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We are continuing our mini series on getting into the Software Development industry and today I'm going to discuss how to use social media to your advantage. // Recommended products and services Manning courses and books - https://www.manning.com/?utm_source=pfwd-1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=affiliate&a_aid=pfwd-1 Web hosting with Cloudways - https://www.cloudways.com/en/?id=182670 // Web Development tutorials and courses Learn how to become a web developer and level up your programming skills in PHP, Python, JavaScript, Linux and more at https://howtocodewell.net JavaScript courses https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WWaBGywrjhXjlJnilh6Z0NX&si=GunpkXQ_PTMtS_lo Python courses https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WUgC0NVgVb-sYElKh8wLjEa https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WXkZs76CYt5n9pW6j3WmWeJ PHP courses https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WVQvlMCROYImhEqN4qmf8cS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WXC5m_8HMcoZft2hmytd4lD https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WU6oEDZje8htDMG2qBKSSvu https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WUWbArkekAHznqfJ60vW8V_ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WUU6i2s73XMK1ZSD9uTPL-z Linux courses https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WXnRf0t9hw42_IqQ0Vm6BfI Docker courses https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WU_cY2Y1LFLnmsSjFD5BZLZ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WWBHkRiBzspcfhf_YuIOCGn HTML courses https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WUmamJbyAYJ9SGkTffxtiRG https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WVfB5TZ9eWeNMHJAX6njS_A MYSQL courses https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WVBkq0CNfawyI5eXOOcnRxG // Follow How To Code Well https://twitter.com/howtocodewell https://instagram.com/howtocodewell https://facebook.com/howtocodewell // Support How To Code Well Be a member on Patreon: https://patreon.com/howToCodeWell⁠ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/howtocodewell Disclaimer: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you. Thank you for supporting How To Code Well

Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/202 If you're wondering what you should wear to your next Software Developer interview or what questions you could ask then listen to this episode. We are going to talk about a candidates appearance and other things to do with Software Engineering interviews.

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In the 200th episode of the How To Code Well podcast we are going to talk about soft skill questions asked during Software Development. // Recommended products and services Manning courses and books - https://www.manning.com/?utm_source=pfwd-1&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=affiliate&a_aid=pfwd-1 Web hosting with Cloudways - https://www.cloudways.com/en/?id=182670 // Web Development tutorials and courses Learn how to become a web developer and level up your programming skills in PHP, Python, JavaScript, Linux and more at https://howtocodewell.net JavaScript courses https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WWaBGywrjhXjlJnilh6Z0NX&si=GunpkXQ_PTMtS_lo Python courses https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WUgC0NVgVb-sYElKh8wLjEa https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WXkZs76CYt5n9pW6j3WmWeJ PHP courses https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WVQvlMCROYImhEqN4qmf8cS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WXC5m_8HMcoZft2hmytd4lD https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WU6oEDZje8htDMG2qBKSSvu https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WUWbArkekAHznqfJ60vW8V_ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WUU6i2s73XMK1ZSD9uTPL-z Linux courses https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WXnRf0t9hw42_IqQ0Vm6BfI Docker courses https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WU_cY2Y1LFLnmsSjFD5BZLZ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WWBHkRiBzspcfhf_YuIOCGn HTML courses https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WUmamJbyAYJ9SGkTffxtiRG https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WVfB5TZ9eWeNMHJAX6njS_A MYSQL courses https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZdsdjcJ44WVBkq0CNfawyI5eXOOcnRxG // Follow How To Code Well https://twitter.com/howtocodewell https://instagram.com/howtocodewell https://facebook.com/howtocodewell // Support How To Code Well Be a member on Patreon: https://patreon.com/howToCodeWell⁠ Buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/howtocodewell Disclaimer: Links included in this description might be affiliate links. If you purchase a product or service with links that I provide I may receive a small commission. There is no additional charge to you. Thank you for supporting How To Code Well

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This should not of been allowed to happen. I have so many questions. This is not how software should be developed or deployed. Corrupt software took down the FAA system. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/software-blamed-faa-outage-three-decades-old-years-upgrade-official-sa-rcna65562 Join https://howtocodewell.net Send me a message https://howtocodewell.net/contact

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Change log I've been traveling. Recently came back from holiday. The GL- Travel route has been very useful. I need to still some time to do a full review The PIA VPN has also been really good but I';m not during all the features yet so would like more time to play with it. I'm speaking at the PHP London user group on Thursday the 24th. The talk is titled - Code with Confidence using PHP_Code_Sniffer https://www.meetup.com/phplondon/events/289746815/ Feedback links Do I have any PHP OOP tutorials? Yes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiMo0zNdrt4 181 - Elon Musk is not giving Web Developers enough time to fix Twitter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_0pW25KhDo Re Twitter: Glad to see you are on the side of reason in regards to banning people. 180 - Stop relying on other peoples code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1WQhHgSJi0 168 - What is a design system? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY4jhhJ1YFE PHP release dates PHP 7.4 reaches end of life on the 28th of November 2022 PHP 8.0 reaches end of life on the 26th of November 2023 PHP 8.1 reaches end of life on the 25th of November 2024 PHP 8.2 will be released on December the 8th 2022 https://www.php.net/supported-versions.php How to Make Good Code Reviews Better https://levelup.gitconnected.com/how-to-make-good-code-reviews-better-172c5dc01d81

Change log I'm traveling in the coming weeks have bought myself - Travel router GL-AXT1800 - Private internet access VPN I will be talking about how I get on with these upon my return. The federated web is not all sunshine and rainbows What is the federated web okta.com/uk/blog/2019/05/what-is-federation-and-why-should-your-apps-support-it/ 9 dark secrets of the federated web https://www.infoworld.com/article/3676590/9-dark-secrets-of-the-federated-web.html Benefits of the federated web Own your own data Choose the community/server you care about Support that community Privacy benefits No single company owns both the server and the client No ads (Yet) Competition Open source Trust in the code base The network will survive if your server drops Negatives of the federated web Many servers, Many admins and many problems Fragmented experiences Duplicated data is unsafe data Logs logs logs. At scale this isn't cheap Stay off the block chain The admins are sysadmins not just community admins Let me know what you think https://howtocodewell.fm/contact

Change log - Having a code freeze for a few weeks :) Twitter lay offs begin Follow up on the Twitter story. It is reported that Elon has laid of nearly half of the Twitter staff. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/twitter-layoffs-elon-musk-fires-staff-how-many-rcna54799 EU bringing down the walled garden https://www.computerworld.com/article/3678689/apple-must-take-another-brick-from-its-wall-says-eu.html Microsoft teams has an update which makes it 30 percent faster https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/04/microsoft_faster_teams/ Andrej Karpathy on the Lex Fridman podcast. Former director of AI in Tesla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdiD-9MMpb0

Change log - Code Quiz is still getting some good pull requests. There are 30+ issues that need your help. If you're a JavaScript, Docker or PHP developer then checkout the GitHub issues labeled as 'Help needed' and 'Good first issues' https://github.com/howToCodeWell/code-quiz/issues - The How To Code Well platform is nearing completion. I think the e-learning platform will be launched in the next month http://howtocodewell.net Web Development news Adobe are now charging for Pantone colours. It will cost a further $15 dollars a month. If you don't have the Pantone colours package your colours will be black. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/adobe-pantone-color-subscription-fee#:~:text=11%3A00%20AM-,Adobe%20Just%20Held%20a%20Bunch%20of%20Colors%20Hostage,black%20unless%20you%20pay%20up.&text=Since%20the%201950s%2C%20the%20company,see%20in%20the%20real%20world. Elon Musk has bought Twitter for 44 billion dollars and is floating the idea of charging $8 a month to be verified. Can this feature be built in enough time? https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/30/23431931/twitter-paid-verification-elon-musk-blue-monthly-subscription VR has an identity crisis. The oculus quest 2 is not for kids. Facebook will not allow kids under 13 to use their platform. https://www.androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/meta-is-getting-serious-about-not-letting-kids-play-in-vr If normal jobs interviews were like coding interviews Joma Tech https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn_KRzohcAo

Turbo pack Vercel have announced Turbopack which they claim will be a Rust based successor to web pack. https://vercel.com/blog/turbopack Vercel are claiming speeds of up to 10x faster than Vite and 700 time faster than Webpack. > “Turbopack only bundles the minimum assets required in development, so startup time is extremely fast. On an application with 3,000 modules, Turbopack takes 1.8 seconds to boot up, while Vite takes 11.4 seconds.” https://vercel.com/blog/turbopack > “Since we're not offering 1:1 API compatibility, most Webpack plugins won't work out of the box with Turbopack.” https://turbo.build/pack/docs/migrating-from-webpack Should you care? Not right away Not unless your'e always on the bleeding edge Not unless you need speed over connivence How to stop relying on frameworks and libraries Decided if you can write feature yourself using only the core components of the programming language. Check the knowledge of the team to find their base line skills. Move away from opinionated code ecosystems Avoid syntactic sugar covered standards The framework you use today may not be the tool you use in the future Code like you don't have access to third party tools Care more about core conventions (PSR) than framework guidelines

Changelog Code Quiz - We now have a Next JS website. This is also running a Docker image. No React components yet. - Docker compose files are now in the root directory Contributions welcome: https://github.com/howToCodeWell/code-quiz Ideas for the future Store Quizzes in Markdown files instead of PHP fixtures Simplified - We have a single source of truth for code questions Future proofing - We can use code snippets in the questions PHP has these three problems PHP has too many BC breaks which is making library authors uncomfortable Voting is too centralised. You have to be in 'the club' to vote on RFCs Funding is an issue I personally think that PHP should only introduce BC breaks if: There is a really good benefit in doing so. All BC breaks should have been mentioned in the RFC with examples. BC breaks are only allowed in major releases. There is a large deprecation window between major releases. Backward compatibility is important and should prioritised over new changes. Voting is too centralised. Mailing lists suck. There are better ways to manage communication in 2022 It does feel like an elitist club. Follow the RFC guide here https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto Funding is a problem Companies need to take PHP more seriously and pay for the communities time Companies need understand that open source comes at a cost to both them and the community Who pays for PHP https://thephp.cc/articles/who-pays-for-php Google stadia is dead https://www.protocol.com/newsletters/entertainment/google-stadia-shutdown-developers-aftermath Follow on the socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/howtocodewell Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/howtocodewell/ My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Tuesdays 18:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Change log Code Quiz (https://github.com/howToCodeWell/code-quiz) OpenAPI generator is now working on the code quiz monorepo Lots of great contributions to that open source project. Thank you :) howtocodewell.net Pre-production is now fully working after a few issues with infrastructure config. I'm currently working on adding content to existing courses on the pre-production site. Some features will be removed before launch via feature flags. Today we are going to talk about static API's. - What is a static API - How do you create a static API - What are the befits and disadvantages of a static API Building Systems With Static APIs - Corey Butler https://medium.com/swlh/building-systems-with-static-apis-631c165d3882 WTF is a Static API - Seancdavis https://www.seancdavis.com/posts/lets-talk-about-static-apis/

Change log The first build of the http://howtocodewell.net pre-production Docker image is making its way through the GitLab pipelines towards the Kubernetes clusters The Code Quiz has paused for a week as I'm taking some time off. The Code Quiz API now includes the Open API generator which will be used to generate type script for the API client Lots of great pull requests being added to the Code Quiz open source project http://github.com/howToCodeWell/code-quiz Feedback from Abu Sales on the Best PHP tools of 2018 - Top 5 video Great for professionals, However, for amateurs as am I, MAMP as environment, and WeBuilder (buy) or Notepad++ (free) as Editor are more than enough to fly toward the mountain ! What is WAMP? Windows Apache MySQL PHP Install WAMP https://www.wampserver.com/en/ What is MAMP? Mac Apache MySQL PHP Install MAMP https://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/ What is LAMP? Linux Apache MySQL PHP, Python and/or Perl How to install a LAMP stack https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-linux-apache-mysql-php-lamp-stack-ubuntu-18-04

Change log Code Quiz API https://github.com/howToCodeWell/code-quiz Thank you to MetinBaris and everyone else who has contributed to the Code Quiz project Added dotenv package Lots of bugs fixed GitHub Actions on API client EsLint added Unit tests added You're doing Agile spikes wrong Let's talk about Agile spikes. What are they, why do we need them and why are you doing them wrong. Follow on the socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/howtocodewell Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/howtocodewell/ My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Tuesdays 18:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Change log Code Quiz API https://github.com/howToCodeWell/code-quiz Added GitHub Actions to the JavaScript Api-Client Added API Platform package and configured the API endpoints Should beginners learn JavaScript, Python or PHP Learn the programming concepts first. It doesn't really matter which programming language you start with as long as you START programming Python is a good teaching language as it prevents sloppiness that JavaScript can allow. Get the daily code quiz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/howtocodewell Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/howtocodewell/ My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Tuesdays 18:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Changelog The Code Quiz GitHub repository now has a basic mock API client that uses a JSON Server. This was installed on the Tuesdays Live stream Work has started on building a Vagrant box that houses MiniKube and the howtocodewell testing environments. Code Quiz GitHub Repository: https://github.com/howToCodeWell/code-quiz Building the Mock JSON API: https://youtu.be/OznPvJIjMDc JavaScript Code Quiz answers: https://youtu.be/Tyvmq3gyZMY Tips for newly appointed Web Development team leaders 1. How to manage your time when you are a coder and a manager? 2. Is it important for the lead to be the best coder in the team? 3. How to handle colleagues who are envious or felt that they should in the leader instead of you? 4. Do you need to know the whole system form top to bottom? My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Tuesdays 18:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Change log The second Code quiz has a bunch of JavaScript questions. Join in on Twitter (https://twitter.com/howtocodewell) or Instagram (https://instagram.com/howtocodewell) The first of the code quiz answer video is out (https://youtu.be/Qmz0TvPLgpQ) Fixed the issue with the Kubernetes assets paths. This required a nginx snippet that creates a proxy pass back to Object storage We can now move to Pre - Production My talk 'Code with confidence with PHPCS' from PHP Minds is available YouTube (https://youtu.be/s-94hf_DQ9A) What does Pre-Production mean in Web Development? In Film or TV Pre-Production means work done before full-scale production begins. So what does this mean in the context for Web Development. In Web development Pre-Production is a term used for define anything that happens before deploying to production. During Pre-Production many environments could be created such as Development environments Build environments Staging environments Demo environments Shared environments My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Tuesdays 18:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Will Web Development die in 10 years? Some people think that JavaScript, PHP, Python and other Web Development technologies will die in 10 or even 20 years time. Is HTML finished? Is it time to learn something else? In this episode I explain my thoughts and answer this question. Please let me know if you agree, disagree or if you have others https://howtocodewell.fm/contact Change log I'm working on an error with Kubernetes and S3 volumes. Discovering deprecation notices before upgrading to Symfony 5.4. Checkout the video here I've started publishing code quizzes to Twitter and Instagram I've started publishing bite size dev tips Twitter and Instagram My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Tuesdays 18:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Changelog Big news the staging deployment is completed for the new howtocodewell.net platform This contains Kubernetes Symfony PHP 8 Full time vs contractor web developer. 5 Reasons to be a contractor Lots of exposure to different ways of working No two clients or projects are the same Different tech stacks Different processes and approaches Lots of opportunities to gain more skills and experience Flexibility Work the way you want to work using the tools that you want to use Drop in and out of projects when you're needed You don't have to work if you don't want too Work from anywhere attitude Have as much or as little holiday as you want You are in charge of your progression Know what skills you have and what areas you need to develop Take training that matters to you rather than to the company Have meeting that matter to you rather than the company Money Whilst money isn't everything, contractors are often on more money then the normal full time developers Certain taxable benefits that you can use Helps fund hardware/software and other business requirements Being your own boss Better work life balance Total control over what project you're working on Total control over how much you pay yourself Total control over when you're on holiday Total control over what you want to learn Total control over who you work for Want to get in touch? https://howtocodewell.fm/contact My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Change log I've created 4 JavaScript YouTube short tutorials that will be released over the coming weeks New talk coding with confidence using PHPCS. If you're a PHP user group that wants a speaker then let me know Full time vs contractor web developer. 5 Reasons to be a permanently employed Defined Structure Benefits Training Trust and loyalty gets rewarded over time Family vs resource External career progression Want to get in touch? https://howtocodewell.fm/contact My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Changelog I am giving a talk to PHP Minds tonight. The talk is called Code with confidence using PHPCS I've been working on the videoThumbnail component for the React website No updates on deployment yet News/Articles PHPCS compatibility checker By Daniel Opitz https://odan.github.io/2020/12/22/php8-compatibility-check.html PHP Security Audit https://github.com/FloeDesignTechnologies/phpcs-security-audit PHP 8.1.9 is released https://www.php.net/archive/2022.php#2022-08-04-3 This isa bug fix release PHP 8.2.0 Beta 2 is available for testing https://www.php.net/archive/2022.php#2022-08-04-2 Deprecated dynamic properties in PHP 8.2 AllowDynamicProperties attribute can be used to create dynamic properties https://stitcher.io/blog/deprecated-dynamic-properties-in-php-82 5 things every contract Web Developer needs Choose to go sole trader or LTD. Most larger companies need you to be a Limited company, get insurance, get an accountant, get a website. Record your expenses and income. Set time aside to do this every week if possible. Create a space in your house that is solely for work. Get a work only laptop and refresh it every 2 - 4 years. Secondary hardware. Get a decent printer, mouse, keyboard, web cam etc.. If you want to hear more about contracting in Web Development then let me know at https://howtocodewell.fm/contact

Changelog I've created a playground in the mono-repo for ReactJS experiments I have started working on a very lightweight design system I am giving a talk to PHP Minds next Thursday. The talk is called Code with Confidence with PHPCS PHP UK has announced their CFP and released early bird tickets. I have tickets. This weekend I am off to see England versus Scotland in the Common wealth boxing News/Articles How to call rest APIs using React https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2020/06/rest-api-react-fetch-axios/ How to use the React Router to create an image link https://bobbyhadz.com/blog/react-image-link React higher order components A higher-order component (HOC) is an advanced technique in React for reusing component logic. HOCs are not part of the React API, per se. They are a pattern that emerges from React's compositional nature. Concretely, a higher-order component is a function that takes a component and returns a new component. https://reactjs.org/docs/higher-order-components.html What is a Design system A collection of reusable components A place for collaboration amongst designers and developers A set of standards that must be adhered too A set of guidelines and principles that are relevant to the business Not just a component library A component library is a library of reusable components that other designers and developers can use. A design system also sets out a series of rules and standards for the components and surrounding design. These include but are not limited to Typography Spacing Branding User experience Language Voice and tone Colours Patten Often, a design system will explain what is allowed and what is not allowed. Examples of design systems IBM https://carbondesignsystem.com/ Shopify https://polaris.shopify.com/ Material design https://material.io/design UK Gov https://design-system.service.gov.uk/ You can get in touch with me here: https://howtocodewell.fm/contact My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Tuesdays 18:00 - Live coding on YouTube Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Changelog Lots of bitty bugs which have prevented me for progressing on the Kubernetes side of the howtocodewell.net staging deployments Lots of PHP packages on howtocodewell.net have been upgraded I was able to play around with the API platform. News/Articles API platform tutorial with Symfony https://digitalfortress.tech/tutorial/rest-api-with-symfony-and-api-platform/ How to store Symfony sessions in a database https://symfony.com/doc/current/session/database.html What's new with Composer 2.4 https://php.watch/articles/composer-24 Question from Alex regrading the How To Code Well Discord bot https://github.com/howToCodeWell/discord-bot New to the web platform in June by Rachel Andrew https://web.dev/web-platform-06-2022/ Reacts killer feature Components can be shared between React and React Native. Reduces the code size Reduces specialised skill sets Helps create boundaries for mobile and web applications Unifies the code base Reduces pressure on the HR for finding other skill sets Makes T shaped teams that can switch contexts

Changelog Lots of JavaScript package upgrades have been made to the frontend of howtocodewell.net including TailwindCSS, PostCSS, Webpack and Node itself. I've decided to use PostCSS over Less and I'm seeing much faster results when generating the CSS The plan for next week is to look at composer package upgrades as well as progressing with the staging deployment In my contracting space I have been doing a lot of PHP 5.6, 7.4 and Angular work News/Articles Being on call sucks by Bobbie Chen https://bobbiechen.com/blog/2022/7/20/being-on-call-sucks Testing links in Cypress by Filip Hric https://filiphric.com/testing-links-with-cypress Enabling typescript in Symfony Webpack encore https://symfony.com/doc/current/frontend/encore/typescript.html How to secure applications on Kubernetes (SSL TLS certificates) by AVM Consulting Blog https://medium.com/avmconsulting-blog/how-to-secure-applications-on-kubernetes-ssl-tls-certificates-8f7f5751d788 How to speed up Cypress automation tests by FeldsparTech https://www.feldspartech.com/post/how-to-speed-up-cypress-automation-tests How to speed up Cypress tests In general Discover how slow your tests are to start begin with Don't speed up your tests if you don't need too Work on the tests that take the longest. List all tests that take over x seconds/minutes and work on those A small improvement can give you big gains in the long run Only test what you need too and when you need too Cypress Group similar tests together into a single test Separate tests that don't need state, change of state or require a fixed state Pay attention on the before and beforeEach hooks Disable the video and screenshot creation on automatic builds Enable video and screenshot creation on manual/nightly builds

Changelog I've sorted the Kubernetes ingress controller for the staging deployment of howtocodewell.net I've got a few problems with connecting services outside of the Kubernetes cluster but I am working my way through those. I've been updating the pipelines to allow for certain manual jobs in GitLab. News/articles Python ASGI The future of Python Web Development A new asynchronous standard for Python web applications. WSGI = Web Server Gateway Interface ASGI = Asynchronous Server Gateway Interface https://www.infoworld.com/article/3658336/asgi-explained-the-future-of-python-web-development.html Podcast 2.0 I have my eye on the podcast 2.0 movement and may start to add some backlog tickets to investigate what is involved from a technical standpoint to updating the RSS feeds. https://medium.com/@everywheretrip/an-introduction-to-podcasting-2-0-3c4f61ea17f4 The Podcast Index Podcasting Namespace PodPing Value-For-Value Send Symfony logs to Slack This could be a neat little future video tutorial. I could also do something similar with a Discord bot. https://manyou.blog/send-symfony-logs-to-slack-with-symfony-notifier-as-a-monolog-handler What's a flaky test A flaky test is a test that sometimes passes and sometimes fails. This usual happens randomly and is incredibly annoying. What causes flaky tests Under powered resources Tests running in random order Tests not cleaning themselves up afterwards External programs or requests interfering with the tests How to fix flaky tests Run tests more regularly Separate flaky tests and run them in isolation until fixed Only test what is needed based on what has changed Don't ignore or skip tests if you can help it Check the environment Check inputs for non-deterministic values Check timeouts Check system resources Check for race conditions Check if there is any fixed order to the tests Keep your tests maintained.

Changelog My Kubernetes CronJob experiments are now working On Tuesdays live YoutTube stream we fixed issues with the PHP implementation of Object Storage On Sundays Twitch live stream we started the process of upgrading NPM packages Some news/articles to share StarLabs has teased a 4k linux laptop called the StarFighter https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/07/starfighter-15-6-4k-linux-laptop-from-star-labs Why isn't the internet more fun and weird https://jarredsumner.com/codeblog/ Recommended podcasts regarding DevOps Devops Paradox podcast Self hosted Linux Action show Coder radio My thoughts on Kubernetes after 3 months of learning it Smaller is better Kubernetes lends itself well to micro services and not monolithic applications You don't always need Kubernetes The Kubernetes learning curve is huge Monitoring and transparency is is super important with Kubernetes Not all managed Kubernetes services are the same

Change log I'm currently running experiments with Kubernetes CornJobs I've done lots of under the hood security tweaks with howtocodewell.net I've started using Jira to manage spikes and delivery tickets for the deployment stage of howtocodewell.net I've added tickets for some upgrade work, Symfony 6, NPM 16 LTS, PHP 8.1 On Tuesday we progressed the PHP registertion course by adding the framework-less router. Next week we will add some PSR interfaces for the HTTP messages to the PHP registration course Why 10x developers are not paid any more Programming productivity cannot be measured like the productivity of a sales person. A sales person can make 10 more sales than their colleges and therefore make 10 times the amount of money. An electrician could work faster and better than another contractor. This would allow them to complete more jobs and charge more than there competitors. Better programmers write less code. Some talented programmers get board and leave their posts. Talented programmers are difficult to keep. Experience is more important than the lines of code your write. Programmers don't get rates best on how productive they are. EG Bug (A) has the same monetary value as bug (B) The best way to get a raise is to start a new position. Contact me and let me know your thoughts or get something read out on air. My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch

Changlog The deployment phase of https://howtocodewell.net staging site is going very well. I now have Kubernetes cluster is running via Terraform Why am I leaning TypeScript? I know many languages, some more than others. PHP is my goto and Python is the next biggest language I know. Of course I know JavaScript and other languages such as Java and Perl but I rarely use those. In my opinion Typescript is what JavaScript should-of been to begin with. - I've noticed more demand for Typescript jobs than JavaScript jobs. - I've noticed no demand of Flow - Typescript works well with Node so its kinda backend friendly. I wouldn't consider using JavaScript on the backend without Type safety - Typescript works well with React Native so mobile apps can be built for both Android and IOS - Theres a bigger demand to convert Javascript apps to Typescript apps Will there every be any Typescript tutorials Yes, but not for a while.

Changelog On Tuesdays live show I fixed all the databases tests for the PHP Registration course I'm still playing with Gitlab pipelines Has Google created a sentient being? BBC news report Medium article with Lamda interview

Change log - I've started learning typescript as I want to convert all the HTCW JavaScript code into TS - I've started playing with a Kubernetes playground for HTCW staging - On Tuesday we started planning how to build the controllers for the PHP registration course HPDevOne Is now available to buy and some people already have them. WWDC WWDC is this week. I'm still digesting my thoughts on the announcements. I may talk about my opinions next week. m1windowsproject An ambitious project by Amarioguy who is attempting to run Windows on Apples M1 chip PHP Version installs Stitcher.io Packagist stats Package installations by PHP minor version, monthly 39% on 7.4 28th of Novembers 2022 - Security support 23% on 8.1 21% on 8.0

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Please consider supporting Anna Filina's Ukrainian relatives https://afilina.com/donate/ua-supplies Other ways to support the people of Ukraine https://supportukrainenow.org I actually have 7 Software Development misconceptions that I want to debunk You have to code every day to get better at it Women cannot code Managers are sellouts who can't code You can't get into this industry when your old Testing is only for developers who have time to test The fastest coder is the best coder More people working on a project means that the project will be done faster Please let me know if you agree, disagree or if you have others https://howtocodewell.fm/contact My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Thursdays 20:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 14:30 - Live coding on Twitch

Please consider supporting Anna Filina's Ukrainian relatives https://afilina.com/donate/ua-supplies Other ways to support the people of Ukraine https://supportukrainenow.org Change log PHP login course is has been tagged at v1.0.0 Most of the SQL for PHP registration course is done Cypress tests are now running in the GitLab pipeline by they are very slow Remote working is not a one size fits all perk In todays show I am talking about remote working and why its not a right fit for everyone in software development. If you're a Junior Developer and you've started in the industry as a remote worker then please get in touch and let me know your experiances. https://howtocodewell.fm/contact My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Thursdays 20:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 14:30 - Live coding on Twitch

Please consider supporting Anna Filina's Ukrainian relatives https://afilina.com/donate/ua-supplies Other ways to support the people of Ukraine https://supportukrainenow.org Change log Due to the traveling we didn't get to do the Twitch Live stream on Sunday so I'm hoping to finish the PHP login course off this Sunday (15th) On Tuesdays (12th) YouTube live stream we continued building the proof of concept for the PHP registration course. Someone in the chat spotted that I wasn't testing the code in PHPUnit, this raised a question about when to test the code. The code will certainly be tested but at this stage I'm just building a proof of concept and I'm literally throwing code at the IDE to see what sticks and to get a feel for the flow of the application. You don't have to test your code all of the time I don't believe you need to test your code all of time. Let me explain what I mean and if you disagree then please let me know at https://howtocodewell.fm/contact My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Thursdays 20:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 14:30 - Live coding on Twitch

Please consider supporting Anna Filina's Ukrainian relatives https://afilina.com/donate/ua-supplies Other ways to support the people of Ukraine https://supportukrainenow.org Changelog - This is another pre recorded show as I am traveling over the next few days. - On Mondays Twitch stream we covered lessons 6, 7 and 8 of the PHP login course. I am planning to finish lessons 9 and 10 next Sunday. - On Tuesdays YouTube live stream we started putting up the scaffolding for the PHP registration course.This was quite a fun and productive live stream as I was looking after both dogs whilst planning the PHP architecture. I've decided to do everything in OOP so we are building a mini PHP framework which handles database interactions. I've been playing with a Monorepo What is a Monorepo A single code repository for all projects Users of the repository have access to all the code A single place to commit, merge and track code changes In todays show I will explain why I've stared using a Monorepo and my predictions on the experiment. My web development courses ➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator ➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays ➡️ Learn PHP arrays ➡️ Learn Python ✉️ Get my weekly newsletter ⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST) Thursdays 20:00 = Live Podcast YouTube Sundays 14:30 - Live coding on Twitch

Changelog Speaking at PHP UG MN on Thrusday so this is not a live podcast On Sundays Twitch stream we re-built the first 5 lessons of the PHP login course. I'm planning to re-build the last four lessons on Monday on Twitch On Tuesdays YouTube live stream we started planning the new PHP registration course. Lots of experimenting with GitLab 10 tips for Continual Integration CI should take no more than 10 minutes Reverting the changes should take 10 minutes Use TDD if possible Keep commits simple and small Monitor the pipeline Don't leave broken builds Run the pipeline locally first Keep your branches up to date Failures should be addressed immediately Don't confuse CI with CD Join the show next week on YouTube at 20:00 on Thursday. Please see Twitter @howToCodeWell for schedule updates

Please consider supporting Anna Filina's Ukrainian relatives https://afilina.com/donate/ua-supplies Other ways to support the people of Ukraine https://supportukrainenow.org ------ . Change log We've finally finished the 2nd pass of the PHP login course documentation. I will be doing a final run through on Sundays Twitch stream. Next course starts next Tuesday I won't be doing a podcast next Thursday as I am giving a virtual talk to PHPUGMRN Join the meetup here Watch the show on YouTube Join the show next week on YouTube at 20:00 on Thursday. Please see Twitter @howToCodeWell for schedule updates

Please consider supporting Anna Filina's Ukrainian relatives https://afilina.com/donate/ua-supplies Other ways to support the people of Ukraine https://supportukrainenow.org Watch the show on YouTube Changelog Yesterday I gave a talk at PHP Oxford I will be speaking at PHPUGMRN in April On Tuesday we updated the documentation for lesson 9 of the PHP Login Course I'm still tired :) This is the link to the PHP OOP Course