5 methods to improve PHP Development

Every one of us has our own skills and methods on how to develop applications using the PHP language. As we all know, there are many ways and methods to make development easier. Despite this, there are still some methods, especially coding styles and habits that are recognized by everyone... "> <LINKhref =" http://www.php100.com//statics/style/headf

Every one of us has our own skills and methods on how to develop applications using the PHP language. As we all know, there are many ways and methods to make development easier. Despite this, there are still some methods, especially coding styles and habits, which are widely recognized. We listed five methods to improve PHP development.

Organization and style

　　

 

We should not underestimate the code organization. the selected encoding style should be agreed in advance. many people are just doing these tasks randomly, which makes their code very messy, it is hard to understand.

You can claim that you are the best developer, but if your code lacks good organization, you will not go too far. For example, you are a teacher at a local community University. If you decide to randomly select a large amount of knowledge from the primary and advanced materials, and then teach the knowledge to your students in this order-not from the primary to the advanced, if you teach your students step by step, your students will be very confused and, as a teacher, they will not welcome you. if they do not welcome you, they won't take your class.

In my opinion, find out a suitable organization method and coding style and stick to it all the time. in this way, the organization and layout of your code will become very organized.

Internal document

　　

 

For independent developers, internal documents are not very popular. They are mainly for enterprise and open-source projects. However, this does not mean that internal documents are not good for your project. For your project, internal documents are the top priority for improving your coding and working methods.

Many integrated development environments (IDEs) that support PHP support internal documents. this helps you remember the parameters used when creating those functions, or what functions are used by those functions, if you hand over your project to another developer or team, they will be grateful for this internal document, it transmits a large amount of information related to PHP projects (especially those large PHP projects.

Change Log

　　

 

Another way to improve your development habits is to create your own change logs. You may have encountered this situation in the past: you are developing a large project, but you have to stop for a few months before continuing to develop this project. when you come back to continue developing this project, you have forgotten where you stopped and where you should start to develop this project.

In our development career, each of us will encounter this situation. This is because there is no change log or record at the point where we stop. This takes some time to adapt, mainly because it is a bit difficult to modify the change log. However, if you do well, it is definitely "value for money", because when you return to a project, it is important to know where you stopped and where you should start from.

Version control software

　　

 

You may think that using a version control software (such as subversion) is too exaggerated for you, but it is surprising that many developers never back up previous versions.

Many developers often reflect on why they didn't back up these projects when they accidentally destroyed some code. I am also a victim. when I develop my project, I accidentally deleted some code, but I cannot make up for the "crimes" I have committed. Because I didn't back up this project before I modified it last time, I have to rewrite that code segment. After the "accident", I began to use my own version control system. it was very simple, but it was enough to meet my needs.

In addition, a version control system can help you automate the tasks of backing up and saving the revision. when you find that you need to download the old version of this project, this can also save at least several hours (or several days ).

Unit test

　　

 

For large PHP projects, unit testing is a good way to test code segments. Although it takes some time to select a framework, we all know that sometimes some errors are hard to be found during development, not to mention entering the completed project to get a needle in the sea. Unit testing is definitely a thorough and effective way to ensure that your code works normally.

You can think of it as a tool that can quickly and effectively get a needle from the sea, compared with a tool that may have spent several hours and cannot find bugs, you certainly prefer to use this excellent tool. In addition, if you often develop large projects, unit testing is definitely something you should consider.