Weekly thread #7

content/threads/weekly-thread-2022-07.md

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+slug: weekly-thread-2022-07
+title: 'Weekly thread #07 of 2022'
+tweet_id: '1495414929053995012'
+author_username: archtechx
+created_at: 2022-02-20T15:07:57+00:00
+links: {  }
+---
+🔥 This week's code tips for Laravel developers
+
+A weekly thread 🧵

content/tips/move-tests-to-separate-test-suites.md

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+title: 'Move tests to separate test suites'
+tweet_id: '1495414937757253636'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-07
+author_username: JackEllis
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLVuSJRVQAEQffe.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-02-20T15:07:59+00:00
+slug: move-tests-to-separate-test-suites
+---
+My Laravel tip of the day. If you're running slow tests that need to hit a third party API, you can break them out of your Features directory and put them in a dedicated test suite (e.g. External). Then you can run "phpunit --testsuite Feature", and your External tests won't run.

content/tips/use-comments-for-explaining-complex-logic.md

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+title: 'Use comments for explaining complex logic'
+tweet_id: '1495414946556903424'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-07
+author_username: brendt_gd
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLsw0t6XwAIe5aI.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-02-20T15:08:01+00:00
+slug: use-comments-for-explaining-complex-logic
+---
+Comments in code should be used with care. They should only be added when they add actual value to the programmer; which is why I style them in such a way that they "pop out", instead of them disappearing in the background.

content/tips/use-fakernumerify-to-create-strings-with-numbers-at-specific-places.md

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+title: 'Use Faker::numerify() to create strings with numbers at specific places'
+tweet_id: '1495414931788746755'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-07
+author_username: SteveTheBauman
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLkESRpXIAwj769.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-02-20T15:07:57+00:00
+slug: use-fakernumerify-to-create-strings-with-numbers-at-specific-places
+---
+A quick one that I *always* forget about -- Faker::numerify, allowing you to generate numeric data in a specific pattern 👌👏

content/tips/you-can-conditionally-skip-scheduled-jobs.md

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+title: 'You can conditionally skip() scheduled jobs'
+tweet_id: '1495414940684804100'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-07
+author_username: cosmeescobedo
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FL2KtKzVgAABGiG.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-02-20T15:07:59+00:00
+slug: you-can-conditionally-skip-scheduled-jobs
+---
+🔥 #Laravel the skip method in scheduler

content/tips/you-can-use-traits-inside-php-enums.md

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+title: 'You can use traits inside PHP enums'
+tweet_id: '1495414934754136064'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-07
+author_username: archtechx
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FL_ee0mVgAUuD-u.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-02-20T15:07:58+00:00
+slug: you-can-use-traits-inside-php-enums
+---
+A few days ago, I learned that PHP enums can use traits
+
+It may seem like a massive anti-pattern, but it allows making enums actually awesome with this one trick 🔥

content/tips/you-can-use-wherenumber-on-routes-instead-of-passing-a-regex-pattern-to-where.md

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+title: 'You can use whereNumber() on routes instead of passing a regex pattern to where()'
+tweet_id: '1495414943612506113'
+thread_slug: weekly-thread-2022-07
+author_username: Sileence
+images:
+    - 'https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FLZ9iNEX0AcKQVD.jpg'
+created_at: 2022-02-20T15:08:00+00:00
+slug: you-can-use-wherenumber-on-routes-instead-of-passing-a-regex-pattern-to-where
+---
+I'm reading the Laravel 9 docs from scratch and TIL you can write your route restrictions in a more expressive way: