175 - Should Beginner Programmers Learn JavaScript, Python Or PHP How To Code Well podcast

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218 - How to make your PHPUnit tests smarter 50:40

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In today's I practice a new PHP talk that I am hoping to give to PHP user groups this year. The talk is called how to make your PHPUnit tests smarter. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/218 Support the show and get early access to tutorials courses and moreYouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFs9wBGz4HlEJGUB6jzUmw/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/howtocodewell…

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217 - Laravel 12 is here 23:41

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In today's show we discuss more Laravel tutorials and look at what is coming in Laravel 12 Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/217 Support the show and get early access to tutorials courses and moreYouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFs9wBGz4HlEJGUB6jzUmw/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/howtocodewell - Laravel tutorial - How to change Laravel route parameters in middleware https://youtu.be/QyLoeIPErEw - PHP course - Login from scratch https://howtocodewell.net/article/php-login-from-scratch-course - Symfony year in review 2024 https://youtu.be/1ysXNU59bPM…

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216 - Trapping a substance within another material 41:11

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In today's show we discuss more Laravel tutorials and dip our toes deeper into the world of OOP. Support the show and get early access to tutorials courses and more YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFs9wBGz4HlEJGUB6jzUmw/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/howtocodewell - Laravel tutorial - How to supply multiple parameters to Laravel middleware https://howtocodewell.net/tutorial/laravel-middleware-parameters - PHP course - Login from scratch https://howtocodewell.net/article/php-login-from-scratch-course - Laravel 101 https://dev.to/kazemmdev/laravel-101-everything-you-need-to-know-to-get-started-with-this-popular-php-framework-2gal…

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215 - Objects Vs Classes 41:40

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214 - Strategic software architecture 23:17

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In today's episode we talk about Symfony console input arguments, a Laravel bridge for Digital Ocean and we discuss Software architecture. Tutorials mentioned in the show How to alter requests in Laravel middleware ⁠https://howtocodewell.net/tutorial/how-to-alter-requests-in-laravel-middleware⁠ What is Laravel middleware: https://howtocodewell.net/tutorial/what-is-laravel-middleware Courses mentioned in the show PHP login from scratch https://howtocodewell.net/course/php-login-from-scratch Linux Bash for beginners https://howtocodewell.net/course/linux-bash-for-beginners Docker for beginners https://howtocodewell.net/course/docker-for-beginners Please note that through January there is a $5 course sale! Show resources Laravel Digital Ocean API bridge https://github.com/GrahamCampbell/Laravel-DigitalOcean Symfony console prompts https://symfony.com/doc/current/console/input.html Full show notes https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/214 Support the show and get early access to tutorials courses and more YouTube membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFs9wBGz4HlEJGUB6jzUmw/join Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/howtocodewell…

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213 - Choosing the right software architecture 41:08

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In today's episode we talk about PHP 8.5, we look back at what has happened to Symfony in 2024 and we discuss choosing the right software architecture. Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/213 January course sale: https://howtocodewell.net/article/january-2025-course-sale Latest tutorial: What is Laravel middleware: https://howtocodewell.net/tutorial/what-is-laravel-middleware…

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212 - Symfony Killer features 32:12

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Today we are going to talk about Symfony killer features and why I recommend any PHP developer to learn the Symfony framework. I give you 5 reasons why I prefer Symfony to other PHP frameworks. Watch the show: https://youtube.com/live/viLmDRCq5nQ Show notes: https://howtocodewell.net/podcast/episode/212 January course sale: ⁠https://howtocodewell.net/article/january-2025-course-sale⁠ PHP login from scratch course: https://howtocodewell.net/course/php-login-from-scratch Join YouTube members: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFs9wBGz4HlEJGUB6jzUmw/join Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/howtocodewell…

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211 - What happened in 2024 46:03

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210 - Your first month learning Web Development 45:38

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209 - Your HTTP response is invalid 41:51

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HTTP responses is a fundamental component of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) but what are they? In today's show we are going to discuss what they are and why every developer needs to learn how to use them. Courses and tutorials mentioned PHP Control structures course https://howtocodewell.net/course/php-control-structures What is a DVCS https://howtocodewell.net/article/what-is-a-dvcs What is a database https://howtocodewell.net/article/what-is-a-database What is a database schema https://howtocodewell.net/article/what-is-a-database-schema…

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208 - What's going on with the PHP job market 51:26

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207 - PHP 8.4 and Symfony security advisories 53:46

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Join the member only chat and support the show https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFs9wBGz4HlEJGUB6jzUmw/join In today's show we take a look at what is new in PHP 8.4 discuss the Symfony security advisories and talk about when is the best time to build an API. PHP 8.4 PHP 8.4 will be released on November 21st 2024 https://wiki.php.net/todo/php84 . Some improvements include: - Property hooks - New without parentheses - Asymmetric visibility - array_find - Implicit nullable types - HTML5 support - JIT changes - Lazy objects PHP 8.4 RFCs and resources - PHP RFC: Property hooks https://wiki.php.net/rfc/property-hooks - PHP RFC: New without parentheses https://wiki.php.net/rfc/new_without_parentheses - PHP RFC: Asymmetric visibility https://wiki.php.net/rfc/asymmetric-visibility-v2 - PHP RFC: array_find https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_find - PHP RFC: Implicit nullable types https://wiki.php.net/rfc/deprecate-implicitly-nullable-types - PHP RFC: HTML5 support https://wiki.php.net/rfc/domdocument_html5_parser - PHP RFC: JIT changes https://wiki.php.net/rfc/jit_config_defaults - PHP RFC: Lazy objects https://wiki.php.net/rfc/lazy-objects - Stitcher blog https://stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-84 Symfony security advisories Most of these are for earlier versions on Symfony but some go affect Symfony 7. Please check the list of Symfony security advisories https://symfony.com/blog/category/security-advisories and patch or upgrade.…

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206 - PHP Tutorials, Mac Mini M4 concerns and Schemas 46:37

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Get 20% off your first 2 Web Hosting months at Cloudways https://platform.cloudways.com/signup?id=182670&coupon=codewell&data1=podcast Join the member only chat and support the show https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFs9wBGz4HlEJGUB6jzUmw/join New PHP Tutorials: How to create a Laravel bash deploy script https://howtocodewell.net/tutorial/laravel-bash-ssh-deploy-script When to use PHP switch or match statements https://howtocodewell.net/tutorial/when-to-use-php-switch-or-if-or-match-statements How to concatenate PHP strings https://howtocodewell.net/tutorial/how-to-concatenate-php-strings Build you first Laravel API https://howtocodewell.net/tutorial/build-and-deploy-your-first-laravel-api Programming courses and podcast https://howtocodewell.net…

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205 - Sort your source control 36:10

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