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Google ZX - The Shell Alternative for Complex Scripts
When it comes to executing complex scripts that require accessing the output of other shell commands or analyzing data structures like arrays, the standard shell scripting language Bash quickly hits …
Why you should start using VS Code devcontainers and GitHub Codespaces
Visual Studio Code (VS Code) devcontainers and GitHub codespaces are two tools that can greatly improve a developer's workflow by providing a consistent and secure development environment. VS Code de…
Creating an API integration using the Laravel Saloon package
The Laravel Saloon package is a powerful tool for creating API integrations for Laravel or any other PHP application. In this article, I will show you how to use this package to create a integration …
Configuring xDebug with Laravel and VS Code
Why step debugging? When writing software it does not matter how well the code is written or how cautious we are - there will inevitably be some bugs along the way. The proccess of solving a bug in a…
Adding backwards compatibility for 'docker-compose' with Docker Compose V2
Since the release of Docker Compose V2 it has not only been introduced as a core plugin to the new versions of Docker engine but most notably it's command synthax has changed from docker-compose to d…
How to integrate a custom faker provider in Laravel 8 factories
Factories are a conveniant way to easily generate data for our application for either testing or just general development purposes. Being able to quickly populate the database has benefits when devel…
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