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.

Eric, John, and Oscar talk about the features and columns from the March 2021 issue, Lambda PHP

Topics Covered

* Working the Serverless computing and PHP, and the costs potentially involved.

* Practical applications of functional programming and misconceptions around it versus object-oriented programming (OOP).

* John and Eric’s attempts at the puzzle for the month about generating hashtags.

* Using Laravel Sail to manage Docker containers for development and production usage.

* Salts, Peppers, Hashes, and Passwords

* Preparing for when your job, industry, or world suddenly shift.

* Chatting with @mwop about Laminas, Zend Framework, and its future.

* APIs and the history of using them in web applications. Touching on REST, XML, JSON, and GraphQL.

* When to use shared hosting for budget-conscious clients.

PHP internals contributor Sara Golemon answers questions from a panel of php[architect] and PHP Ugly contributors about the recent git compromise that affected the PHP project and what they’re doing about it. You can also watch a video of the roundtable with Sara.

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From Rasmus Lerdorf:

It wasn't, but we caught it quickly and we have moved to https://t.co/zJeXPbbmEy requiring 2FA and signed commits. There are a lot of eyeballs on every PHP commit so it is really really hard to sneak something in like this.

— Rasmus Lerdorf (@rasmus) March 29, 2021

From Enrico Zimuel:

I just wrote an article about the recent #PHP Git server attack: https://t.co/m1YX2Uz7oA

— Enrico Zimuel (@ezimuel) March 30, 2021