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Here, you'll find articles to help you improve your web development skills, regardless of whether you're building them with PHP or Go, or need to grow your DevOps skills.
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Tue, Aug 9, 2016

How To Simplify Zend Expressive Configuration with ConfigProviders

In any application there are a lot of moving parts, which can lead to a lot of complexity — especially when it comes to configuration. Given Zend Framework’s flexible nature, this can easily be the case — if we’re not careful — requiring a lot of supporting configuration. ConfigProvider classes, however, make managing application configuration very maintainable, even intuitive. This tutorial shows how to implement them.

Mon, Jul 25, 2016

Creating Online Courses - Here We Go!

Whilst I love being a software developer and a technical writer, above all I love to teach. Today I decided to embrace that passion. Here’s a bit of the back story, and part of the plan for the future.

How To Refactor Code With PhpStorm
Mon, Jul 25, 2016

How To Refactor Code With PhpStorm

Refactoring code is an essential aspect of building and maintaining software. In this tutorial I will show you how to use PhpStorm’s refactoring functionality to make it as easy as possible.

Tue, Jul 5, 2016

What I Learned Building a Zend Expressive Application

Zend Expressive is an excellent framework for building modern applications; whether micro or enterprise-sized applications. But that doesn’t mean that it’s the easiest to get up to speed with. Today I’m going to share with you what I’ve learned, building applications using it.

Thu, May 26, 2016

A Project Retrospective

After four and a half months on a project, it’s time to look back and reflect on what went well, what didn’t, and what could have gone better.

Thu, May 26, 2016

How Did You Choose Your Career Path?

Have you ever stopped to consider why you chose your career path? Was it out of fear? Was it chosen for you? Was it the safe choice? Was it because you always wanted to?


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