Aug
19,
2019
Managing development tools elegantly
Many developers store the required .phar files of the respective tools directly in the document root of the repository to escape the dependency hell [1]. That is the place you inevitably end up in if you pack the tools in the require-dev area of composer.json instead. There is however a...
Aug
7,
2019
On the way to Symfony 5
<div style="text-align: justify">The new minor version of Symfony was released at the end of May, heralding the launch of Symfony 5. In addition to big new features such as the Mailer and HTTP Client component, existing components have also been extended and improved and additional deprecations introduced; these deprecated functions...
Jul
3,
2019
PHP 5.x and PHP 7.x Security in Focus!
Since the end of 2018, PHP 5.x is no longer being supported. This means in particular that any vulnerability discovered since the beginning of January 2019 is and will remain a zero-day vulnerability - meaning there will be no patch for it. But what can we say about the security...
Jun
20,
2019
Keynotes of IPC 2019 in Berlin
This year's keynotes have been as diverse as the world of Web Development itself. From HTML Treasure Hunt to PHP goes Hack migration to Social Enterprise—there is a video for everyone!
May
15,
2019
PHP functional: Elegantly get to your destination!
Functional programming is trending now. Many programming languages now provide good support for developing code functionally. PHP also contains mechanisms for functional programming. Unfortunately, other paradigms, such as good legibility or good understanding of the code, often get lost along the way; but it doesn’t have to be that way!
Apr
29,
2019
Exclusive interview with Taylor Lovett
Due to the upcoming IPC, we talked to Taylor Lovett, Vice President of Engineering at 10up, one of the largest WordPress-centric agencies in the world. Taylor Lovett will attend the IPC's Sessions „<a href="https://phpconference.com/devops-deployment/effective-continuous-integration-for-enterprise-wordpress-applications/">Effective Continuous Integration for Enterprise WordPress Applications</a>“ and „<a href="https://phpconference.com/php-development/wordpress-best-practices-for-enterprise/">WordPress Best Practices for Enterprise</a>“.
Apr
3,
2019
Symfony’s new messenger component
One of the big, new features of Symfony 4 is the messenger component, which was introduced in the last release. Similar to the EventDispatcher, it is sending messages but it can also send and receive messages across the boundaries of the application. Thus, it is offering the potential to introduce...
Mar
13,
2019
Nest.js for Node.js applications
By now, Node.js isn’t a small-time-player anymore when it comes to the backend technology. However, the acceptance and distribution of the platform has only increased in recent years, so that more and more developers have to approach this technology. Node.js’ lightweight character is its biggest advantage, but also a disadvantage....
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Mar
6,
2019
Convince Your Boss to send you to a wonderful Conference Experience
<div style="text-align: justify">You're longing for new ideas, connecting with like-minded devs and widen your horizon? Then IPC is the place to be. We help you out convincing your boss to send you to the International PHP Conference with these easy steps.
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Feb
26,
2019
Agile misunderstandings – The new agile manager
Self-organisation does not come to be by itself alone. It requires goals, competencies, methods and patterns of cooperation. Every agile coach knows of this and many made the experience that one cannot take all these things for granted, but that they must provide the environment for it.