Blog - page 3

A release process for our NPM and Composer packages
2023-10-01T00:00:00.000Z 1st October 2023

A release process for our NPM and Composer packages

A post outlining our process and workflow for releasing packages and extensions

Git
Building and Pushing Docker images using Github Actions
2023-09-07T00:00:00.000Z 7th September 2023

Building and Pushing Docker images using Github Actions

How you build a Docker image with Github actions and push to the Github Package registry

Github Docker
PHP Ternary and null coalescing operators
2023-08-10T00:00:00.000Z 10th August 2023

PHP Ternary and null coalescing operators

What's the difference between a ternary and null coalescing operators? Do they give different results?

PHP
Build different images with multi-stage Docker builds
2023-08-06T00:00:00.000Z 6th August 2023

Build different images with multi-stage Docker builds

Using multi-stage Docker builds you can create incremental images allowing you to keep the ones you need small

Docker Gitlab CI
Install private composer packages with CI and Deployer
2023-08-03T00:00:00.000Z 3rd August 2023

Install private composer packages with CI and Deployer

Using environment variables you can install private composer packages in Gitlab CI and pass them through to Deployer

Composer Gitlab CI Deployer
Open Door Meetings - How I can bother my colleagues without interrupting them
2023-07-16T00:00:00.000Z 16th July 2023

Open Door Meetings - How I can bother my colleagues without interrupting them

Appointments help us arrange meetings with other staff members without forcing them to context switch.

General Ramblings
Docker image with Node, PHP and Composer
2023-07-12T00:00:00.000Z 12th July 2023

Docker image with Node, PHP and Composer

Using Alpine, you can build a lightweight Docker image which contains all the tech you need to deploy your LAMP stack

Docker Node Composer PHP
The UPCOMING.md file in our packages and extensions
2023-05-13T00:00:00.000Z 13th May 2023

The UPCOMING.md file in our packages and extensions

We keep a file in our package repositories which creates the CHANGELOG with each release

Git Github Gitlab
NPM Install without modifying the package-lock.json
2023-05-09T00:00:00.000Z 9th May 2023

NPM Install without modifying the package-lock.json

Running an npm install can be known to modify the lock file, but you can set some options to stop that

NPM
The End of the Social Network School Year
2023-05-06T00:00:00.000Z 6th May 2023

The End of the Social Network School Year

Twitter has gone down the drain and, with it, the sense of community I used to have

General Musings