Generics in PHP, Maintainable Laravel, Starting with PHP, Project Success, security code reviews, and more In this Issue Generics and Project Success has articles on: The Case for Generics in PHP by Chris Holland. See how they would fit in PHP’s type system. Maintaining Laravel Applications by …
In this Episode Eric van Johnson and John Congdon wrapped up recording on episode 14. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leave a comment below. Topics Eric and John talk about stickers (again), PHP internals, understanding framework trade offs, John explains MySQL 8 window functions, burning out, …
By Chris Tankersley The tech industry is a double-edged sword. On the one side, we (generally) have well-paying jobs with nice perks, but on the other, we can easily slip into not only boring, repetitive work but figurative death marches. The former is used by most companies as an offset to the latter, but that …
In this Episode Fresh off of hosting WavePHP in San Diego, Eric van Johnson and John Congdon put the finishing touches on the latest episode. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leave a comment below. Topics Eric and John talk about stickers, forthcoming PHP 7.3 improvements like garbage collection, …
By Damien Seguy PHP 7.3 successfully passed the “feature freeze” deadline. On Aug. 1st, 2018 all features for PHP 7.3 were identified. This triggered the first PHP 7.3 beta, on the following day, and, from there, we’ll reach RC in September. It is time to review what this new PHP version has available for us, help …
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PHP 7.3 features, upgrading legacy code, Symfony Worfklow, estimates, Kahlan, RabbitMQ, and more In this Issue Magniphpicent 7.3 has articles on: PHP 7.3 is On Track! by Damien Seguy. See what’s new in the next version of PHP. Upgrading Old Legacy Apps to PHP 7 and Beyond by Sammy Kaye Powers …
In this Episode Our twelfth episode is in the can, thanks to Eric van Johnson and John Congdon. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leave a comment below. Topics Eric and John discuss freelancing and how it changed John’s life, regular expressions, PhpStorm, and how the PHP community gets together. …
By Michael Schrenk This is the final installment of a set of three articles offering strategies for parsing text with PHP. The first article described the basics of parsing, followed by an article on developing fault tolerant parsing strategies. This article is dedicated to regular expressions. Regular …
Xdebug, Freelancing, Parsing text, MySQL Generated Columns, Gitflow, PhpStorm, and more. In this Issue Masterful Code Management has articles on: Debugging PHP With Xdebug by Mark Niebergall. See how to trace and debug code to find bugs like a pro. Pro Parsing Techniques with PHP, Part Three: …
In this Episode After a summer holiday, Eric van Johnson and John Congdon return with a new format. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leave a comment below. Please note we recorded this episode before the php[world] Call for Speakers closed but were unable to release it until now. Topics Eric …
Or How to Stop Embedding Ugly Strings of SQL In Your Beautiful Code By Dave Stokes Do you work on projects where you begin coding before knowing what your data looks like? Or are you part of the vast majority of developers who have had little or no training in database theory, relational calculus, Structured …
State machines, Workflows, Parsing text, MySQL without SQL, Continuous Integration, Algorithms, and more. In this Issue Navigating State has articles on: State in the Stateless World by Luka Mužinić. See how to model complicated workflows with existing PHP packages. Pro Parsing Techniques with …
By Gabriel Zerbib If you wish to set up a private Git server for your personal, work, or team projects, but favor free software and simple architecture, or don’t want a service hosted by a third party, then Gitolite is the solution for you. This article was published in the June 2018 issue of …
Events, Command Buses, Git, Design, Parsing, CakePHP, and more In this Issue Command and Control has articles on: Domain-Driven Architecture With Commands and Events by Barney Hanlon Pro Parsing Techniques With PHP, Part One: Simplifying Your Parsing Strategy by Michael Schrenk Design Is for …
By James Titcumb Most people are aware of how the Composer revolution came about, and the goal of getting everyone to play nicely together. For the most part, it seems to have worked, and more and more developers are coming on board with avoiding “Not Invented Here” and embracing the more than 1.2 million …
In this Episode Our hosts, Eric van Johnson and John Congdon review Treasure, Old & New which is the May 2018 issue of php[architect] magazine. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leave a comment below. Topics Eric and John discuss Deadpool, clean code, migrating to AWS, Packagist picks, BDD …
Clean Code, Technical Debt, Mockery, Toxic Tech, and more In this Issue Treasures, Old & New includes articles on: Up to My Eyeballs in Technical Debt! by Steve Grunwell The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Your Code by Bryce Embry Moving a Monolith to AWS by Keanan Koppenhaver Easier …
By Ondrej Mirtes When developing an application, our aim as software developers is to make sure it does what it ought to do and to keep the number of defects as low as possible. We should also strive to make our lives easier, to counter external circumstances like tight deadlines and ever-changing requirements …
In this Episode Our hosts, Eric van Johnson and John Congdon dive into Testing in Practice and the April 2018 issue of php[architect] magazine. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leave a comment below. Topics Eric and John discuss unit testing, test suites, static analysis, authentication with …