Hello.

I'm James.

I'm an American Software Developer living in Canada.

Here's what you need to know:

  1. I've been working with PHP, Javascript, MySQL, HTML, CSS, and Linux for over 25 years.
  2. I've been working with Laravel for around 10 years.
  3. I currently work primarily with PHP, Laravel, Javascript, vue.js, MySQL, Tailwind CSS, HTML, and Ubuntu Linux.
  4. I have a Masters in Computer Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University.
  5. I work at SpinupWP where I serve as a Senior Software Developer.

My articles

PHPStan and Laravel Breeze

Published Monday October 30th, 2023 by James Clark
Quickly resolving the PHPStan error "Parameter

No More Than 5 Lines Per Method

Published Tuesday July 25th, 2023 by James Clark
How long is too long for a method? According to Sandi Metz's "Rules for Developers", 5 lines is a good cutoff. Let's look at why this rule makes good sense, and how it can help produce cleaner code.

No More Than 100 Lines Per Class

Published Sunday June 25th, 2023 by James Clark
According to Sandi Metz’s “Rules for Developers”, no class should have more than 100 lines of code. Let's dig into the reasoning behind this, and look at how it can help produce cleaner code.