5 Steps to Solving Programming Problems

Solving problems is a programmer’s bread and butter, and everyone has their own method, I personally found 5 steps that most likely than not will help you, not only to solve problems but to do it faster and more efficiently. 1. Read the problem several times until you can explain it to someone else This is […]

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Installing phpcs on a Mac ft. VSCode & WordPress, The Really Simple Guide

1. Install Composer There are different ways to install composer, I find it easier to simply use brew. (if you don’t have brew installed, you can follow the docs here). Once brew is installed you can just run: brew install composer Now check if is installed by running: composer –version You should see something like this: Composer version 1.10.6 2020-05-06 10:28:10 Done!. […]

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Next.js ▲ + Typescript + Storybook The Really Simple Guide 2019

1. Create a Basic Project mkdir my-app cd my-app yarn init -y yarn add react react-dom next mkdir pages Then, open the package.json file in the root directory and replace scripts with the following: “scripts”: { “dev”: “next”, “build”: “next build”, “start”: “next start” } We’ll also need a page to render, let’s create pages/index.tsx : const Home […]

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WordPress Development with Docker in 5 Steps

What is Docker? Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications, whether on laptops, data center VMs, or the cloud. docker.com I have been developing wordpress sites for a while, and I’ve used several different development setups, from installing apache on my mac, to using MAMP or using Desktop Server, […]

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Up and Running with MySQL

What is MySQL? MySQL, is the most popular Open Source SQL database management system, is developed, distributed, and supported by Oracle Corporation. – MySQL Reference Manual Main features: – Open Source, Free – Easy to use – Good introduction to many database concepts – Can define and traverse relationships between tables What is a database? A […]

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PHP Quick Guide: The Fundamentals

What is PHP? PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. – php.net PHP is mainly focused on server-side scripting, so you can do anything any other CGI program can do, such as collect form […]

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