This episode looks at the September 2020 issue, Under the Scope.

Topics covered

* Using middleware, especially in legacy applications.

* Use cases for serializing PHP objects.

* Cleaning up directions and cleaning up data sets.

* Development tools you should have, like Mailhog and ngrok.

* Development environments with WSL and Docker.

* Using Mozilla Observatory to assess site security.

* Decoupling and design patterns for sustainable PHP.

* PHP’s release maintainers.

* Digging into how autoloading works and improves the developer experience.

* Formation of the PHP-FIG at php[tek] in 2009.