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title: Watching all the things
date: 2024-03-22
permalink: daily/2024/03/22/watching-all-the-things
tags:
    - software-development
    - php
cta: ~
snippet: |
    For some things, I use watch commands. For others, I have integrations in ny text editor.
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[In yesterday's email][yesterday], I mentioned that I use watch commands such as `nodemon`, `watchexec` and `entr` whilst developing to run commands automatically when I change code.

For example, running `find web/modules/custom | entr ./run test` will re-run my test suite when any custom module changes.

This works well for tests, but for other checks, such as static analysis with PHPStan or coding standards with PHPCS, I have integrations in Neovim, and I get real-time feedback as I code.

If a line fails static analysis or coding standards, a diagnostic message is shown so I can fix it immediately, and I don't need to use a watcher or wait for my CI pipeline to fail.

[yesterday]: {{site.url}}/archive/2024/03/21/git-hooks---yay-or-nay