TIL

A collection of small tidbits of knowledge I learned developing software. Ones that are too short for an article but worth saving. Inspired by jbranchaud/til.

* TIL is an acronym for Today I Learned.

PHP

Advanced typed array types

Laravel

Easily raise validation error with custom message

Extend core Laravel bidings

Specify Columns While Eager Loading

Use CarbonInterval instead of magic numbers for setting up TTL

Use Builder::toBase method to return stdClass object from your query

Use Eloquent's Model::getChanges method to check for model changes

Easily dump or log DB queries

Request fingerprinting

MacOS

Have folders before files in Finder

React

useRef instead of useState hook for input fields

Use React Router NavLink component instead of Link to specify active navigation link

Twitter

Bookmark a tweet

VS Code

Allow VS Code to administer your computer

Usefull VSCode Keyboard Shortcuts

WordPress

Unit testing plugins using WP CLI