Coming Back

There and back again.

As I discussed in Testing Testing One Two Three, I enjoy learning and exploring new concepts, and this journey is no exception. I enjoy exploring new concepts, as I discussed in Testing Testing One Two Three And I like to diversify myself.

I recently completed one of my ‘cycles’. That is when I depart from my course to explore a new avenue and then find my way back again. It started with a need to learn more javascript -which I still need to do. However, I've found that sometimes even with thorough preparation, like when building servers as discussed in Status Being Monitored, I can still get sidetracked from my initial goals. My experience with Laravel, as described in Smart Pills - Laravel, was similar at first, but ultimately rewarding. This relates to how I’m handling Go.

I became interested in some constructions for using C++ to make websites. That went on for preliminary explorations but it seemed a bit dense. I've been impressed by other frameworks, such as Laravel, which I wrote about in Smart Pills - Laravel, but Go's unique features have made it stand out to me so far. Building on ideas from Smart Pills - Laravel, I began working in Go and creating sample sites. Then after a week or so, I realized I had let myself get sidtracked too far.

I came back to the fold… back to laravel, only to discover some new tools that I am now ready to use. Primarily, testing tools. I just started to look at the new laravel package called dusk and got it hooked up and running faster than any other testing materials I have used so far.

In just a short order, I had it up and testing a site I have for even more complex things like authentication and crud and databases. Nice. Now I have to get all the holes in my testing filled in. Lots of work but nice tools to do it with.