PHP Architect Podcasts

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PHP Architect Podcasts episodes

August 31, 2020 Document databases, MySQL, JSON-Schema validation, and PHP types
In this Episode
Eric, John, and Oscar discuss the August 2020 issue, Data Discipline.
Topics Covered

* Using SQL with non-relational databases.
* Data integrity with UUIDs and primary keys.
* Connecting and working to databases directly.
* Rolling dice with PHP
* Thinking about data types.
* Using Windows or Linux as your daily driver.

45 min
August 18, 2020 Interview with Dave Stokes on JSON-Schema, and MySQL
In this Episode
Dave Stokes joins Eric Van Johnson and John Congdon to talk about MySQL and databases.

* The correct pronunciation(s) of MySQL.
* The impact of open-source software on their careers.
* Upcoming EOL support for MySQL 5.x and upgrading to MySQL 8.
* Working with JSON documents and the value of validating data early.
* When and where to normalize data.
* MySQL clients and password encryption.

34 min
August 12, 2020 Editor Bytes – Data Discipline
Editor-in-chief Oscar Merida looks into the August 2020 issue, Data Discipline.
5 min
July 30, 2020 Test Driven Development, Event-Driven Design, and Concise Code
In this Episode
Eric, John, and Oscar chat and review the July 2020 issue, Warp Driven Development
Topics Covered

* Getting started with Test-Driven development and testing legacy code.
* Bears near Oscar’s house.
* What is Event-Driven Design?
* Making your presentations better – wether they’re conference talks or office meetings.
* Solutions for last month’s loot-drop problem.
* Should you ever remove curly brackets?
* Using tokens to work with sensitive information.
* Twig and front end templating in PHP.

58 min
July 24, 2020 Interview with Edward Barnard
In this Episode
Edward Barnard returns to talk with Eric van Johnson and John Congdon about writing columns for the magazine and more.

* How he got started programming with CRAY supercomputers and then web development first with PERL and then PHP.
* Rescuing his first article submission from the spam bin.
* The inspiration and focus for his latest column, Sustainable PHP.
* Who’s going to agile conferences.
* His first book, The Fizz Buzz Fix, about how to think like a computer and pass coding interviews.
* Experiences adding tests to legacy applications.

50 min
June 30, 2020 Asynchronous PHP, Frameworks, and Conferences
In this Episode
Eric, John and Oscar sit down to go over the June 2020 issue, “Advanced Design & Development”
Topics Covered

* Applications for Asynchronous PHP
* The Browser APIs no one told you about
* PHP callables and functional programming
* Frameworks – Slim and CodieIgniter.
* Agile development and sustainable ways to build applications
* The future of conferences

48 min
June 23, 2020 Interview with Eric Mann, Security Corner contributor
In this Episode
Eric van Johnson and John Congdon talk to Security Corner contributor Eric Mann about keeping your website secure.

* How a breach sparked his interest in security.
* The value of tokens and nonces.
* What area of security needs more attention.
* How to use end-to-end encryption for communication.
* Using Linux as your daily driver i.e Operating System.
* What frameworks he prefers to work with.
* WordPress security.
* PHP’s core security.
* Tips for working securely at home.

40 min
May 28, 2020 Machine Learning with Liam Wiltshire
In this interview, Eric and John talk to Liam Wiltshire about his Machine Learning articles (Part two here) in the April and May 2020 issues of the magazine.
Topics Covered

* How he transitioned from music into building web sites.
* Speaking at PHP conferences.
* Using machine learning with PHP and why he wrote this series.
* Assessing the quality of your input data.
* Ethical considerations when using machine learning.
* Laravel and Liam’s contributions to the PHP community

42 min
May 21, 2020 Headless Drupal, Replay Tokens, PHP 8, History and Computing, and more
We’re switching our episode format this month. We’re splitting into two episodes: one a discussion of the developer topics from the latest issue and a separate episode will feature an interview with a contributor. In this episode, we talk about the articles in the May 2020 Issue, Unsupervised Learning.
Topics

* Headless Drupal and distributed content stores.
* Pros and cons of passwordless authentication and password security.
* Securing your API against replay attacks with nonces.
* HTTP Responses and status codes
* Computing history, thinking like an experienced dev, and how the government might regulate today’s tech giants.
* A correction about York PHP user group organizers.
* Looking forward to PHP 8.

40 min
April 21, 2020 Machine Learning, OpenAPI, and the Business of PHP
This month, we chat with Sherri Wheeler about the Business of PHP and other topics from the April 2020 magazine.
Topics

* Getting started using machine learning with PHP.
* API design and how the OpenAPI can automate and improve your architecture.
* Writing command line scripts with Symfony’s Console components.
* PHP communities that don’t realize it and the business case for PHP 7
* What makes up a web request

57 min