The latest articles on Forem by Oliver Saywell (@osaywell). https://forem.com/osaywell https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F29887%2F0e0c309c-ed32-4deb-b16d-87028e1b56ab.png https://forem.com/osaywell en Oliver Saywell Sun, 15 Jul 2018 21:53:13 +0000 https://forem.com/osaywell/when-to-use-exceptions--2abh https://forem.com/osaywell/when-to-use-exceptions--2abh <p>When is the right time to use exceptions and when should you just code against something? Really interested to see what people's opinions are on this one! </p> discuss design languageagnostic Oliver Saywell Wed, 20 Dec 2017 09:34:41 +0000 https://forem.com/osaywell/who-of-you-use-getters--setters-and-when-41lj https://forem.com/osaywell/who-of-you-use-getters--setters-and-when-41lj <p>I've been developing commercially for coming up to a year now and work in a very small team of developers. The majority of what I have learnt with PHP I learnt myself but I have also learnt a lot in the last 6 months on an Open Uni course studying OOP with Java. </p> <p>I wouldn't say I have come across much PHP material that specifically mentions the use of getters and setters, neither does the existing code base at the company I work for seem to use getters and setters. On the flip side while studying Java with the OU they seem to be pushing getters and setters religiously. </p> <p>I am working on a new project and many of the classes I will be writing will be brand new classes introducing completely new functionality. So my question here is what is your experience with getters &amp; setters and do you guys use them religiously regardless of language?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for your input. </p> discuss begginers oop php