Here's the question I asked myself a lot: is it useful to be trained as a computer scientist to be a software developer? Does only knowing the basics helps? Is it interesting? I tried to begin to answer these questions after 100 hours of studying. I explain as well how I studied computer science alone as efficiently as I could. As Socrates was saying: I know that I know nothing... even more!
I had a mission, for many years. As Perceval wanted to find the Holy Grail, I wanted to find a good interface for MySQL. Then, in the corner of the Internet, where all hope were gone, I saw the Light. The end of my quest. The final answer to my questions. I found mycli!
This article begin by a story. A story where everybody wanted to do their best. A story where simple, innocent words are the main protagonists. A story which doesn't end well. This is the story of declaring everything as 'easy' or 'simple' without any clue whatsoever.
Here you are! In front of a powerful CTO of the best we-will-disturb-the-market startup in town. You answered a job offer promising money and glory, soon they will be all yours! But first, you need to decipher if this company will bring you to the asylum before the wealth flows from your pockets. How to assess that you might be able to tolerate spending 8 hours a day in there?
Today is a great day: you will begin to develop the new greenfield project of the soon-very-successful startup you work for, as a PHP Ninja Wizard of the Crown. But wait! You're teaming with Dave, your colleague developer! He's creating an Anemic Domain Model! Why? Is it that bad?
First you need the mindset. Then, you need the tools. Without the mindset, you won't use the tools correctly, in a consistent way. Without the good tools, you won't be efficient and you won't enjoy the process. This article is about the tools: what do I use to successfully manage and ship my side projects?
Did you heard about development environments centered around this fantastic tool, the Terminal? Are you ready to abandon your mouse? No? You think it's stupid? Here's the chance to prove to the world that you're a powerful open-minded developer: dive with me in my mouseless development environment.
First you need the mindset. Then, you need the tools. Without the mindset, you won't use the tools correctly, consistently. Without the good tools, you won't be efficient and you won't enjoy the process. This article is about the mindset: what do you need to understand and apply, to successfully begin, build and finish your side projects?
Oh no! You're working on an application which is as messy as your flat! You don't understand anything, every bug takes weeks to fix. You need to improve the quality of your PHP code... but how? What tool to use? A hoover? Don't worry, dear reader, I have some answers for you.
The DRY principle (Don't Repeat Yourself) is easy to understand but difficult to apply. Should we never repeat our code? What was the true purpose of the principle's authors? Let's decipher what should be DRY in our code, and what should not.
