Category: Composer

  • Fun with Travis CI and PHP projects

    I know I should have done this a long time ago, but I finally got my hands dirty with Travis CI.  I wanted to set up a php project on github to use Travis CI to monitor the status, in case I forgot to run the tests prior to pushing.  Unfortunately it was not as […]

  • Simple reminder to keep it simple

    This morning a tweet caught my attention prompting me to read this post by Gary Hockin also known as @GeeH. (There’s just something about that voice.[inside joke])  In the post he talks of his experiences while attempting to simplify code in a project, and in the process uncovers hidden dependencies that increased the codebase significantly in […]

  • PHPUnit, Composer, PHPStorm, Oh my!

    Installing PHPUnit within a project via Composer, then running tests through PHPStorm is not an intuitive process. However, with the right steps it’s actually pretty simple. Here is my story: To launch the call for papers for the SunshinePHP Developer Conference it was a pleasure to use the OpenCFP project as a starting point rather […]