Labs are hands-on coding projects that you build along with Tonya as she explains the code, concepts, and thought processes behind it. You can use the labs to further your code knowledge or to use right in your projects. Each lab ties into the Docx to ensure you have the information you need.
Each lab is designed to further your understanding and mastery of code. You learn more about how to think about its construction, quality, maintainability, programmatic and logical thought, and problem-solving. While you may be building a specific thing, Tonya presents the why of it to make it adaptable far beyond that specific implementation, thereby giving you the means to make it your own, in any context.
Wouldn’t it be nice if your editor would tell you that you are not being compliant to the coding standard? Imagine the editor highlighting a piece of code, as you are developing it, and giving you the reason why it broke a rule. Wouldn’t that save you time and frustration later? Sure it would. We can configure PhpStorm to use our project’s PHPCS XML file to do active code inspection. Here, let me show you. Here are the composer.json and phpcs.xml.dist files from Beans.
The refactoring tools in PhpStorm are awesome! I use them all the time to automate my workflow and get rid of some of the steps/tasks. Let me show you.
There are many constructs, snippets of code, and functions or methods that we could store away into a live template. Then with a few letters typed out, bam, PhpStorm embeds those into your code. This feature saves you so much typing and time. Here, let me show you. Psst, there are a lot of them already defined for you.
In one keystroke, you can quickly jump right to the source function (or class, trait, or interface). This feature is one of my favorites. Here, let me show you.
In this episode, let’s continue configuring our coding standard template by doing the file header for PHP and JavaScript.
Many times, you need a different coding standard than the one specified by WordPress. Maybe your team and you use a modified version of the WPCS. Or maybe you are developing a project that uses PSR. PhpStorm lets you configure and save different coding standards, giving you the ability to set it up once and then select the one you need on each project.
PhpStorm allows you to configure a coding standard. Using that standard, you can reformat an entire file to compile the standard…with just one keystroke. It saves you so much time, allowing you to do your work, trigger the reformatter, and bam, you’re done. Let’s configure and test that together.
I often use split-screen coding windows in my workflow. Split-screen windows let you compare code. Instead of flipping back and forth between files as well as looking at different sections in the file. How do I do it? I use split screen all time. As I’m writing code, I’m also writing the tests to validate the code. I have my source code file open on the right and the tests I’m writing open on left. Then I use my other monitor for documentation lookups and a full screen of my command line tool where I’m running the tests. In this […]
Hands on the keyboard and not on the mouse or touchpad. Using a mouse or touchpad requires little bits of time for you to search for the next command. Throughout the day, those little bits of time add up, costing you money. A better workflow is to keep your hands on the keyboard by setting up shortcuts with keymappings. Guess what? PhpStorm lets you fully configure the keymappings you want. Let me show you. Here is a link to the PhpStorm Default Keymap Reference PDF for Windows, Linux, and Mac.
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