Do you code your own stuff?

07-05-2019, 02:51 AM

INeedMyCredits Wrote: I use Atom for Web Development.
In my opinion, the best program there is

Not to mention it is free, which is always a big plus. I use it too. Great software in my unprofessional opinion.

I'm learning laravel lumen and trying to achieve microservices

I was writing my own code but there are very powerful frameworks now. If you try to code everything yourself it will take too much time. It is better to use a powerful framework with a good code knowledge.

Yes but before coding my own stuff, I check if there is not a similar things available on GitHub. Then I check if I can use reuse the code or extend it.
Sometime you will find that using an existing code it more time consuming than building your own stuff.

Yeah, true, do not reinvent the wheel, but most of my time is 100% my code, I'm using PHP Storm as IDE, very very powerful.

Most of the stuff I'm working on I code myself. SOmetimes It may feel like reinventing the wheel, but if you want to improve yourself, it needs to be done.
I know my framework will never be better than Laravel, Symfony or Yii, but it is important because by coding your own stuff you have to study and by studying you are furthering your own knowledge and therefore skills.You don't need to use your own product for production level applications, but it is important to code your own stuff for the longest time. it;s the only way how you can really learn to code.

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Also, don't use editors such as Sublime, Atom or Brackets.io. Give PHPStorm a try. Full fledged IDE is way better and will help you understand and maintain your code way better and more efficiently than any editor. First 30 days are free so it's worth a shot. And then use a cracked version / extend the evaluation version indefinitely (there are tutorials for this) and if you start making money with it, invest in it. It's just a few $ monthly and it is well worth it.

I think it's better to learn from scratch then to custumize scripts.

I've made some scripts from scratch too, it feels amazing seeing everything done once you're done, tho.

You can look up for ideas and add-ons on GitHub and if you're stuck, there's always a way out at Stackoverflow.

Good luck and happy coding.

it really depends how much time i have, and i make a quick calculation about the return from my work

Mostly go off already written code, but i'm doing my best learning off it