OpenLampTech issue #12 - My RTC Interview
My RTC Interview; Parsing data with SQL; WordPress plugin database tables; Best open source databases; AJAX and PHP in WordPress; A really cool tweet for PHP devs
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I recently participated in an interview over on the Real Tough Candy website where I answer questions about my backend developer journey, why I like PHP and SQL development, and other PHP-related questions. I share a lot of my story in this post that is not published online anywhere else. Thanks, RTC for allowing me to participate! Enjoy!
I have curated some fantastic reads for you this week. Let’s get to them!
This Week’s Picks
✔️ Creating Custom Database Tables for Your WordPress Plugins
#wordpress #php
I am slowly making my way into trying to learn WordPress development. Having only been mostly exposed to Vanilla PHP and CodeIgniter, I definitely find something interesting about WordPress's ecosystem for PHP development. Not that I have anything against CodeIgniter or Vanilla PHP. I just want to keep my options open for some freelance development opportunities. I am a devout reader of the WPMUDEV newsletter, "The Whip", and they always have fantastic blogs and articles.
I recently enjoyed this one in which they cover the pros and cons of creating database tables for your plugins. If you need to create a database table for your plugin, then they cover the best practices from what I interpret as the "WordPress Way" to go about it.
✔️ The Best in Open Source Database Software: Top 10 Picks
#mysql #mariadb
SQL is my first and most favorite programming language and I have published (mostly) SQL-related blog posts on my blog, Digital Owl's Prose, for over 4 years now. All that said, it is no surprise that I thoroughly enjoyed this article by the Kinsta team. I have said it before and I will say it again; Kinsta writes some great blog posts.
There are quite a few databases in this article that I am not all that familiar with but nevertheless, MySQL and MariaDB both are in my sweet spot so I enjoyed this article that covers an enriched, high-level overview of each of these 10 mentions.
✔️ Using AJAX and PHP in Your WordPress Site Creating Your Own Plugin
#wordpress #php
I use AJAX quite often in development and it is handy for a smooth interactive flow in web pages.
In this post by the WPMUDEV blog, they cover:
What is AJAX
What AJAX does.
Advantages of AJAX
How AJAX works in WordPress.
The post then demonstrates how to create a plugin in WordPress that uses AJAX. Great stuff for someone like me learning more about WordPress development.
✔️ Parsing Data with Just SQL
#mysql
The Arctype blog content always impresses me and always teaches me something valuable every time I read one of their articles. I have shared many of their pieces in the OpenLampTech newsletter in the past.
This blog post covers useful tips for parsing large files with MySQL in an efficient way using commands like:
CREATE TABLE ASLOAD DATA INFILE
We also learn valuable database settings to use when parsing a large amount of data along with some problems that can occur.
✔️ How to build a basic web application with CodeIgniter 4
#php #codeigniter
Here is a 6-part series treat for readers. I have learned so much from these 6 articles. Thanks to them, I really turned the corner in my CodeIgniter understanding and development. I actually learned about, somewhat understood, and began using Entities because of a couple of these articles.
Read them all and enjoy.
➡️ Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6
✔️ A cool and resourceful PHP tweet
#php
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Recently from the Digital Owl’s Prose blog
A fantastic guest post covering how to set up MySQL in a docker container.
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