Mashable.com: 10 Programming Languages You Should Learn in 2014
According to this new post over on the Mashable site, PHP is one of the "languages to learn" for 2014. Others in the list include Java, C and relatives, Python and Ruby. The tech sector is booming. If...
View ArticleGeshan Manandhar: 5 PHP development improvements rediscovered in 2013
Geshan Manandhar has a new post talking about five development improvements that were "rediscovered" in 2013 in the PHP community. Love it or hate it, the fact is 80% of the web is PHP and its usage...
View ArticleDavid Makin: Creating a simple REST application with Silex part 2
David Makin has posted the second part of his series looking at creating a simple REST API with the help of Silex. You can find part one here to get caught up. In part 1 you installed Silex and setup...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 01.25.2014
Recent releases from the Packagist:zoopcommerce/juggernaut (1.1.2) A caching module for PHP that includes adapters for File System, APC and Memcached. It also includes a number of helper classes for DB...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 01.26.2014
Recent releases from the Packagist:fuzzysteve/eve-blueprint-library (1.0.1, 1.0) blueprint details library eloquent/blox (3.0.1) A parser for block comment documentation. koriym/fusion-cache (0.1.0)...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 01.27.2014
Recent releases from the Packagist:doctrine/doctrine-bundle (v1.3.0-beta1) Symfony DoctrineBundle mikejestes/ornamental (0.1.0) A library to send templated transactional emails, and easily test....
View ArticleMatt Frost: Getting Talks Selected
If you're considering getting into the world of speaking at an upcoming PHP conference, Matt Frost has some advice for you to help you get started. It can be intimidating, so learn from some of his...
View ArticleErika Heidi: Vagrant Usage Research
If you've never heard of the powerful tool and you need automation around creating and configuring multiple virtual machines, you really should check it out. If you're curious as to how it's being...
View ArticleNetTuts.com: SOLID: Part 3 - Liskov Substitution & Interface Segregation...
On NetTuts.com today they've continued their series covering the SOLID development principles with the next letter in the acronym - "L". It stands for the Liskov Substitution & Interface...
View ArticleSitePoint PHP Blog: HHVM vs Zend Engine in PHP 6
In this recent post to the SitePoint PHP blog Bruno Skvorc compares two technologies that have influence how PHP performs - the HHVM (HipHop Virtual Machine) and the Zend Engine in PHP6 - and the...
View Articlephp[architect]: January 2014 Issue Released - How to Be a Better Developer
[php]architect has officially released their latest issue - the January edition with articles focusing on how to be a better developer (and a few other things). The first issue of 2014 is now...
View ArticleCommunity News: Latest PECL Releases for 01.28.2014
Latest PECL Releases: APCu 4.0.3 - Fix various compatibility problems - Fix a few lingering faults - Remove experimental eval serializer - Fix iterator for compatibility protocolbuffers 0.2.1 This is...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 01.28.2014
Recent releases from the Packagist:titon/db (0.10.0) The Titon database package provides a basic database abstraction layer and an object relational mapper. parm/parm (1.3.0) Active Record ORM with...
View ArticleLorna Mitchell: GitHub-Powered Changelog Scripts
In her latest post Lorna Mitchell has shared some scripts she uses to automate the creation of a changelog based on the GitHub issue comments and fixes. My current project does periodic releases, we...
View ArticleCal Evans: Let's be honest...
Cal Evans has posted a sort of "call to arms" for the developers out there, asking them to be more honest with software estimates and think realistically about the project and its complexities. As...
View ArticleMatthew Turland: How to be a Great Developer
In his latest post Matthew Turland has shared some of his thoughts about how to be a better developer, regardless of the language or skill level you may find yourself at. I've shamefully ripped off...
View ArticleNetTuts.com: Setting Up a Local Mirror for Composer Packages With Satis
Anyone who has worked with Composer for PHP package management knows that it's been one of the biggest changes in the PHP ecosystem in recent years. Unfortunately, it does have one major potential...
View ArticleCommunity News: Recent posts from PHP Quickfix
Recent posts from the PHP Quickfix site:PHP: rfc:removal_of_dead_sapis #rfc #draft #remove #dead #sapi Interview with Leanpub: A Year With Symfony | PHP & Symfony #leanpub #interview #book #symfony...
View ArticleCommunity News: Packagist Latest Releases for 01.29.2014
Recent releases from the Packagist:vihuvac/blueprint-bundle (1.0.0) Symfony SonataBluePrintBundle evolution7/grunt-usemin-bundle (0.3.1) The GruntUseminBundle provides a Twig extension for using files...
View ArticleAllan MacGregor: Design Patterns in PHP: Singletons
Allan MacGregor has posted his latest in his look at design patterns in PHP with this most recent post about the Singleton pattern. The singleton pattern is used to restrict the instantiation of a...
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