Exakat on FrankenPHP I learnt about Franken PHP by listening to Kevin Dunglas at the AFUP conferences. This is a PHP application server: it loads the code and runs the application from memory. At first sight, it is made for Webapplication. Load the code once, and then run it upon request. But it also has […]
Using Exakat with Docker Exakat is available on docker, as community version. It is available at hub.docker.com. Here is how to use it. Installation Docker is needed to run this tutorial. To install exakat, start docker, then run the following command in the terminal : docker pull exakat/exakat:latest With a graphical interface, such as Docker […]
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Jul
Jul
Exakat 2.4.6 Review Exakat 2.4.6 finishes the movement to Gremlin 3.6. It now prepares PHP 8.2, with the upcoming feature freeze by the end of July. Preparation for Gremlin 3.6.0 With this version, Exakat has finished the move to Gremlin server 3.6.0. All drivers are now ready, and many rules have been ported to the […]
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Oct
Oct
Configuring Rules in Exakat Exakat default installation is tailored for discovery : it is made so as to give a broad view over the engine’s possibilities. As your experience grows, a more refined configuration is needed to adapt the results to the style of the development team. This tutorial helps your configuring rules in Exakat. […]
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Sep
Sep
Exakat in Github Action Github Actions is way to automate your software development workflow on github. You can execute actions on your repositories at Github, and resolve issues before merging new code. Exakat integrates smoothly in the Github ecosystem with a dedicated action and its configuration. Let’ install Exakat in Github Action! Getting started Exakat […]
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Jul
Jul
Method fossilisation Fossilisation happens when things get harder to update. It is a process, more than a final state. In particular, it happens to methods when the signature is shared across multiple classes. With interfaces and inheritance, changing some of the elements of a method’s signature means refactoring the code in several other locations. The […]
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Nov
Nov
Exakat 1.5.3 Review Exakat 1.5.4 add more after-coding review for your code : after suggesting upgrading visibility on properties, it now checks class candidates for final and abstract keyword. As you can guess, a class won’t be a candidate for them at the same time. We also include more review of generators, including the PHP […]
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Sep
Sep
Exakat 1.4.4 review This week’s version includes a lot of under-the-hood work. We have worked on eliminating several internal analysis, such as ‘Used Classes’, which provides the basis for ‘Unused Classes’ : Unused classes are classes that are not used (sic), and used classes comes in a surprising number of situations : new, ::, use, […]
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Aug
Aug
Exakat PHP Index of coding Not using @ is the poster child of good practices. It’s also looked upon, as an impossible goal. Did you know that the @ operator is only merely used by 50% of PHP applications ? Same for parenthesis with include and co : don’t use them, like 50% of the […]
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May
May
Configuring analysis in Exakat With the 15 mins install, you can get Exakat running in short time, and audit any PHP code without configuration. This is great to start with, and explore the features of the static analysis engine. Later, when you get to know the report and the important analysis for you, you want […]