Written by Chris Hartjes
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on Nov. 12, 2021
(Almost a year without posting! I suggest following me on Twitter for more content) A Grumpy Programmer's Neovim Setup and "Tooling FOMO" I have been a Vim user for many years. I learned the basics a long time ago, wrote all my books in Vim, and did development work for many years just inside the…
Written by Chris Hartjes
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on Dec. 11, 2020
Testing Laminas API end points As I write this, I have been working for Unnamed Financial Services Company for 3 months. It has been a good exercise in figuring out how to do a slow-but-steady migration of a CodeIgniter 3.x application to a macro-service where we are moving some things to an API an…
Written by Chris Hartjes
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on Jun. 19, 2020
(If you like the work I have done with testing PHP code and OpenCFP, please consider sponsoring me at https://github.com/sponsors/chartjes/) Testing Legacy Apps - Episode 1 I have an application that has been in use by the people who participate in my longest-running hobby for more than a decade.…
Written by Chris Hartjes
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on May. 14, 2020
TL;DR - Focus on testing behaviours instead of testing code (If you like the work I have done with testing PHP code and OpenCFP, please consider sponsoring me at https://github.com/sponsors/chartjes/) Some Testing Theory While doomscrolling on Twitter, I saw internet-friend Snipe ask the following…
Written by Chris Hartjes
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on Mar. 23, 2020
So, you've found yourself suddenly working from home as part of the massive upheaval CORVID-19 has caused worldwide. I have worked from home for the past 13 years for a variety of companies so I feel like I have the "work from home" process working correctly. Even long-time remote workers like myse…
Written by Chris Hartjes
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on Feb. 22, 2020
TL;DR - using Test-Driven Development to build an API (If you like the work I do on OpenCFP, please consider sponsoring me at https://github.com/sponsors/chartjes/) OpenCFP Central is a companion web application that I run that works with OpenCFP. Right now people can sign up for an account at Open…