Welcome to Episode 22! This week, Joseph and Jesse discuss the exciting upcoming changes to Magento and PHP, what these changes might mean for developers, and the unique challenges they've both been facing in their every day work. What have YOU been working on lately?? Leave a comment and let us know. You might even be our next guest on Smash the Bug!
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MINI SHOW NOTES (full notes coming soon to SwiftOtter.com)
Magento 2.4.3 releases on 8/10/21!
PHP 8 and the "null safe operator".
Every single character that we write in code is technical debt. The takeaway isn’t to avoid writing code, but to write tighter code that will require the least amount of maintenance in years to come.
Jesse explains his recent challenge that got him all tied up in a knot.
Joseph explains his ongoing battle with integration testing and the tedious challenges he's been facing.
Joseph hits hard on the importance of note taking and leveraging the space "outside of your mind".
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