431 Episodes
Episode 16 – Remotely Working
In This Episode Eric Van Johnson, John Congdon, Jennifer Wadella, and Oscar Merida are featured in the first episode of 2019. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leave a comment below. You c...
php[tek] 2019 Schedule is Live
We’ve posted the schedule for php[tek] 2019 over at tek.phparch.com. We’ll be returning to Atlanta, Georgia for a third year this May. Read on to see the new tracks format, planned sessio...
Education Station: DevOps and You
By Chris Tankersley The tech industry is always awash with new ideas that are actually old. One which gained traction in the last ten years is the idea of “DevOps.” This term is the combination of “D...
January 18 – Beyond Performance
Day Camp 4 Developers If you’re selling widgets, offering a service, or publishing information a slow web page or application will cost you in the long run. User’s don’t wait and if...
DevOps Depths – January 2019
Your job doesn’t end when you finish writing and committing code. Someone has to ensure a web application is available online, scalable, and secure. This issue collects articles to help you impr...
It’s About Time
By Colin DeCarlo As applications scale and gain adoption, dates and time become much more of a concern than they once were. Bugs crop up, and developers start learning the woes of time zones and dayl...
Better Practice – December 2018
Practice and more practice are the keys to adopting modern software engineering practices. It doesn’t matter if you’re using WordPress or Drupal to manage website content, trying to learn unit testing...
The Case for Generics in PHP
By Chris Holland In 2016, Ben Scholzen and Rasmus Schultz published their PHP RFC: Generic Types and Functions, aka The Generics RFC. Having worked with generics in other languages, I was very gratef...
Episode 15 – Generics and php[world]
In this Very Special Episode Eric Van Johnson, John Congdon, Chris Holland, and Oscar Merida recorded this episode live at php[world] just last week. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leav...
Generics and Project Success – November 2018
Providing a good foundation for your application pays off in the long run by reducing technical debt, finding bugs earlier, and making it faster to add features. This month we look at how generics cou...
Generics and Project Success – November 2018
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 b...
Episode 14 – Prototyping with PHP
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 (ag...
The Dev Lead Trenches: 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, repeti...
Episode 13 – PHP 7.3
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 comm...
Internal Journeys – October 2018
You may be used to helpers and frameworks which rapidly generate new code at the press of a button. However, understanding what these tools are doing is immensely valuable when they don’t work or you...
PHP 7.3 is On Track
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...
2018 Audience Survey
Give your feedback! Our 2018 audience survey is online to help gauge how we can provide what you need to be a better developer. Whether you subscribe to the magazine, listen to the podcast, or just v...
Magniphpicent 7.3 – September 2018
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’...
Magniphpicent 7.3 – September 2018
PHP’s annual release cycle means the next minor version of the programming language—7.3—should be released before the end of the year. This also means PHP 7.0 will no longer be suppo...
Episode 12: Whole lot of Xdebug
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 freel...
