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jbzoo/toolbox-dev
=================

Developer toolbox only for JBZoo libs on github+travis

7.3.0(9mo ago)11.0M—7.7%20MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing

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JBZoo / Toolbox-Dev
===================

[](#jbzoo--toolbox-dev)

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Developer toolbox library that provides standardized development dependencies and debugging utilities for JBZoo projects on GitHub.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- **Enhanced Debugging**: Customized Symfony VarDumper configuration optimized for CLI development
- **Development Dependencies**: Unified package for all necessary JBZoo development tools
- **Standardized Toolchain**: Consistent development environment across JBZoo ecosystem
- **Quality Assurance**: Integrated code style checking and testing framework

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require --dev jbzoo/toolbox-dev
```

Key Components
--------------

[](#key-components)

### VarDumper Enhancement

[](#vardumper-enhancement)

Provides an optimized debugging experience with:

- Output redirected to `php://stderr` to avoid breaking script output
- 16KB string limit for performance
- Classic indentation style for better readability
- UTF-8 encoding support

### Development Tools Integration

[](#development-tools-integration)

Includes standardized versions of:

- **jbzoo/phpunit** - Enhanced PHPUnit testing framework
- **jbzoo/codestyle** - Comprehensive code quality tools
- **jbzoo/markdown** - Markdown processing utilities
- **symfony/var-dumper** - Advanced debugging capabilities
- **php-coveralls/php-coveralls** - Coverage reporting
- **fakerphp/faker** - Test data generation

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Development Setup

[](#development-setup)

```
make update    # Install/update all dependencies
```

### Testing and Quality Assurance

[](#testing-and-quality-assurance)

```
make test      # Run PHPUnit tests
make test-all  # Run tests and code style checks
make codestyle # Run all code quality tools
```

### Debugging

[](#debugging)

The VarDumper configuration is automatically loaded, enhancing the `dump()` function:

```
// Enhanced debugging output
dump($variable);  // Outputs to stderr with optimized formatting
```

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.2 or higher
- Composer for dependency management

Integration
-----------

[](#integration)

This package is designed to be included as a development dependency in JBZoo projects:

```
{
    "require-dev": {
        "jbzoo/toolbox-dev": "^7.0"
    }
}
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

52

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance58

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community18

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity80

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~50 days

Recently: every ~202 days

Total

40

Last Release

278d ago

Major Versions

1.0.2 → 2.0.02020-07-14

2.13.1 → 3.0.02021-11-01

3.3.1 → 4.0.02022-06-05

4.1.1 → 7.0.02023-07-09

PHP version history (5 changes)1.0.0PHP >=7.2

2.1.0PHP ^7.2

4.0.0PHP >=7.4

7.0.0PHP ^8.1

7.2.0PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![SmetDenis](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1118678?v=4)](https://github.com/SmetDenis "SmetDenis (74 commits)")

---

Tags

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