Headstrong Blog

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  Improving cohesion in Symfony - storing Twig templates with the code

  Cohesion is about keeping related things together, so why are we not storing our template files alongside the PHP code that uses them?

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  Caring For Your Composer.json

  Give your composer.json file a bit of love, and improve the stability of your application.

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  Introducing the Gitlab Issues plugin for Obsidian

  Integrate issues from Gitlab into your Obsidian notes vault.

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  Document your app with PHPUnit Testdox output

  Tell the story of your application through the output of your test suite.

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  How to eliminate boilerplate code with PHP 8.1

  Using the later versions of PHP you can massively reduce the amount of boilerplate code in your application.

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  Code Quality Tools and CI For Solo Developers

  Adapting the mainstream advice on CI/CD for use by solo developers.

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  Why you should migrate your Symfony configs to PHP

  Using PHP as a configuration file format makes a lot of sense and brings numerous benefits over YAML.

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  WordPress Site Audit Checklist

  A discussion of various best practices for your WordPress website, including specific recommendations to improve the security, performance and usability.

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  Avoiding the TMT Stack

  Make sure you consider what you can do with your current stack before making it more complex.

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  Advice For Aspiring Web Developers

  My advice to aspiring web developers who are deciding what they should start learning.