Mastering PHP and Laravel

February 10, 2016 by Kenny

A few days ago, when I started learning node.js on Lynda.com, I had heard of some of the things that were taught in that video series, but now I can say that I have worked with and understand at a basic level, the following:

• node.js
• npm
• grunt
• mocha
• chai

In addition, I have learned some new things I hadn’t heard of:

• Nock
• Rewire
• Sinon
• Istanbul
• Supertest
• LESS
• Browserify

“The more I learn, the more I grow.  I’ve got a lot to grow.” – Kenny Ray

by Kenny

I’m currently learning node.js through Lynda.com. As part of this course, I’m also learning about unit testing, which I’m sure will come in handy soon. Once this course is done, I will probably start watching some Laracasts and learning about Laravel, which should expose me to more unit testing.

I am finding unit testing very interesting, and only slightly confusing so far. But the topic seems secondary to the learning of node.js, and he’s flying through the different tools that are available through npm. Still, I’m getting a lot of good information.