Category: Software Development
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Why I hate Python so much!!!
Python is all the rage these days for young hipster programmers. Somehow all of these companies have been fooled into using this HORRIBLE language for EVERYTHING. At this point Python is being ABUSED. Python is a cancer for software development. Python was never meant to do all of the things everyone is trying to force […]
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C programming old bad practices
So I’ve just started learning C. C is a really, really old language, and with it comes bad practices from the past. Learning C is like traveling in time to decades ago, almost but not really. C is much closer to the architecture, meaning you must consider memory management, pointers and more. There is lots […]
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Linux cp command how to copy files to a directory excluding current directory name
So you want to copy files from one directory to another including all sub directories and files. It sounds simple at first. Say you have a directory with files named /directory1 and you want to move the files and directories within that directory to another named /directory2. How do you do this with the cp […]
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How to add a fulltext index in Doctrine with Symfony 5+
I had to google to find this answer on Stackexchange because I can’t find anything in the docs. Apparently this is something new so you don’t have to jump through the old circus hoops of the past. Apparently you can add a flags section like this to one of the index definitions of your Entity […]
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Symfony 5+ how to view dump output with AJAX requests
So the idea is to be able to use the Symfony VarDumper component to be able to dump values when sending an AJAX request and view them for debugging while in development mode, but not in production mode. Create a new directory To do this you will need to create an event subscriber and listen […]
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How to update Symfony minor versions
This is a work in progress. I’ll keep updating it with time. Most of my articles are for me so I can remember what I did and the problems I had and how I solved them. I’d suggest updating your composer packages more often than just when you are moving to a newer version of […]
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How to set application values for easy reuse in Symfony 5+
This article is a work in progress and will be further updated much more in the future. I don’t feel it is complete yet, I’d like to cover more details, more screenshots etc.. So how do you set/configure a value like an upload directory in one location in Symfony so that you can easily use […]
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How to fix Composer GitHub API limit (0 calls/hr) is exhausted … errors
Programming Joke. How does a mechanic start their day? They go to work. They get their tools and start working. How does a carpenter start their day? They go to work. They pick up their tools and begin where they left off the previous day. How does a web developer start their day? They go […]
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Symfony 5+ error logging handlers explained
This will be a super long article, this subject is way more complex than it originally sounds. As always, I’ll be updating this soon with more info and possibly more examples as I figure it out better. First off, you are not limited to just one logger in Symfony. However, the most popular is Monolog […]
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PHP Enumeration classes vs fake enumerations what to use.
I am growing to HATE PHP ENUMS. Why? Because if you forget to call ->value you get BS errors about cannot convert object to string. It is just another un-needed step. Enums sounded cool at first but fuq the BS with calling ->value, it is entirely too easy to forget. Enumeration classes in PHP are […]