Editorial Calendar Archive
2015
| Month | Topic |
| January | Be the Boss Freelancing and striking out on your own. |
| February | Other Shores Explore other languages and tools that can help you solve problems. |
| March | Database Migrations Learn how to safely version and update Database schemas. |
| April | Front-end polish First impressions matter, make sure your application shines. |
| May | Testing Central Testing is key to making your application and deployments robust. |
| June | APIs A good API for mobile applications and integration is key. Learn how to design one your users will love. |
| July | Mobile Frontier Mobile application and traffic shows no sign of slowing down, what does it take to build a quality mobile application? |
| August | Continuous Self-improvement A successful career means constantly learning and improving. How do you make that part of your professional development? |
| September | Application Security What should be in your arsenal to guard against malicious users? |
| October | State of PHP Let’s take a look at what the release of PHP7 has in store. |
| November | Microservices, Application Architecture How can you use microservices to make your application more robust and scalable? |
| December | Analytics You can’t improve what you can’t measure. How do you collect, present, and interpret metrics? |
2014
| Month | Topic |
| January | How to Be a Better Developer Improve yourself and improve your skills. |
| February | Databases Take a look into different ways to store your data. |
| March | The New PHP Each new version of PHP makes great new features available. Find out how to utilize them in your next project. |
| April | Under the Surface Where does PHP come from? How is the next version being built? Find out what happens behind the scenes with PHP. |
| May | Growing PHP PHP is more than a language, it’s an entire body of people. Find out what people are doing to expand our community. |
| June | Your Head in the Clouds The cloud became a buzzword and then a drinking game. Where is it now? Working hard to make sure your data is a breeze to manage and easily accessible. |
| July | Navigating the Business What you need to know to hire and be hired in this crazy world of PHP. |
| August | Beyond PHP PHP is a great tool, but a toolbox is pretty empty if there’s only one tool. Take a look at what else you can add to take things to the next level. |
| September | Purchasing Power Money drives the web. Find some new ways to collect it. |
| October | We Built This City on PHP Let’s take a look at some great products that are powered by PHP. |
| November | PHP Legal In this day and age, it’s important to know the legality of what you are doing. Here are a few things to be aware of. |
| December | At Your Fingertips The mobile world is cruel and demanding. Here are some things to help you navigate the pitfuls and challenges of this demanding platform. |
2013
| Month | Topic |
| January | Testing and Coding Standards Keep your code clean and running smoothly. |
| February | Community Edition Our community is one of our biggest assets, here’s a look at what’s going on. |
| March | API Edition These three letters are everywhere, but what do they mean to us? |
| April | Security A fresh look at an old nemisis. |
| May | MicroFrameworks and You What qualifies and what are your options? |
| June | PHP Inside Lots of big apps are running on PHP. |
| July | Frontend Development Learn to be responsive and keep your users happy. |
| August | Dependency Management Learn to keep your dependencies under control. |
| September | eCommerce From full applications to just carts to APIs, there’s something to fit every need. |
| October | Scalability You’re an overnight success, can you handle it? |
| November | Migration You can only stay in one place for so long, how do you take next step? |
| December | Now for Something Completely Different A look into the lesser known side of PHP. |
2012
| Month | Topic |
| January | Community Outreach Networking is important, so learn how to get started and what is happening in the community around you. |
| February | Making an Impact Meet the 2011 Impact Award Winners. |
| March | IDE Showdown See how an IDE can help you streamline your development. |
| April | Frameworks Forever Frameworks have come a long way. Learn about neat things you can accomplish and all of the new features in your favorite framework. |
| May | Accessibility & Usability How UX and QA should influence your development and design. |
| June | Data collection, Privacy & Security Everyone talks about security, but how do you actually implement it? What security measures should be implemented in day-to-day coding projects? Find out practical ways to improve security in everything you do. |
| July | PHP’s Best Friends We already know PHP is awesome, but what other tools help PHP save the day? |
| August | That’s the Theory Learn more about the theories surrounding PHP, like design patterns, development plans, testing strategies and more. |
| September | Major League We’ve all heard about the PHP giants – like WordPress, Drupal, and Joomla – but what can they do for you? |
| October | Enterprise Applications Performance, scaling and storage to help you run with the big boys. |
| November | Database Dilemmas Problem solving day-to-day issues with databases. |
| December | We are PHP PHP is everywhere. Read case studies about PHP in non-profits and other unexpected places. |
2011
| Month | Topic |
| January | Standards |
| February | The Cloud |
| March | PHP Conferences |
| April | Quality Assurance |
| May | CMS Battle Royale |
| June | Performance |
| July | The Front End |
| August | Big Apps |
| September | PHP and Windows |
| October | PHP is Fun! |
| November | Online shopping |
| December | Advancements in the PHP Core |
2010
| Month | Topic |
| January | Online Documents |
| February | CMS’s |
| March | Mobile Apps |
| April | PHP in the Real World |
| May | Security |
| June | Dynamic Sites |
| July | How PHP Works |
| August | Enterprise Case Studies |
| September | Databases |
| October | Open Source Projects |
| November | Making Applications Scalable |
| December | Frameworks Revealed |
