Nov
18,
2020
Why GraphQL?
For the past 4 years, GraphQL has offered developers a compelling new way to think about your API. What does it change for us, PHP developers? In this article, we will see very quickly what makes GraphQL a special protocol. Then, we will have a quick look at the GraphQL...
May
7,
2020
React Best Practices
There are a lot of comparisons between the big three frontend JavaScript frameworks Angular, Vue and React. But there is no winner. Each framework has its advantages and disadvantages and in the end it’s a question of personal preference which framework or library you choose for your application. Every solution...
Nov
5,
2019
Why you shouldn’t care about Security
In this talk and demo, Ben will show how implementing an identity provider and using OAuth and OpenID Connect can allow you to ramp up your prototypes and MVPs with more ease and to concentrate on the core purpose of the APIs , rather than the layers of security that...
Sep
11,
2019
PHP: stronger than you think!
<div style="text-align: justify">The hullabaloo against WordPress Gutenberg editor blocks being made of JavaScript and not PHP made everyone think “Is the reign of PHP over?” Well, No! At Least that is what the statistics say. <a href="https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/pl-php/all/all">W3Techs</a> ran a report that suggests “PHP is used by 79% of all the...
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....