Apr 25How to create a global .gitignore fileand forget to ignore the same files over and over again! ⚡️ — Sometimes while we are creating a pull request, we realise we are committing some unnecessary config files, like the settings from your IDE, some cache files or even auto-generated files like the .DS_Store. Fortunately, there is a way to ignore all these files in your system and don’t bother to…Git2 min readGit2 min read
Feb 20Declaring array structures in PHPUnfortunately, it is not possible to define explicit array types as other programming languages do such as Java: List<User> users = new ArrayList<>(); There have been some attempts to achieve that, one of the most recent ones was done by Nikita Popov in this pull request, sadly, the conclusion was…Programming3 min readProgramming3 min read
Dec 6, 2022ORM: Data Mapper vs Active RecordWhich one is better and why? — ORM stands for Object-Relational Mapping, that is, the technique that transforms Objects from OOP into rows in the database and vice versa. There are two patterns: Active Record: The record (entity) itself can actively change the DB Data Mapper: There is an external object that persists the entities I will…PHP3 min readPHP3 min read
Oct 21, 2022How does the Service Container work?A Service Container is basically a class that behaves like a box, we can think of it as a singleton object (but it is not, it is simply an object that is instantiated by the framework while it is being bootstrapped), on which we can declare all of our dependencies…Service Container3 min readService Container3 min read
Aug 17, 2022Why and How to decouple your classesThere are some ways to couple your code, some frameworks like Laravel embrace you to do using their own façades or even using ORM as ActiveRecord, but this is also possible using PHP native methods like time() beyond others. Unfortunately, in the long run, if you don't invert the dependencies…PHP3 min readPHP3 min read
Mar 16, 2022A brief introduction to GraphQLA RESTful API is a de-facto standard to allow communication between applications, although, recently GraphQL comes up. From the user-client perspective, GraphQL is similar to RESTful, they work as an entry point between different applications, but GraphQL is slightly different, and because of this, this technology has a reason to…GraphQL3 min readGraphQL3 min read
Aug 18, 2021Sorting functions in PHPAnd the Spaceship Operator 🚀🚀🚀 — When dealing with PHP, there are multiple ways to sort a collection of items, and sometimes it’s not clear which method we should use and why. What is the difference between sort(), arsort() and uasort()? Before explaining the repercussions of a, r, k and u + sort() function, we need…PHP5 min readPHP5 min read
May 17, 2021Functional Programming in JavaScriptforEach, map, filter, reduce, find, findIndex, some & every — Functional Programming is a paradigm where programs are constructed by applying and composing functions. The Functional Programming keys are: You treat functions as first-class citizens. You can pass them as arguments to other functions. A function can return another function. You can modify functions. When a function is called with…JavaScript3 min readJavaScript3 min read
Feb 1, 2021Functional Programming with Phel 🐘When PHP meets FP 🚀🚀🚀🌚 — What is Functional Programming? Functional Programming (FP) is a programming paradigm that was created in the late 1950s. It’s even older than Object-Oriented Programming (OOP). The main concepts of this paradigm are: Pure functions: The concrete input will produce always the same output. Recursion: There are no loops. In order to get this approach…PHP2 min readPHP2 min read
Aug 20, 2020Immutability, the good wayPractical examples of immutability in PHP — A mutable object can be modified after its creation, an immutable cannot. An immutable object will remain in the same state as it was created. Design and implementation will be much easier and consistent. …PHP5 min readPHP5 min read
