Eric and John get a chance to sit down and interview Juciellen Cabrera, on her article Refactoring—Does This Code Spark Joy? in the March 2021 issue.

Topics Covered

* The joy of revisiting legacy code.

* How she started as a programmer via an internship.

* Moving from Brazil to Ireland via a local conference opportunity.

* Her involvement with php[women] in Brazil.

* Working with back-end APIs.

* The direction of PHP as a programming language.

Oscar Merida, the Editor-in-Chief, looks at the March 2021 issue, Lambda PHP.

Listen as the podcast crew got together to go through the February 2021 issue, Dealing with Data.

Topics Covered

* Mezzio framework from Laminas (formerly Zend Framework)

* Functional programming and where to use it in PHP applications.

* Using CQRS and Event Sourcing to manage input and output data flows.

* How to approach the February PHP Puzzle

* Diving in to just use Docker.

* Considering the security of external packages and libraries.

* Using poker hand rules as an example for defining business requirements.

* Drupal 9 and the conclusion of Eric’s interview with Angie Byron.

* Using PHP’s Stream functions to transform incoming request data.

* Finding Big Data to work with on a project.

Join us for an interview with Michael Akopov, another returning guest to the podcast.

Topics Covered

* Working with Laravel, Vapor, Forge, and Livewire.

* His new book, Beyond Laravel which offers an overview of the ecosystem around the framework.

* His six rules to keep in mind when building a business, product, or service.

* Using the community and services around Laravel for your next project or product idea.

* Remote working when everyone else to all remote.

* Ruby versus PHP for web applications.

Listen to Eric, John, and Oscar discuss the articles in the January 2021 issue, Newfangled Views.

Topics Covered

* Front-end coding with Vue and React.

* Responsibilities when you’re a development lead

* Security of third-party resources

* Learning new skills and avoiding burnout.

* Mimicking AWS S3 with Minio

 

Eric and John talk to long-time contributor Chris Tankersley about contributing to the magazine and more.

Topics Covered

* Getting started in programming and web development with PHP.

* Docker and using it across operating systems.

* Developing with PHP and the ecosystem around it.

* What kind of things he tries to cover in Education Station for self-taught programmers.

* Streaming when he codes and what editor he likes to use nowadays.

Our crew interviews recent contributor Vinícius Campitelli about his articles and involvement with PHP.

Topics Covered

* Applying SOLID principles and object calisthenics in practice.

* Getting into programming by scripting IRC chat bots.

* Working with PHP professionally.

* Transitioning into teaching programming.

* PHP User Groups in Brazil and speaking at conferences and meetups.

* Looking forward to the new features of PHP 8.

Listen to Eric, John, and Oscar discuss the articles in the December 2020 issue, PHP 8 Bits and Git

Topics Covered

* OSMI 2020 Mental Health in Tech Survey.

* Features in PHP 8 we’re looking forward to using, like constructor property promotion and named arguments.

* Being more productive with Git, aliases, and hooks.

* Using the circuit breaker pattern.

* Andreas Heigl and PHP documentation project.

* and more (as usual)

 

Oscar Merida, the Editor-in-Chief, looks at the December 2020 issue, PHP 8 Bits and Git

Beth Tucker Long chats with Eric Van Johnson and John Congdon about taking over the finally{} column and more.

Topics Covered

* How she got involved with PHP, going to conferences, and php[architect].

* Her career as a trainer, editor, dev evangelist, and consultant.

* Attending and speaking at conferences when you have a young family.

* Why she had to learn PHP in one day.