Why developers hate PHP
PHP is the most widely used language in the world for websites. It is also the most hated. And it's pure hate.But why do so many developers hate it so much?
Issue #164 · June 1, 2020
Why developers hate PHP
“Software is like sex: It’s better when it’s free”
Best 7 links of week #22, 2020
Articles
The Fastest Google Fonts
Google Fonts is fast. Now it can be faster, much faster thanks to an interesting optimization technique proposed by Harry Roberts a.k.a CSSWizardry!
The Third Age of JavaScript
A bunch of things are moving in JavaScript - it is quite feasible that the JS of 10 years from now will look totally unrecognizable
From Containers to Kubernetes with Node.js (eBook)
A free e-book by Digital Ocean designed to introduce you to using containers and Kubernetes for full-stack development. You'll use Node.js to build a sample application and then containerize it. Finally you will be able to run your application and a database in Kubernetes!
React & Redux Tutorial—Build a Hacker News Clone
Learn React by building a production React project using Redux and Styled Components. Deploy the app using GitHub pages.
Form design: multiple inputs versus one input
While using multiple inputs can be helpful, more often than not they’re problematic and completely unnecessary. Find out why and so much more in this article.
Getting Started with Rust by Building a Tiny Markdown Compiler
Dive head-first into Rust from scratch, learning the basics by building a markdown compiler.
Book of the week
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering
by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.
Few books on software project management have been as influential and timeless as The Mythical Man-Month. With a blend of software engineering facts and thought-provoking opinions, Fred Brooks offers insight for anyone managing complex projects. These essays draw from his experience as project manager for the IBM System/360 computer family and then for OS/360, its massive software system. Now, 20 years after the initial publication of his book, Brooks has revisited his original ideas and added new thoughts and advice, both for readers already familiar with his work and for readers discovering it for the first time.