Using GitHub Dependabot with a Monorepo
Published: Mar 3, 2022
GitHub offers a dependabot service that can let you know of any potential security issues with your dependencies and automatically create a Pull Request for you. This works great without...
What should I test?
Published: Dec 18, 2021
You might often hear developers say that you should write tests. Great, let’s go! But what should you test and where do you start? I don’t know all the answers,...
Creating multi-worksheet Excel files with Simple Excel
Published: Oct 13, 2021
Recently I had to create a large data export for a project. I like using Spatie’s Simple Excel package to do this as it is very simple to use and...
The PHP foreach loop
Published: Oct 9, 2021
An alternative to the for loop, the foreach loop is used to iterate or loop over an array. The foreach loop allows you to loop through the items in the...
The PHP for loop
Published: Sep 13, 2021
If you have something you want to repeat then consider using a PHP for loop, saving you from copying and pasting the same code multiple times. Adding the code into...
Refactoring to Laravel 8 Class Model Factories
Published: Jul 20, 2021
Laravel 8 introduced new class based model factories and if you have an existing project you can use the legacy factories package to keep using the old factories. I have...
