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PHP: Xdebug in PHPStorm on, almost, all docker environments, is easy

Xdebug is a very powerful debugging tool, well actually, probably the God tool of all tools if you're debugging.
It lets you pause the execution of your app and lets you analyze, in full context what is happening, step debug etc etc.
Even though the setup has gotten drastically easier, thanks to the awesome effort Derick Rethans, its creator, has put in it, it still appears to scare of some developers... Let us hope this DevNote helps.

Bring Value to your code

Through its iterations, PHP has become as appropriate as any other language to express Domain-Driven Design and implement other, more complex, concepts and patterns. One of these, one of the most important building blocks in Domain Driven Design (DDD), is the Value Object... But what is a Value Object? Is it only useful in DDD? How, where and why should one use them? Let's try to check it out...

Git: Squash commits

When merging your work into another branch, it may be useful to regroup all the commits into one and indicate a clear commit message that says what has been done.