Stefan Koopmanschap's Blog: Tip: use clearly readable variable names, and...
Stefan Koopmanschap has a good reminder for developers out there in a new post to his blog - make your code much easier to understand via readable variable names and constants. Yes, you know what code...
View ArticleDavid Otton's Blog: Neat PHP tricks: Casting Arrays to Objects
David Otton has a handy little tip if you're looking for a cleaner way to deal with array data - casting it to an object. Array notation is fine, but it can look a bit clunky when you're working with...
View ArticlePatrick Allaert's Blog: Readable PHP code #1 - Return ASAP
Patrick Allaert has made this recent post to his blog looking at something that a large group of PHP developers seem to forget about - readable PHP code. Specifically, he mentions the "return as soon...
View ArticlePHP in Action: More beautiful code
Continuing on from a previous post, the PHP in Action blog takes another look at their suggestions on "beautiful code" with some responses to the previous post. I got some interesting comments to my...
View ArticleSocialGeek.be: Clean urls through readable slugs in PHP
On the SocialGeek blog there's a recent post that looks at making stubs for your URLs, making them easier to read and remember. This is where the fun begins of course. How many times have you been...
View ArticleShawn Straton's Blog: Code Readability Part 2, Code Structure
Shawn Straton has posted the second part of his look at code readability today. This time the focus is on the structure of the code - file structure, code layout, etc. I've had the pleasure of...
View ArticleNETTUTS.com: Top 15+ Best Practices for Writing Super Readable Code
On NETTUTS.com today Burak Guzel has written up some good tips on how to make your code much more readable (and easier to maintain in the future. Not all of them are directly PHP related, but they are...
View ArticlePatrick Allaert's Blog: Readable PHP code #2 - Make your API handle more!
In a new post today Patrick Allaert has continued his "Readable Code" series with some tips on how you can make your API handle more. His suggestions include: Changing the handling to look for...
View ArticleRafael Dohms' Blog: Book Review: The Art of Readable Code
Rafael Dohms has posted a new review of a book that focuses on helping you create better, more readable code - "The Art of Readable Code" (Dustin Boswell, Trevor Foucher, O'Reilly). This is isn't...
View ArticlePHPMaster.com: Practical Refactoring, Part 1 - What is Good Code?
On PHPMaster.com they've started up a new series focused on refactoring code to make your applications not only easier to maintain but easier to expand on in the future. In this first part they focus...
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