PHP Architect Podcasts

Eric van Johnson and John Congdon talk to Ken Marks about his article in the July issue, Mentoring and Teaching PHP and his new book PHP Web Development with MySQL

Topics Covered

* How he got started writing and why he wrote a book.

* How he teaches students to build web applications with PHP and MySQL.

* Getting started in teaching PHP.

* Becoming part of his local web development community.

* Staying motivated as a student or intern.

Listen to Eric, John, and Oscar discuss the articles in the July 2021 issue, Deep Dive into Search.

Topics Covered

* Using Elasticsearch in an application.

* Archery (for some reason).

* Password complexity and entropy.

* Why you should use a password manager.

* Eric’s interview with Joe Watkins about Bus Factors.

* Teaching and mentoring new developers.

* Rocky Linux, a CentOS alternative.

* Soylent Green, Stakeholders, and Requirements.

* When to use the Decorator Pattern.

* Returning to a new normal.

Eric, John, and Oscar chat about the articles in the June 2021 issue, Debug, Rinse, Repeat.

Topics Covered

* Debugging

* Git Hooks and Automation

* Make files

* GitHub Actions

* Bug Bounties

* Docker Swarm

* Longhorn PHP and in-person conferences.

* Approaches for Securing APIs

* Contributing to Open-Source

Eric and John talk to Joseph Maxwell, from Swiftotter, about ecommerce, debugging, and his article in the June 2021 issue, Debug, Rinse, Repeat.

Topics Covered

* Debugging with purpose in web applications and under pressure.

* Coming from an ecommerce background.

* His podcast “Smash the Bug” and upcoming book “The Art of Ecommerce Debugging.”

* Understanding a bug or problem from the beginning with TAD.

* Why debugging is such a critical skill.

* What makes a developer “great.”

* Why you should be using Xdebug with PHP applications.

Eric, John, and Oscar try to review the May 2021 issue, Testing Assumptions.

Topics Covered

* Fall Conferences, like Longhorn PHP (CfP is currently open).

* Debugging long-running applications using RoadRunner, ReactPHP, or Swoole.

* Does using an IDE make you a bad developer?

* Feature tests w/Behat

* PHP Internals interview w/Sara Golemon

* Building an API with off-the-shelf components

* Thinking like a wizard and learning to spot patterns in the code.

* Sustainability of open-source projects like PHP core and documentation.

Get a look into the May 2021 issue, Testing Assumptions, with Editor-in-Chief Oscar Merida.

We welcome Joe Ferguson back to catch up with us about PHP, his column “The Workshop”, and more

Topics Covered

* Virtual conference experiences.

* Looking forward to in-person events.

* Laravel Homestead, which Joe maintains. Uses and tradeoffs versus Docker.

* Docker Performance on Mac

* Local Development Environments

* Goals for his Workshop, eventually looking at Docker Swarm and Kubernetes.

This month, we chat with Mark Kelnar about his article in the April 2021 issue, Busy Worker Bees

Topics Covered

* What he learned from beekeeping and using Agile techniques.

* Working at WPEngine with the LAMP stack.

* Working on headless/decoupled WordPress.

* Applying agile outside of software development projects.

* If/how agile has changed since its introduction.

* Getting involved in beekeeping.

Eric, John, and Oscar go through the articles in the April 2021 issue, Busy Worker Bees.

Topics Discussed

* The rogue Git Commit in PHP’s repo.

* Following PHP internals.

* Working with clients.

* Bref and serverless computing.

* Refactoring applications to use cloud services like S3 Object Stores.

* Yoda Conditionals and writing readable code.

* Preparing for when disaster strikes.