Free the Geek is Back!
If you’re looking for a podcast to help you grow your software development skills and build a rewarding software development career, then Free the Geek is for YOU!
Welcome to the blog
Here, you'll find
articles and tutorials to help you and your team grow your software testing, deployment, and documentation
skills, posted on a regular basis.
A Short Introduction to Postman
Debugging requests can be a time-consuming process. However, there’s a tool that makes doing so a lot simpler. It’s called Postman. In this tutorial, I step you through its core features and show you how to use them.
How to Run Tests in PhpStorm
PhpStorm offers so much functionality. From syntax highlighting to Docker integration, it’s an extremely comprehensive tool. However, have you ever thought of using it to run your unit tests? In this article, I step you through running tests, from an entire suite to an individual test.
Fix a Commit History With Git Interactive Rebase
Git interactive rebase is a powerful tool that can help you fix up your commit history to make it more meaningful, professional, and maintainable. In this post, I step through what it is, how it works, and when you should — and shouldn’t — use it.
Command-Line Productivity Hack - ctrl+x+e
There are lots of tips, tricks, and ideas around for hacking your command-line productivity to make you more efficient. However, in this post, I’m not going to show you something that’s super in-depth, ultra-detailed, or talk about an app that you have to install, ctrl+x+e.
How to Set Up PHP Debugging with PhpStorm, Xdebug, and PHPUnit
Still using var_dump to debug your PHP code? Stop! While var_dump can be convenient, it’s a very blunt approach. In this article, I’ll show you how to set up proper debugging with PhpStorm, Xdebug, and PHPUnit, and give you a modern, sophisticated debugging experience.
Why Is My Website So Slow?!
Is your website (or web-based application) not performing like you expect it should? Not sure why or what to do about it? Then come learn about some key things you can do to have your website perform properly.
Don't Write Code When You Don't Have To
Writing code is a very creative endeavour. However, if you’re not careful, you may well end up wasting a lot of time writing code that you don’t have to.
How to Use Curl to Check if a Remote Resource is Available
Do you want to check if a file is available on a remote server before attempting to download it - in a short and effective way? If so, and you’re not sure how you’ll learn how in this post.
Antora 101: Avoid Duplicate Content With Page and Site Attributes
Writing technical documentation has a lot of similarities to writing software; an important one being content reuse, instead of content duplication. In this post, you’ll learn why and how to use attributes in AsciiDoc and Antora to reuse content as and when needed.