Written by Matthias Noback
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on Sep. 9, 2020
If you want to write applications that are maintainable in the long run, you have to decouple from your framework, ORM, HTTP client, etc. because your application will outlive all of them.Three simple rulesTo accomplish framework decoupling you only have to follow these simple rules:All services sh…
Written by Matthias Noback
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on Sep. 7, 2020
I write about design rules a lot, but I sometimes forget to:Mention that these rules can't always be applied,Describe when that would be the case, andAdd examples of situations where the rule really doesn't matter.The rules should work in most cases, but sometimes need to be "violated".Which is too…
Written by Matthias Noback
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on Jul. 29, 2020
One of my pet peeves is using the database schema to validate data.Several ways in which this normally happens:Specifying a column as "required", e.g. email VARCHAR(255) NOT NULLAdding an index to force column values to be unique (e.g. CREATE UNIQUE INDEX email_idx ON users(email))Adding an index…
Written by Matthias Noback
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on Jul. 22, 2020
I wanted to share with you a free chapter from my latest book, "Advanced Web Application Architecture".I've picked Chapter 11, which gives a compact overview of all the design patterns that are useful for structuring your web application in a way that will (almost) automatically make it independent…
Written by Matthias Noback
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on Jul. 8, 2020
100% doneI'm happy to announce that my latest book "Advanced Web Application Architecture" is now complete.With ~390 pages it has become a well-rounded book full of useful design patterns and architectural principles built around the notion of object-pure code, that will help you create decoupled…
Written by Matthias Noback
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on Jun. 23, 2020
Recently I received a question; if I could explain these four lines:/** * @test */public function it_works_with_a_standard_use_case_for_command_objects(): voidThe author of the email had some great points.For each, my test I should write +3 new line of code instead write, public function testItWork…