@webdevwithmatt

Fun tutorials on web development focusing on #PHP, #DevOps, & #Testing. Authored https://xitter.cf/t.co/lxN8vzwm8w & https://xitter.cf/t.co/zOZhRxo59Y. https://xitter.cf/t.co/MDLHxniVq0.

 Nuremberg, Germany
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Joined September 2021
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After a lot of thought, I've decided to close this account at the end of March this year and focus all my Twitter efforts at @settermjd. The main reason is that the content of both overlap too much to justify having multiple accounts. /1
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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Writing Simpler, more maintainable DataProviders with PHPUnit's TestWith attribute. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/1424a9…

Writing Simpler, more maintainable DataProviders with PHPUnit's...

If you love using data providers in PHPUnit, but find defining them verbose (and potentially buggy), then you’ll love the attribute-based approach in PHPUnit. In this episode, I'm stepping through...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Some thoughts on Accel's $57M Series A Investment in Laravel. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/2a5274…

Some thoughts on Accel's $57M Series A Investment in Laravel | Web...

Recently, Laravel took a $57M Series A investment from Accel. What might this mean for the future of Laravel – for the future of PHP more generally? I don't have a crystal ball, but thought that I'd...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: How to Set a POST Variable From a File When Using Curl. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/b9fe3c…

How to Set a POST Variable From a File When Using Curl | Web Dev with...

When using curl, how do you set the value of one or more of the POST variable’s from the contents of a file? For the longest time, I didn’t know. But recently I found out. In this post, I’ll step you...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Validate Dockerfiles With One Command. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/100fb0…

Validate Dockerfiles With One Command | Web Dev with Matt

Docker is an excellent way of deploying software. But, how do you know if your build configurations (your Dockerfiles) are valid without building them? In this episode of the podcast, let me step you...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Composer's show command and why you should use it. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/ed6b76…

Composer's show command and why you should use it | Web Dev with Matt

Composer is an amazing tool that makes working with PHP so much simpler than it ever was before! In this short(-ish) episode, I want to introduce you to Composer's show command, and how it helps you...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: What it is (or can be) like learning Java as a PHP developer. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/26bdf0…

What it is (or can be) like learning Java as a PHP developer | Web...

In this episode, I'm discussing a recent post that I wrote on my blog about what it's like to learn Java as a PHP developer. If you're, primarily a PHP developer and have considered or spent time...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: I'm working on a new video and tutorial series showing how to build and deploy a web app in PHP. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/cdeec4…

I'm working on a new video and tutorial series showing how to build...

It's early days, so I don't know how detailed the project will end up being, yet. But, I wanted to share what I'm thinking with you, in this week's episode of the podcast. So, here's my overview of...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Talking with Shelley Benhoff about Docker and Docker Compose, being a Docker Captain, Kubernetes, and more! Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/7cd053…

Talking with Shelley Benhoff about Docker and Docker Compose, being a...

In this episode, I'm talking with my friend Shelley Benhoff about Docker and Docker Compose, being a Docker Captain, and Kubernetes. It's a fun, warm episode, recorded some time back, where we talk...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: StackOverflow partners with OpenAI. What do you think? Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/8b5317…

StackOverflow partners with OpenAI. What do you think? | Web Dev with...

If you're not aware, on May 6th, StackOverflow and OpenAI announced a partnership where OpenAI will have access to StackOverflow's API. This will allow ChatGPT to be trained, with attribution, from...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Good UI is Worth the Investment. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/7d7c82…

Good UI is Worth the Investment | Web Dev with Matt

As software designers and developers, how often do we think about — or even put ourselves in the position of — the users whom we’re creating software for? How often have we had to use a poorly...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Will we end up with AI-generated technical debt? Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/a25232…

Will we end up with AI-generated technical debt? | Web Dev with Matt

In this episode, unlike in previous ones, I have a guest on the show. I sit down with my friend Andrew Kew to talk about whether AI is a net positive or negative for us as developers, and for society...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Live Reload Go Projects with wgo is so worth it. Here's why. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/921835…

Live Reload Go Projects with wgo is so worth it. Here's why. | Web...

Building web apps in Go is extremely rewarding. No surprise there, right?! However, as Go’s a compiled language, to see changes, you need to recompile and restart them. Needless to say that’s quite...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: How to set build arguments in Docker Compose's config file. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/26639b…

How to set build arguments in Docker Compose's config file | Web Dev...

You can specify build arguments in Dockerfiles to set variables required at build time. However, when you're using Docker Compose and one (or more) of the services in the configuration builds based...

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★ Just published a new episode of Web Dev with Matt: Deploy a Go app With a SQLite Database on Fly.io. Listen: share.transistor.fm/s/da2236…
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I think it would be incredibly rude to duck out of @phptek early. I hear the closing keynote is great. I’m the closing keynote. Please don’t leave early.
Tim Lytle@tjlytle12 May 2023
One more reason to duck out of the conference early @dragonmantank. 😉
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@localheinz10 May 2023
Just published: Avoiding empty() in PHP. ↓ localheinz.com/articles/2023…

Avoiding empty() in PHP

The language construct empty() appears rather versatile. Do you really have a scenario where using it makes sense?

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Andy Griffiths
@AndyGriffithsX12 May 2023
The elephant is the mascot for PHP but they also share a lot of traits. - Incredibly powerful - Loyal and friendly (community) - Complex communicators - Versatile and flexible
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Worth reading and thinking about
Shawn McCool@ShawnMcCool11 May 2023
I definitely don't hate PHP. I use it, know it well, and it's very popular. But I think that we need something better for the web.. at least someday.. That handles the concurrent nature of web applications without such significant accidental complexity. It's not a great fit..
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Thanks for your support of this account over the time that it's been around. If you'd like loads more web development related content such as containers and testing – plus so much more – come follow @settermjd and join in the conversation. /2
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