by Sourcetoad | Mar 21, 2017 | App Development
This article is continued from the previous post about the __get method. The basic __set method is contained within the Object class and performs a simple check to ensure a property can be set. It looks for a method with the ‘set’ prefix, executes if...
by Sourcetoad | Feb 3, 2017 | App Development
One of the most gratifying feelings an app development team can experience is seeing an app they’ve worked on for months launch and succeed! For anyone who’s worked on an app development team in any capacity, you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s comparable to...
by Sourcetoad | Jan 24, 2017 | App Development, Programming, Web Application Development
React is a simple, yet powerful, UI library. When it was released in 2013, it offered an alternative to the existing popular monolithic JavaScript frameworks of the time. React’s most important advances are the emphasis on components, one-way data flow, the...
by Jun | Jan 9, 2017 | App Development, Code
I’ve been thinking recently about the naming conventions I use while coding, and I noticed I tend to follow pretty strict naming standards so I don’t have to put much thought into picking a name. While standards are usually good for readability, too many...
by Sourcetoad | Nov 14, 2016 | App Development, Code, Cool Tools
Yii and Yii2 utilize various magic methods within the framework, the implementation of which can be found in the Object class, which most of the framework extends off of. These magic methods __get, __set, __isset, __unset, and __call enforce a set of standards...
by Sourcetoad | Nov 9, 2016 | App Development
Like any dev shop worth its weight, we strongly promote testing of our products. In order to produce a quality product, we need an internal way to ensure a given level of quality is being met. Business requirements lead to tests, the tests lead to the logic, the logic...