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Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/unused-definitions-with-behat-static-analysis

Mon, 06 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/why-final-classes-make-rector-and-phpstan-more-powerful

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Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-flip-doctrine-odm-repositories-to-services

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/alice-nelmio-hautelook-faker-and-how-to-upgrade-doctrine-fixtures-part-1

We first prepare for the jump, then take the leap with confidence. I'm writing this post as I handle the upgrade, so my thoughts are fresh, and the process is ongoing. It may evolve based on new information. Let's see where the rabbit hole goes. ]]>

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/5-ways-to-extract-value-from-overmocked-tests

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-upgrade-deprecated-phpunit-with-consecutive

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/php-is-the-best-choice-for-long-term-business

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/scope-and-downgrade-your-php-tool-for-everyone-to-use

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/awesome-php-packages-from-japan

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2-tricks-to-get-your-symfony-configs-lines-to-minimum

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-reload-code-highlighter-on-livewire-3-component-update

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-add-visbility-to-338-class-constants-in-25-seconds

Wed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/cool-features-of-swiss-knife

Wed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/get-quick-error-count-for-each-phpstan-level

Fri, 10 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-adding-type-declarations-makes-your-code-dangerous

Once we reach high coverage of 80-90 %, we feel safer. But our code can actually be in worse, even dangerous, shape. ]]>

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Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/finalize-classes-automated-and-safe

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/rector-book-2024-release-with-brand-new-chapter

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Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/from-symfony-to-laravel-5-steps-to-prepare-your-symfony-project-for-migration

Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/from-symfony-to-laravel-can-laravel-even-compiler-pass

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Sun, 20 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/removing-service-from-laravel-container-is-not-that-easy

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-remove-transitional-dependencies-you-dont-need

Wed, 16 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/unleash-the-power-of-simplicity-php-cli-app-with-minimal-dependencies

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/experiment-how-i-replaced-symfony-di-with-laravel-container-in-ecs

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-avoid-maintaining-classes-you-dont-use

Tue, 18 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/two-kinds-of-legacy-code-upgrade

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/moving-from-disqus-to-twitter-to-make-knowhow-sharing-easier

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/what-i-prefer-about-laravel-dependency-injection-over-symfony

Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/introducing-bladestan-phpstan-analysis-of-blade-templates

Fri, 24 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/to-route-or-to-action-thats-the-question

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/introducing-punchcard-object-configs-for-laravel

Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/why-I-migrated-this-website-from-symfony-to-laravel

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Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/run-config-transformer-in-ci-everyday-to-keep-yaml-away

Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/lets-share-fails-and-tricks-with-gpt

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/good-bye-monorepo

Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-can-we-generate-unit-tests-part-2-building-scoring-script

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-can-we-generate-unit-tests-part-1-testability-score

Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-release-php-81-and-72-package-in-the-same-repository

Fri, 30 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-measure-your-type-coverage

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-develop-sole-package-in-php81-and-downgrade-to-php72

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/8-news-in-config-transformer-that-converts-symfony-yml-to-php

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/can-phpstan-find-dead-public-methods

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/twig-smoke-rendering-fortune-favors-the-bold

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/twig-smoke-rendering-journey-of-fails

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/twig-smoke-rendering-why-do-we-even-need-it

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/five-pitfalls-of-upgrade-to-native-php-enums-and-how-to-avoid-them

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-make-configs-like-rector-config-or-ecs-config-for-your-symfony-project

Config` class. After meeting with [Sebastian Schreiber](https://twitter.com/schreiberten) last week, we found an even better generic solution. Are you interested in a better developer experience for your Symfony project? Keep reading. ]]>

Mon, 30 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/new-in-ecs-simpler-config

Mon, 09 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-test-symfony-routes-to-make-huge-refactorings-safe

Mon, 02 May 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-remove-dead-mock-calls-from-phpunit-tests

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/5-constant-lists-that-give-context-to-your-integers-and-strings

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-create-symfony-kernel-for-tests-with-different-configs

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/get-rid-of-mixed-callables-with-phpstan

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/not-all-mixed-types-are-equally-useless

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-run-naked-unit-tests-in-a-new-legacy-project

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/decomposing-symfony-kernel-what-does-minimal-symfony-bundle-do

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/when-symfony-http-kernel-is-too-big-hammer-to-use

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/5-commands-from-easy-ci-that-makes-your-ci-stronger

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/introducing-up-to-16-times-faster-easy-coding-standard

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/7-steps-to-start-with-parallel-run-in-php-cli-app

This post will get you from 0 to padawan in a couple of minutes. ]]>

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/hidden-productivity-costs-of-parallel-run

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/parallel-in-php-for-dummies-cooking-a-family-dinner

Do you have just **60 seconds**? ]]>

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/stamp-5-how-do-we-know-types-of-template-variables

Today we'll answer one of them. ]]>

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/stamp-4-how-to-run-phpstan-rules-on-temporary-php-file

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/stamp-3-how-to-turn-twig-helper-functions-to-origin-object

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/stamp-2-how-to-turn-messy-twig-php-to-something-useful

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/stamp-1-how-to-compile-twig-to-php

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/stamp-static-analysis-of-templates

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-easily-protected-your-code-base-from-commented-php-code

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-i-made-huge-mistake-with-interpretation-of-laravel-downloads

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/a-week-in-a-life-of-employed-open-source-developer

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-scope-your-php-tool-in-10-steps

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/why-do-we-scope-php-tools

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-replace-single-node-with-two-nodes-in-abstract-syntax-tree

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-make-upgrade-safe-with-bridge-testing

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/doctrine-annotations-and-attributes-living-together-in-peace

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/why-should-we-talk-about-our-mitakes-in-php-community

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-i-redesigned-my-website-the-way-i-refactor-legacy-projects

Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-refactor-custom-doctrine-annotations-to-attributes

Mon, 31 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-exception-to-the-convention-does-more-harm-than-good

Mon, 24 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/rector-the-power-of-automated-refactoring-book-released

Mon, 17 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/write-github-actions-for-gitlab-too

Mon, 10 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/phpstan-generics-for-dummies-with-two-parents

Mon, 03 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/dependency-juggling-code-smell

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-can-we-use-github-actions-in-gitlab

I was like: "that's not possible... you need to switch to GitHub". ]]>

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2ways-to-write-big-numbers-more-readable

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/monorepo-split-github-action-20-with-gitlab-split-is-out

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/how-to-traverse-phpdoc-and-modify-it

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/never-forget-symfony-config-options-again

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/its-not-null-null-its-enum

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2021/02/11/tree-coding-vs-bush-coding

Thu, 11 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/12/28/why-coding-standards-should-not-be-part-of-ci

Mon, 28 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/12/21/5-new-combos-opened-by-symfony-52-and-php-80

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/12/14/new-in-symplify-9-more-than-110-phpstan-rules

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/11/30/new-in-symplify-9-documentation-generator-for-php-cs-fixer-code-sniffer-phpstan-rector-rules

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/11/16/how-to-make-dynamic-matrix-in-github-actions

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/10/19/how-to-split-test-monorepo-with-composer-2

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/10/12/how-we-stopped-merging-pull-requests

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/09/28/how-to-add-colors-to-continuous-integration-output

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/09/21/symfony-autobind-parameter-is-dead-long-live-constant-parameters

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/09/14/how-to-apply-coding-standard-on-php-snippets-in-markdown-files

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/08/31/how-static-methods-kills-you-like-corona

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/08/24/what-if-we-remove-strings-from-symfony-extension-configuratoin

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/08/17/how-to-get-rid-of-magic-static-and-chaos-from-latte-filters

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/08/03/how-give-away-1500-eur--in-1-tweet-and-help-25-people-learn-something-new

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/07/27/how-to-switch-from-yaml-xml-configs-to-php-today-with-migrify

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/07/20/how-to-update-hundreds-of-test-fixtures-with-single-phpunit-run

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/07/16/10-cool-features-you-get-after-switching-from-yaml-to-php-configs

Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/07/13/the-most-effetive-test-i-found-in-7-years-of-testing

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/07/06/cleaning-lady-notes-from-class-mess-to-psr4-step-by-step-with-confidence

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/07/02/how-to-patch-package-in-vendor-yet-allow-its-updates

Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/06/29/how-will-programming-look-like-in-2025

That's only past or present. I'm just finishing the reading of [The Inevitable](https://www.amazon.com/The-Inevitable-Kevin-Kelly-audiobook/dp/B01EB3OR32), written by Wired magazine founder, that focuses solely on the future. Inspired by this book, today, **we look at the future of programming**. ]]>

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/06/22/why-class-constants-should-be-typed

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/06/08/drop-robot-loader-and-let-composer-deal-with-autoloading

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/05/25/the-bulletproof-event-naming-for-symfony-event-dispatcher

Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/05/18/the-future-of-pehapkari-meetups-and-trainings-you

Mon, 18 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/05/04/how-to-upgrade-to-symplify-8-from-sniffs-to-phpstan-rules

Mon, 04 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/04/20/how-to-hydrate-arrays-to-objects-via-constructor

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/04/13/how-to-migrate-spaghetti-to-304-symfony-5-controllers-over-weekend

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/03/23/doctrine-entity-typed-properties-with-php74

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/03/09/art-of-letting-go

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/03/02/we-do-not-need-senior-developers-we-need-senior-code-bases

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/02/10/how-to-test-monorepo-after-split-before-actual-split

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/02/03/how-to-run-rector-and-phpstan-on-huge-project-in-3-seconds-with-phpstorm

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/01/27/switch-travis-to-github-actions-to-reduce-stress

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/01/13/why-is-first-instant-feedback-crucial-to-developers

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2020/01/06/migrate-gedmo-to-knplabs

Month later, we have [KnpLabs\DoctrineBehaviors 2.0](/blog/2019/12/30/doctrine-behaviors-2-0-reloaded/#how-do-you-migrate-from-gedmo-stof-to-knplabs-doctrinebehaviors) with full Symfony 5 support. If you used older Doctrine Behaviors, you're covered with Rector migration path.
But what if you're using old broken Gedmo? **I'll show you how you can migrate Gedmo to KnpLabs**. ]]>

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/12/30/doctrine-behaviors-2-0-reloaded

Mon, 30 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/12/23/5-things-i-improve-when-i-get-to-new-repository

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/12/16/8-steps-you-can-make-before-huge-upgrade-to-make-it-faster-cheaper-and-more-stable

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/12/09/how-to-get-rid-of-technical-debt-or-what-we-would-have-done-differently-2-years-ago

Who is *we*? Me and CTO of the [company I worked for](https://spaceflow.io/en), a great leader and technical expert who taught me a lot, [Milan Mimra](https://www.linkedin.com/in/milanmimra). The talk was not full of shallow tips, nor [about framework migration](/blog/2019/08/26/how-we-migrated-54-357-lines-of-code-nette-to-symfony-in-2-people-under-80-hours/). Instead, **we talked about small decisions that were made 2 years. Decisions, which took 3 months to get rid of**. ]]>

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/11/25/the-single-best-skill-to-master-command-line

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/11/18/how-to-delegate-code-reviews-to-ci

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/11/11/from-0-doc-types-to-full-type-declaration-with-dynamic-analysis

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/11/04/still-on-phpunit-4-come-to-phpunit-8-together-in-a-day

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/08/26/how-we-migrated-54-357-lines-of-code-nette-to-symfony-in-2-people-under-80-hours

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/07/29/how-we-completed-thousands-of-missing-var-annotations-in-a-day

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/07/22/how-to-convert-listeners-to-subscribers-and-reduce-your-configs

But what can you do, if you'd like to try subscribers, but currently have over 100 listeners in your application? ]]>

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/07/15/why-use-one-time-migration-scripts

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/07/08/7-tips-to-write-flawless-issue-report-on-github

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/07/01/5-workflow-tips-every-php-developer-should-know

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/06/24/do-you-use-php-codesniffer-and-php-cs-fixer-phpstorm-plugin-you-are-slow-and-expensive

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/05/16/don-t-ever-use-listeners

Thu, 16 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/05/02/alias-as-a-code-smell

Thu, 02 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/04/29/rector-european-tour-in-may-june-2019

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/04/25/don-t-give-up-your-php-code-for-compiler-passes-so-easily

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/04/18/symfony-4-2-is-used-2-times-more-than-symfony-3-4

Thu, 18 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/04/15/pattern-refactoring

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/04/08/what-you-lose-by-switching-to-symfony

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/04/04/how-to-upgrade-twig-from-underscored-to-namespaces

Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/04/01/removing-static-there-and-back-again

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/03/28/how-to-mock-final-classes-in-phpunit

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/03/25/how-to-instantly-migrate-nette-tester-to-phpunit

"We don't use Nette, but we still have many tests in Tester. Can Rector migrate them to PHPUnit?"
"Hold my 🍺" ]]>

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/03/21/how-to-instantly-migrate-phpspec-to-phpunit

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/03/18/how-to-detect-dead-php-code-in-code-review-in-7-snippets

Let's look at 7 snippets of PHP code, that [happily takes your attention](/blog/2018/05/21/is-your-code-readable-by-humans-cognitive-complexity-tells-you/) but **is never run**. ]]>

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/03/11/why-we-migrated-from-nette-to-symfony-in-3-weeks-part-3

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/03/07/why-we-migrated-from-nette-to-symfony-in-3-weeks-part-2

Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/03/04/how-to-turn-laravel-from-static-to-dependency-injection-in-one-day

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/02/28/how-to-upgrade-symfony-2-8-to-3-4

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/02/25/5-tips-to-effective-work-with-github-repository

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/02/21/how-we-migrated-from-nette-to-symfony-in-3-weeks-part-1

Yet, you'd laugh if you knew what took us the most time. ]]>

Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/02/14/why-config-coding-sucks

Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/02/04/new-in-rector-asterisk-type-match

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/01/28/2-files-that-your-symfony-application-misses

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/01/24/how-to-kill-parents

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2019/01/17/how-writing-posts-helps-you-to-become-better-programmer

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/12/31/your-most-favorite-posts-in-2018

Mon, 31 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/12/27/how-to-convert-all-your-symfony-service-configs-to-autodiscovery

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/12/24/thank-you

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/12/17/function-create-function-is-deprecated-in-php-72-how-to-migrate

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/12/13/kirill-smelov-s-phpstorm-tips-in-9-gifs

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/12/10/rocket-science-behind-migration-of-docblock-types-to-php-typehints

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/12/06/dont-learn-to-code

Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/12/03/it-bloggers-deprecate-your-posts-to-stop-spreading-legacy

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/11/26/14-tips-to-write-php-code-that-is-hard-to-maintain-and-upgrade

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/11/22/how-to-test-monorepo-in-3-layers

Thu, 22 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/11/19/when-you-should-use-monorepo-and-when-local-packages

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/11/15/how-to-get-php-74-typed-properties-to-your-code-in-few-seconds

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/11/12/will-autowired-arrays-finally-deprecate-tags-in-symfony-and-nette

Mon, 12 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/11/08/fatal-error-uncaught-error-operator-not-supported-for-strings-in

Thu, 08 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/10/25/why-ast-fixes-your-coding-standard-better-than-tokens

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/10/22/brief-history-of-tools-watching-and-changing-your-php-code

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/10/18/how-i-almost-missed-my-talk-in-php-asia-conference

Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/10/15/what-is-your-third-door-book-review

But what if the police come to bring you in for your financial frauds and child porn, **what door do you take to run**? ]]>

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/10/11/hi-my-name-is-tom-conctat-vs-in-sprintf-vs-in-string-variables

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/09/27/open-source-behind-the-scenes-finding-the-rector-vision

Thu, 27 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/09/24/new-in-symplify-5-3-news-in-easy-coding-standard-to-smoother-your-experience

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/09/17/7-tips-to-write-exceptions-everyone-will-love

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/09/13/your-brain-is-your-garden

Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/09/10/5-advices-i-would-love-to-get-before-starting-to-maintain-open-source

Mon, 10 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/09/03/4-ways-to-add-global-option-or-argument-to-symfony-console-application

Mon, 03 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/08/30/ways-i-fucked-up-open-source-code-mock-everything-and-test-units

Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/08/27/why-and-how-to-avoid-the-memory-lock

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/08/23/9-features-of-symfony-plugin-you-should-not-miss-in-gifs

Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/08/16/whats-new-in-php-73-in-30-seconds-in-diffs

Thu, 16 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/08/13/hidden-gems-of-php-packages-symfony-finder-and-spl-file-info

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/08/06/stylish-and-standard-console-output-with-symfony-style

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/08/02/5-gotchas-of-the-bin-file-in-php-cli-applications

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/07/30/hidden-gems-of-php-packages-nette-utils

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/07/23/5-signs-should-never-have-a-talk-abroad

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/07/12/20-notes-from-peace-is-every-step-book

Thu, 12 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/07/09/6-reasons-why-doctrine-is-alive-and-kicking

Mon, 09 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/07/05/how-to-convert-latte-templates-to-twig-in-27-regular-expressions

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/06/28/dont-read-books

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/06/18/14-surprising-tip-from-selling-is-human-to-influence-others

Mon, 18 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/06/14/collector-pattern-for-dummies

Thu, 14 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/06/11/how-to-turn-mocks-from-nightmare-to-solid-kiss-tests

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/06/07/how-to-migrate-from-php-cs-fixer-to-easy-coding-standard

Thu, 07 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/06/04/how-to-migrate-from-php-code-sniffer-to-easy-coding-standard

Mon, 04 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/05/31/symfony-vs-laravel-vs-nette-which-php-framework-you-should-choose

Thu, 31 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/05/28/build-your-first-symfony-console-application-with-dependency-injection-under-4-files

Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/05/17/how-to-test-private-services-in-symfony

Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/05/14/how-to-load-config-with-services-in-symfony-console

Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/05/07/why-you-should-combine-symfony-console-and-dependency-injection

Mon, 07 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/05/03/how-do-you-treat-your-own-first-ai

Thu, 03 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/04/30/programming-climbing-a-huge-mountain

Mon, 30 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/04/26/how-i-got-into-static-trap-and-made-fool-of-myself

Thu, 26 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/04/19/4-tips-to-get-emotions-to-your-blogging-about-programming

Thu, 19 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/04/12/the-best-5-of-256-bloghacks-book

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/04/09/try-psr-12-on-your-code-today

Mon, 09 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/03/29/new-in-coding-standard-4-long-line-breaks-automated-and-3-legacy-prevention-fixers

Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/03/22/how-teaching-suicides-itself-by-killing-the-passion

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/03/19/how-to-criticize-like-a-senior-programmer

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/03/12/neon-vs-yaml-and-how-to-migrate-between-them

Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/03/08/why-is-collector-pattern-so-awesome

Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/03/05/rector-part-3-why-instant-upgrades

Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/02/26/rector-part-2-maturity-of-php-ecocystem-and-founding-fathers

Mon, 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/02/19/rector-part-1-what-and-how

Mon, 19 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/02/12/sleep-shorter-to-get-62-percent-smarter

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/01/29/how-to-deal-with-haters-in-comments-and-github

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2018/01/08/clean-and-decoupled-controllers-commands-and-event-subscribers-once-and-for-all-with-delegator-pattern

Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/12/25/composer-local-packages-for-dummies

Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/12/04/life30-what-will-you-do-when-ai-takes-over-the-world

Mon, 04 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/11/20/how-to-write-interesting-job-offers-for-programmers

Mon, 20 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/11/13/7-tips-you-should-know-before-going-to-university

Mon, 13 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/11/06/how-to-change-php-code-with-abstract-syntax-tree

Mon, 06 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/10/30/what-can-you-learn-from-menstruation-and-symfony-releases

Mon, 30 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/10/23/imbox-zero

Mon, 23 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/10/16/how-to-use-repository-with-doctrine-as-service-in-symfony

Mon, 16 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/10/09/how-to-get-the-most-valuable-feedback-you-can-get

Mon, 09 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/09/25/3-non-it-books-that-help-you-to-become-better-programmer

Mon, 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/07/31/how-php-coding-standard-tools-actually-work

PHP CS Fixer or PHP_CodeSniffer? Do you know the way they work is ~80 % the same? Do you wonder how they work under the hood? Today I will share 3 main pillars of their architecture. ]]>

Mon, 31 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/07/24/how-to-write-custom-fixer-for-php-cs-fixer-24

Mon, 24 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/07/17/how-to-write-custom-sniff-for-code-sniffer-3

know to write your first sniff. ]]>

Mon, 17 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/07/03/how-to-deprecate-php-package-without-leaving-anyone-behind

And you take care of them. In time you change a job or switch a programming language and you don't have time to take care of them properly. Number of issues and PRs grows and package is getting obsolete. You can do 2 things in this situation: nothing like most people do or take responsibility, deprecate package and inform your users about better alternative. ]]>

Mon, 03 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/06/01/thank-you-david

People who work in their free time and put an effort in it. We feel like using a product - it should work and when it doesn't, it's broken. And when our application is constantly broken, we will be angry for them. But if our application is smooth and ready, do we love and say thank you? I'd like to express my gratitude and tribute for you, David - you made my programming life very joyful and curious experience. ]]>

Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/05/07/how-to-refactor-to-new-dependency-injection-features-in-symfony-3-3

but combined together - they are huge jump compare to what we have now. Today I will show you what code can you drop and how to migrate it. ]]>

Sun, 07 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/05/03/combine-power-of-php-code-sniffer-and-php-cs-fixer-in-3-lines

Wed, 03 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/04/14/3-symfony-and-laravel-patterns-that-make-code-easy-to-extends-without-modification

keep complexity low and add new features. Magic? No, just patterns! Today we look on 3 of them I found and fond in Symfony and Laravel world. ]]>

Fri, 14 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/02/12/drop-all-service-tags-in-your-nette-and-symfony-applications

Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/01/28/why-I-switched-scrutinizer-for-phpstan-and-you-should-too

Sat, 28 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://tomasvotruba.com/blog/2017/01/15/7-rad-ktere-bych-si-dal-pred-odchodem-na-vysokou-skolu

Sun, 15 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000