How To Code Well

By Peter FisherTechnology

How To Code Well episodes

January 06, 2023 188 - Maintain the line
Let's talk about the current https://howtocodewell.net maintenance mode.
Links
John Doe
https://john-doe.neocities.org/
Single Page show/hide using :target and anchor tags. Very good for portfolio sites
JSON crack
https://jsoncrack.com/
A great way to visualise your JSON structures
Infection PHP
https://infection.github.io/
Mutation testing which is used to measure the effectinvess of tests.
Update Angular.
https://update.angular.io/
A tool that walks you through how to update your Angluar app. Split into basic, medium and advanced apps.

Conferences
PHP Tek May Chicago 16th to 18th
https://tek.phparch.com/
International PHP Conference Berlin May 22 - 26 of May
https://phpconference.com/berlin-en/
PHP Day 2023 May 18 - 19
https://2023.phpday.it/
PHP UK 14 - 16 of Feb
https://www.phpconference.co.uk/
Symfony Live Paris 23 - 24 March
https://live.symfony.com/2023-paris/
SymfonyCon Brussels 7 - 8 December
https://live.symfony.com/2023-brussels-con/
Symfony Online June 15 to 16 of June
https://live.symfony.com/2023-online-june/
Laracon Libsbon Jan 26 - 27
https://laracon.eu/
Laracon Online September 14
https://laracon.net/
Laracon US Nashville July 19 to 20
https://laracon.us/
Laracon India 25 - 26 Feb
https://laracon.in/
Lots of Javascript conferences
https://confs.tech/javascript
We are Developers World Congress Berlin Germany 27 - 28 July
https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress
React Miami 20 -21 April
https://www.reactmiami.com/

31 min
December 18, 2022 187 - 2023 Web development trends
A high level roadmap for howtocodewell.net and a deep look into the web development trends of 2023.
BitTo AI
https://www.producthunt.com/posts/bito-ai
Courses on howtocodewell.net
Docker Machine
https://howtocodewell.net/course/docker-machine
Linux Bash for beginners
https://howtocodewell.net/course/linux-bash-for-beginners
PHP CLI basics
https://howtocodewell.net/course/php-cli-basics
PHP String for beginners
https://howtocodewell.net/course/php-strings-for-beginners
HTML for beginners
https://howtocodewell.net/course/html-for-beginners
MySQL console
https://howtocodewell.net/course/mysql-console
36 min
December 10, 2022 186 - Will ChatGPT be a better developer than you?
Howtocodewell.net is now live! Signup to enrol in courses
PHP 8.2 is here. Check out some of the features https://laravel-news.com/php-8-2-0
Courses on howtocodewell.net
Docker Machine
https://howtocodewell.net/course/docker-machine
Linux Bash for beginners
https://howtocodewell.net/course/linux-bash-for-beginners
PHP CLI basics
https://howtocodewell.net/course/php-cli-basics
PHP String for beginners
https://howtocodewell.net/course/php-strings-for-beginners
HTML for beginners
https://howtocodewell.net/course/html-for-beginners
MySQL console
https://howtocodewell.net/course/mysql-console

19 min
December 02, 2022 185 - Costly Clouds
Is React going anywhere?
By Ruben Casas
https://www.infoxicator.com/is-react-going-anywhere
Why we’re leaving the cloud
By David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)
https://world.hey.com/dhh/why-we-re-leaving-the-cloud-654b47e0
Facebook hired over 15,000 new staff from January to September
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/facebook-parent-meta-doubled-staff-in-2-years-saw-covid-as-growth-time-3504755

Want to get in touch? https://howtocodewell.net/contact
My web development courses
➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator
➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays
➡️ Learn PHP arrays
➡️ Learn Python
⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST)
Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch
32 min
November 24, 2022184 - Get better code reviews
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
25 min
November 17, 2022183 - The federated web is not what you think
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
20 min
November 10, 2022 182 - Bringing down the walled garden
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
23 min
November 03, 2022 181 - Elon Musk is not giving Web Developers enough time to fix Twitter
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
30 min
October 27, 2022180 - Stop relying on other peoples code
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
23 min
October 20, 2022179 - PHP has 3 problems
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
31 min

About How To Code Well

From the publisher's feed

Web development discussions and interviews from Peter Fisher. Covering JavaScript, Linux, Docker, PHP, Python, MYSQL, HTML and more

Share How To Code Well

Sign up to save your podcasts

How To Code Well

How To Code Well episodes

About How To Code Well