Andrew Carter

Andrew is a software developer from the United Kingdom with a Master's Degree in Physics. He's the Head of Technical Development at MoneyMaxim, a developer of open source software and an up-and-coming speaker. In his spare time he dabbles in photography and practices Muay Thai.

Andrew's articles

Quick Tip: Testing Symfony Apps with a Disposable Database

PHP

By Andrew Carter, July 13, 2016

Andrew explains how to perform database-related tests in a Symfony app much faster - with a disposable in-memory SQLite database, avoiding any bulky mocks

Powering Raspberry Pi Projects with PHP

PHP

By Andrew Carter, July 09, 2016

Andrew Carter makes an LED blink on a Raspberry Pi with PHP - Building Raspberry Pi projects with PHP has never been easier!

How to Build Your Own Dependency Injection Container

PHP

By Andrew Carter, February 12, 2016

Andrew Carter builds a Dependency Injection container from scratch, showing you how that rocket science is really just fireworks strapped to lego figures!

Flyweight Design Pattern and Immutability: A Perfect Match

PHP

By Andrew Carter, October 21, 2015

Andrew Carter explains the Flyweight Design Pattern - a relatively unknown pattern in PHP land - using the familiar example of a FileFactory and enums.