Building a Testing Habit in Laravel: Switching to Pest
I explain the syntax and structural differences that turned test writing from a chore into a habit when moving from PHPUnit to Pest.
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I explain the syntax and structural differences that turned test writing from a chore into a habit when moving from PHPUnit to Pest.
A practical comparison of MySQL storage engines: the differences between InnoDB and MyISAM, their trade-offs, and which one to choose.
Why switching from a Webpack-based dev environment to Vite makes build times dramatically shorter.
A practical approach to automatically verifying Vue component UI behavior: writing real-world tests with Vue Test Utils.
Managing JavaScript dependencies with npm, configuring package.json correctly, and handling the practical challenges you run into in the package ecosystem.
From installing PHPUnit to writing my first unit tests — what worked, what tripped me up, and the lessons learned along the way.