s technical documentation? Do you find that it’s a lot of work to ensure content validates and renders correctly? If so, this post walks through an initial workflow which seeks to make the process easier and more efficient.
Don't Ramp Up - Get Stuck In and Create Magic
Do you have something that you feel passionate about, something that you’d love to see realised? If so, how are you using your time? Are you using it effectively? Or are you, in fact, throwing so much of it away on pointless, trivial, tasks, by ramping up every day? Come learn what ramping up is, and why it’s costing you your success.