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How do I edit a slug in Symfony?
How do I edit a slug in Symfony?

117 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed

This week's article is all about developers, yes ... there's something for everyone. How are you? Whit Monday and all that ... yeah well, that's no reason to get up and get to work. What's a slug? For the guys at the back, we'll remind you what a slug is. It's a "string" normalized so that it can be inserted into a URL, for example on the article you're reading in your address bar there's no "index.php?article=49" because well .... it's ugly (if it's ugly, that's all.), a nice URL that l...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
May 24, 2021
How to imitate OpenSearch with a Chrome extension?
How to imitate OpenSearch with a Chrome extension?

117 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner

Hello there, This week's article comes from an observation I made recently. Before, in Chrome, when you visited a site that offered OpenSearch, it automatically added it to the browser's search engines, so all you had to do was type "a keyword" + space and start searching directly from the browser's omnibox. This browser behavior has recently changed (perhaps for the better, as it prevents anything and everything from being added to the browser). Now, in Chromium (and therefore Chrome and...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
May 8, 2023
How can I reduce the size of my CSS files?
How can I reduce the size of my CSS files?

116 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner

Hello there, Today we're going to talk about weight loss, so no, I'm not going to talk to you about exercising (come back soon!?), but about how to reduce the size of your CSS files. In addition to helping the planet, you'll also gain in performance on your websites and web applications. Ready to get started? Let's get started! (What do you mean? You've already left?) CSS resource compression, the basics So, I'll tell you right now, that's not the point of this article. In fact, I'll r...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Sep 12, 2022
How do I manage a workflow with Symfony?
How do I manage a workflow with Symfony?

116 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner

I think you'll have gathered by now that on this blog we're particularly fond of Symfony. 😛 The robustness and versatility of this framework (I should almost say ecosystem, by the way), we've already talked about here Well, I suppose for this time that the principle I'm going to present also exists in other frameworks, but again, it's really simple to use in Symfony. What's a workflow? This principle is workflow. If you're used to working in an English-speaking context, a workf...

Josselin Dionisi - Freelance developer
Josselin Dionisi
Dec 5, 2022
How can I improve my Windows productivity?
How can I improve my Windows productivity?

116 reads
Category: Tech tips

Hello Hello ?, Windows isn't my main operating system, in fact I'm more Linux / macOS, but that doesn't stop me from following what's going on with Windows and using it from time to time. It has to be said that Microsoft's work over the last few years has been quite remarkable; between the terminal, "WSL 2" and "Powershell", there's plenty to do. This week, I'd like to talk a little about "PowerToys", a set of tools made available by Microsoft to enhance the Windows experience. As the...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 15, 2023
My top apps on Setapp
My top apps on Setapp

116 reads
Category: Tech tips

Hey, good morning 😁! Thanks for clicking on this article 😛. This week we're going to talk a bit about application, not the one I code, but the one I use 😁. Are you ready? Then let's get started. The world is changing... and so are business models Have you noticed? No ? Yes, you have 😁. In the software industry, subscription has become the norm. Gone are lifetime licenses... well, if they still exist, but hey, your version will soon be "obsolete",...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Oct 1, 2024
How do you back up your data?
How do you back up your data?

115 reads
Category: Computer security
Level: Confirmed beginner

Following the fire in a datacenter in France, I saw reactions on social networks such as "I've got my company in your servers", which gave me the idea of writing this article.Of course, it's not the owner of the data center who's to blame here, but accidents like this do happen, so you need to be prepared. By having a data backup strategy. Can you imagine? Losing your accounting data? I've already touched on this subject in my article "How to protect yourself from ransomware". The disaster r...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 23, 2021
What applications do I use on a daily basis?
What applications do I use on a daily basis?

115 reads
Category: Tech tips

Hello and good morning, This week I'm going to give you a short list of the applications I use on a daily basis, and more importantly ... why? First of all, I'm not talking about licenses here, and even less about commercial practices. Yes, I know that in this article I'm going to talk about companies that have commercial practices that not everyone agrees with, but I'm not going to deal with that, so try to keep that in mind when reading this article. How do I choose my tools? Actual...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Jun 13, 2022
Which environment for MacOS development?
Which environment for MacOS development?

114 reads
Category: Tech tips

Today, we're going to talk about something that's of paramount importance to every developer: his machine! So I see you're coming, we're not going to debate which one is the best or which OS is superior to the others. 😛 Here, we'll simply give you some advice on the best tools on the Mac to get the most out of it. Homebrew, the genius in the Bottle Homebrew is the essential package manager for MacOS. It simplifies the installation, updating and management of software on your...

Josselin Dionisi - Freelance developer
Josselin Dionisi
Nov 6, 2023
Mailcow, a plug and play e-mail server?
Mailcow, a plug and play e-mail server?

114 reads
Category: System administration
Level: intermediate

Hello, hello 🙂, Thank you for clicking on this article, was it the cow photo that made you click? So, yes... I see what you mean... I let loose on the image and on the title of this page... yes no, but it's summer, we're relaxing here 😛. So, have you ever managed your own e-mail server? I have, several times in the past for different companies I've worked for... Today, we're going to talk about a cow, but, not the one from interville (old man's reference...), but ano...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Jun 27, 2024