A step-by-step review of the main JavaScript-based frameworks and how they have influenced the way we build web applications. — It is said soon, but they have been immersed in web development for more than 14 years. This means that I have been able to experience first-hand the evolution it has undergone; from the days when we defined the structure with tables (yes, table tags as you hear it) to…

Enjoy every day at work: 5 key habits — The Internet is full of lists of tips to become gods of productivity — pomodoros, open windows in zen mode, GTD methodologies –, as if being the perfect machine immediately entails enjoying what we dedicate 8 hours to every day: the worked. However, it is difficult for me to find…

In this article you will be able to learn everything behind a “rerender” in React: what causes them, how to avoid them, and patterns and anti-patterns to take into account to optimize our applications. — In my opinion, understanding the key concepts of a library is essential if we want to feel comfortable working with it. That is why I wanted to write an article focused on the cornerstone on which React was created: the “renders”. …

The SOLID principles explained in detail for the development of maintainable and robust applications — Object-oriented programming led to the emergence of a new way of designing applications. It gave developers the ability to combine data for the same purpose into a single class so common functionality was encapsulated within the application unlike functional programming or other paradigms. However, this did not mean the end…

On October 1, 2012, Microsoft released the first version of TypeScript, a language built on top of JavaScript that would revolutionize the way we create applications thanks to its typing system. Two years later, on October 7, 2014, the first stable version was released, under the code 1.1.0.1. Since then…

DDD favorece la agrupación de nuestros archivos por conceptos específicos de nuestro dominio, definiendo módulos y bounded contexts. — Hoy toca hablar de otro de los conceptos que están fuertemente ligados al enfoque Domain Driven Design: los módulos y bounded contexts. Ambas ideas nos van a ayudar a afrontar uno de los problemas más habituales a los que nos enfrentamos cuando programamos: cómo organizar nuestro código. Frameworks como Symfony…

Value Objects allow us to encapsulate elements of our domain that represent a value by themselves, such as an email, a date or a score. — One of the ideas that I liked the most about the DDD approach is the “Value Objects”, which allow us to encapsulate the elements of our application that represent a value by themselves. The idea on which they are based is really simple and in fact makes great sense if…

PHP por fin añade una de las características más deseadas por la comunidad: soporte nativo para enumerados — Pues sí, finalmente PHP ha añadido soporte nativo para los enumerados, una de las características que más solicitaba la comunidad de programadores pero que finalmente ya la tenemos entre nosotros. ¡Vamos a ver cómo trabajar con ellos! Declaración de enumerados Trabajar con enumerados es realmente sencillo ya que su sintaxis es muy parecida…

DDD, Hexagonal Architecture, Event Sourcing, Ubiquitous Language … — One of the purposes of the year 2020 was to deepen the DDD approach and hexagonal architecture using my favorite framework (Symfony) as a starting point. I have already mentioned some of the ideas that I extracted in the symfony course that you have available on my YouTube channel. Today…