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Architecture That Grows with Your Project

One of the most common challenges in PHP application development is proper code organization. Where should presenters go? Where should individual classes be located? And how to ensure the project structure grows naturally with its development?

2 months ago  ·  2 minutes to read

One line in configuration will speed up your Nette application. How is that possible?

Imagine you have a large application with dozens of services – database, logger, mailer, cache, and many others. During each HTTP request, all these services are created, even if you don't use them at all. This unnecessarily slows down your application. The new version of PHP 8.4 and Nette brings…

2 months ago  ·  4 minutes to read

Write Safer Code with the New Nette Database Documentation

Nette Database has finally received what it has long deserved—a documentation worthy of its potential. The completely rewritten text not only describes all the functions in detail but also opens developers’ eyes to the security of database operations.

3 months ago  ·  4 minutes to read

Nette PHP Generator Brings the Power of PHP 8.4

Property Hooks and Asymmetric Visibility in PHP 8.4 represent a significant leap in object-oriented programming—finally, we can say goodbye to clunky getters and setters. Nette PHP Generator introduces support for these innovations alongside the release of PHP 8.4, offering an intuitive way to use…

4 months ago  ·  5 minutes to read

Nette Utils: Performance and Efficiency Generators

The Nette Framework brings performance benefits and memory optimization by using so-called generators. These innovations allow you to work with large data sets more elegantly and efficiently without having to change the way you write your code. Let's look at three areas where Nette utilizes the…

8 months ago  ·  5 minutes to read

Latte: One Line and Localization Done for You

Good news for all developers using Latte: the new version brings significant improvements in localization. Let's see how these updates can make your work easier and save you time.

8 months ago  ·  8 minutes to read

Group and Sort Data in Latte Like a Pro

In the latest update of Latte, we are introducing several significant enhancements that will simplify and make more efficient the work with data in your templates. The new |group filter and the expanded capabilities of the |sort filter bring new possibilities for data presentation.

11 months ago  ·  2 minutes to read

Differentiated Error-Presenters 4xx and 5xx

Until now, when an error occurred in your application, you had a standard single setting for handling all errors. Nette Application 3.2 allows you to specify different presenters for different types of errors. Specifically, you can have one presenter for BadRequestException (4xx type errors) and…

11 months ago  ·  a minute to read

#[Requires] Attribute Simplifies Access Control

The #[Requires] attribute allows you to define rules for accessing presenters or their methods. Imagine being able to restrict access to certain actions to POST requests only, or conversely, allow calls only from AJAX. This is now possible.

11 months ago  ·  2 minutes to read

Elegant Presenter Structuring

Do you appreciate order and structure? When everything is exactly where it should be, making it easy to navigate? Of course—who wouldn’t. Nette Framework 3.2 introduces a new way to organize presenters and their templates in your application.

11 months ago  ·  3 minutes to read

Aliases: A New Feature in Application Navigation

Do you have a location in your Nette application that you frequently refer to? Don't want to think about what presenter:action it is? With the new feature in Nette Application 3.2, an elegant solution arrives that will make your work more enjoyable. This is about aliases, which change the way you…

11 months ago  ·  a minute to read

New Elements for Your Forms: Date, Time, Colors, and Floats

Nette forms bring a range of new interactive elements to their arsenal, making it easier to work with dates, times, colors, and float numbers.

about a year ago  ·  3 minutes to read

Latte 2: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

The first version of Latte 2 was released in 2014 as part of the then revolutionary splitting of the framework into a collection of standalone libraries. Version 3 of Latte, representing a major evolutionary leap was released just over a year ago.

2 years ago  ·  a minute to read

Latte News: Linter and Strict Mode

How can you detect errors in templates in a timely manner? You have several methods at your disposal.

2 years ago  ·  5 minutes to read

Quiz: Can you defend against XSS vulnerability?

Test your knowledge and security skills in this quiz! Can you prevent an attacker from taking control of an HTML page?

2 years ago  ·  21 minutes to read

Finder 4.0: 10 years of experience under the hood

Nette Finder allows you to search for files and folders based on criteria. The new version 4.0 has been completely rewritten using 10 years of experience using previous versions. This has resulted in a tool that is even easier and more efficient to use.

2 years ago  ·  4 minutes to read

Nette Utils 4.0: UTF-8, Finder and named arguments

We are pleased to announce the release of Nette Utils 4.0! This update brings many new features and a shift in programming style, which we will now present in detail. At the same time, it should be fully compatible with the previous version, besides removing a few deprecated features and…

2 years ago  ·  5 minutes to read

Nette Http 3.2: change access to credentials

A new version of Nette Http 3.2 has been released, which includes a backwards incompatible change that was made for security reasons. It concerns the way to obtain a username and password when logging in via HTTP Basic Authentication, the oldest technique performed directly by the browser.

2 years ago  ·  4 minutes to read

Nette DI 3.1: transition release

Transition releases do not bring new features, but are intended to point out via notices anything that will work differently in the new major version and to advise you on how to update. This was the case for example with Latte 2.11 or the newly released Nette DI 3.1.

2 years ago  ·  2 minutes to read

Prefixes and Suffixes Do Not Belong in Interface Names

Using the I prefix or Interface suffix for interfaces, as well as Abstract for abstract classes, is an anti-pattern. It has no place in clean code. Differentiating interface names, in fact, obscures OOP principles, introduces noise into the code, and complicates development. Here are the reasons.

3 years ago  ·  16 minutes to read

I-prefixes disappear from interface names

In Nette, interfaces were named with the letter I at the beginning (e.g. IRequest). A couple of years ago, an extremely slow and long term process began, which quietly while maintaining backwards compatibility is getting rid of these prefixes. How exactly is this happening and why?

3 years ago  ·  5 minutes to read