Category: Programming | The Man in the Arena

2021
How to send Laravel Vapor logs to Papertrail
17 Aug
How to test Stripe Checkout and Customer portal with Laravel Dusk
4 Mar

2020
How to autowire a standalone Symfony console application
10 Dec
Thoughts on type safety with WordPress
13 Oct
Designing a system: WP-CLI commands
24 Sep
Using static factory methods with Laravel models
2 Jul
Standardizing Laravel model attribute names using constants
27 May
Using the chain-of-responsibility pattern to hash WordPress passwords
5 Feb

2019
Improving a system: Different types of WordPress admin pages
1 May
How to approach object-oriented programming with WordPress
15 Mar
Designing a system: WordPress admin pages
17 Jan

2018
Introduction to WordPress acceptance testing
25 Oct
How do you start unit testing existing WordPress code?
12 Sep
PHP reflection API fundamentals
16 May
Designing entities using WordPress custom post types
2 May
Designing a class to represent a WordPress meta box
27 Mar
What is software complexity and how can you manage it?
26 Feb
Designing a system: WordPress REST API endpoints
25 Jan

2017
Using dependency injection with WordPress
16 Nov
Designing a class representing a WordPress admin page
30 Oct
How to use placeholders for WordPress translations
6 Oct
Beginner’s guide to regular expressions
22 Sep
Designing classes for the WordPress options API
10 Aug
Using the static factory method pattern with WordPress
26 Jul
How does a PHP application work?
22 Jun
Designing a class to generate HTML content in WordPress
18 May
WordPress for the adventurous: Options API
4 May
Dependency inversion principle and WordPress
13 Apr
How I setup my 2016 MacBook Pro
2 Feb
Coupling and cohesion in WordPress and beyond
11 Jan

2016
How to use the static keyword with WordPress
29 Nov
Mastering the use of PHP conditionals
10 Nov
Importing data into WordPress using the strategy pattern
19 Oct
Designing a class to create complex WordPress queries
28 Sep
How to use PHP array functions instead of loops
10 Sep
Designing a class to build simple WordPress queries
2 Aug
Designing a class to assemble plugin classes
15 Jun
PHP strings and how to format them
23 May
WordPress for the adventurous: WP_Query class
4 Apr
The importance of naming in programming
8 Mar
Designing a system: WordPress event management
21 Jan

2015
Designing classes that use the WordPress plugin API
29 Nov
Designing a class to manage WordPress posts
9 Nov
Introduction to WordPress unit testing
5 Oct
Designing a system: WordPress routing
9 Sep
WordPress for the adventurous: Plugin API
11 Aug
Designing a class around WordPress hooks
29 Apr
WordPress for the adventurous: Rewrite API
6 Apr
Saving WordPress custom post types using an interface
18 Mar
WordPress for the adventurous: Loading
10 Feb

How to send Laravel Vapor logs to Papertrail

How to test Stripe Checkout and Customer portal with Laravel Dusk

How to autowire a standalone Symfony console application

Thoughts on type safety with WordPress

Designing a system: WP-CLI commands

Using static factory methods with Laravel models

Standardizing Laravel model attribute names using constants

Using the chain-of-responsibility pattern to hash WordPress passwords

Improving a system: Different types of WordPress admin pages

How to approach object-oriented programming with WordPress

Designing a system: WordPress admin pages

Introduction to WordPress acceptance testing

How do you start unit testing existing WordPress code?

PHP reflection API fundamentals

Designing entities using WordPress custom post types

Designing a class to represent a WordPress meta box

What is software complexity and how can you manage it?

Designing a system: WordPress REST API endpoints

Using dependency injection with WordPress

Designing a class representing a WordPress admin page

How to use placeholders for WordPress translations

Beginner’s guide to regular expressions

Designing classes for the WordPress options API

Using the static factory method pattern with WordPress

How does a PHP application work?

Designing a class to generate HTML content in WordPress

WordPress for the adventurous: Options API

Dependency inversion principle and WordPress

How I setup my 2016 MacBook Pro

Coupling and cohesion in WordPress and beyond

How to use the static keyword with WordPress

Mastering the use of PHP conditionals

Importing data into WordPress using the strategy pattern

Designing a class to create complex WordPress queries

How to use PHP array functions instead of loops

Designing a class to build simple WordPress queries

Designing a class to assemble plugin classes

PHP strings and how to format them

WordPress for the adventurous: WP_Query class

The importance of naming in programming

Designing a system: WordPress event management

Designing classes that use the WordPress plugin API

Designing a class to manage WordPress posts

Introduction to WordPress unit testing

Designing a system: WordPress routing

WordPress for the adventurous: Plugin API

Designing a class around WordPress hooks

WordPress for the adventurous: Rewrite API

Saving WordPress custom post types using an interface

WordPress for the adventurous: Loading