How To Code Well

By Peter FisherTechnology

How To Code Well episodes

October 13, 2022178 - Why you should create static API's
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/
25 min
October 06, 2022177 - Is WAMP, MAMP or LAMP enough to be a successfully web developer?
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
22 min
September 29, 2022176 - You're doing Agile spikes wrong
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.
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My web development courses
➡️ Learn How to build a JavaScript Tip Calculator
➡️ Learn JavaScript arrays
➡️ Learn PHP arrays
➡️ Learn Python
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⏰ My current live coding schedule (Times are BST)
Tuesdays 18:00 = Live Podcast YouTube
Sundays 15:00 - Live coding on Twitch
21 min
September 22, 2022175 - Should beginner programmers learn JavaScript, Python or PHP
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
18 min
September 15, 2022174 - Advice for Web Development Team Leaders
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
20 min
September 08, 2022173 - What does Pre-Production mean?
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
21 min
September 01, 2022172 - Will Web Development die in 10 years?
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
16 min
August 25, 2022171 - Full time vs contractor web developer. 5 Reasons to be a contractor
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
20 min
August 18, 2022170 - Full time vs contractor. 5 Reasons to be a permanently employed Web Developer
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
20 min
August 11, 2022169 - 5 things every contract Web Developer needs
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
21 min

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