As developers, we each have a specific way that we like to format our code and we can have extremely strong feelings about our preferences. This is fine if we’re the sole developer working on a project but it can be a real problem when you’re working with a team of developers. In this situation, […]

As developers, we spend a lot of time testing the code that we’ve written. Generally, this is a manual process where we write a little code and then manually enter some inputs to verify we get what we expect. What if instead of doing the same manual testing over and over again, we used a […]

This month we’re straying slightly from our usual PHP tooling to cover Make and how we can leverage it to simplify our lives as developers. by Joe Ferguson

A programmer’s job is not just writing code. It’s also writing tests, reading code, talking to other programmers, communicating ideas, and understanding other people’s designs. On top of that, there are dozens of messages, bugs, and endless little things that need to be done. Create a branch, make changes, commit, add tests, commit, correct formatting, […]

By Joe Ferguson Continuous Integration (CI), or the ongoing process of integrating changes in a shared version control repository, should be a goal of every project you work on. This month, we’re going to dive into configuring GitHub Actions to build and test our PHP application. Then we’ll look at a larger scale API, which […]

Continuous Integration (CI), or the ongoing process of integrating changes in a shared version control repository, should be a goal of every project you work on. This month, we’re going to dive into configuring GitHub Actions to build and test our PHP application. Then we’ll look at a larger scale API, which also uses GitHub […]

As the development of PHP software has evolved, so has the tooling that can support it. Similarly, as projects have grown, so have the project teams working together. This growth in project teams has resulted in a need for more complex deployment processes and increased communication. Today’s top development teams are leveraging Continuous Integration robots […]

This issue contains articles on the history of women in computing, using Abstract Classes/Interfaces/Traits, scaling with RabbitMQ, and custom extensions using Zephir. Our columnists have articles on Security scanners, advice for your first conference, improving your processes, understanding your editing tools, and more.

Another issue is ready for download! Get your copy of the October 2016 issue of php[architect] magazine. This issue has articles on the history of women in computing, juggling arrays the functional way, advice for building your next API, and how to add features to a legacy application using the Strangler Pattern. Our columnists have […]