May
11,
2017
Essential Complexity is Essential
The two greatest foes of every software developer are a) uncertainty and b) complexity. Over the years, we have invented many tools and methods to fight them. But eventually, we realized that uncertainty cannot be defeated and instead we learned to embrace it with ever shorter feedback cycles, "agile" methods, continuous integration, devops and Test-Driven Development.
Understanding Dependency Injection
The term dependency injection refers to a technique whereby the dependencies of one object are supplied – or injected – by another object. Instead of letting the client (the object that needs those dependencies) build or find the dependencies, the dependencies would be passed to the object. That’s the whole meaning of dependency injection – actually, a pretty simple concept. But let's have a deeper look.
Apr
4,
2017
Applying a microservice architecture to development teams
For larger teams, breaking down your application into loosely coupled components can be a real game changer. This is how it's done.
Mar
2,
2017
PHPUnit 6, Failed Tests and lots of answers
When Sebastian Bergmann recently released PHPUnit 6 it was „as if millions of tests suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced“. What had happened?
Feb
16,
2017
Software Quality Is No One-Time Effort
While it is very interesting to learn about new software designs and architecture patterns we tend to forget that our software must be adaptable over time and this might even be more important than choosing the "right" patterns at the very beginning. Requirements for software always changed and will always change.
Jan
17,
2017
The Container Revolution: It’s not about the box, it’s about the standard.
The PHP community has come a long way: from the early days of a templating engine for “dynamic websites”, through the adventurous years of a hacky scripting language until now. In the past ten years, we started discussing design patterns and good architecture and in general created more robust, versatile and complex applications. And with the complexity came a row of new tools and techniques, which were necessary to harness all the parts which make a sophisticated PHP application. But have we also become more professional on the infrastructural side?
Dec
15,
2016
The significance of PHP – Is it still relevant?
Most of us might remember the days when we thought the web would not have a bright future. Designers with backgrounds in print media were trying to fix the web with layout tables, JavaScript was pure evil, and PHP was a technology which teared deep security holes into a web server. But the Times, They are a-Changing.
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May
4,
2016
Book your IPC ticket with Bitcoins get a 20% discount!
You can now use Bitcoin to reserve a ticket for the webinale and the International PHP conference. „We are finally digital!“ proudly announces WebMagazin's editorial team, which is also in charge of the alignment of these two conferences. That's why we are making this huge digital step and offering a Bitcoin payment option.