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.