Make for Web Developers The command line, it’s a powerful tool for us developers but it’s not the most user-friendly way to interact with a computer. It can be hard to remember steps in a multi-step process, hard to remember all the command line switches we need to have for our commands to run successfully, […]

As maintainers of open source projects, it’s important to try and bring people into our project so that we’re not the only ones maintaining the project. There are lots of ways to do this like creating blog posts about the project, contributing articles to magazines, or talking about the project at conferences. Another option is […]

John and Eric share more of the day-to-day behind-the-scenes work that goes on at php[architect].

As PHP developers, we need to know a lot of language features to make our code easy to write and maintain. Without explicitly being told about a part of the language, it’s hard to even know it exists, so today, we’re going to discuss the magic methods our classes have and how we should use […]

In this video, Scott discusses MergePHP with Logan Lindquist and the state of the in person PHP User Group. Links: MergePHP – https://www.mergephp.com/ HoneyBadger.io – https://HoneyBadger.io 00:00 Intro 01:14 What are AustinPHP and MergePHP? 04:31 How Often are Meetings? 06:31 Who Can Join The Meetups? 08:58 What Prevents Merge From Being In-person? 10:23 What Qualities […]

In this episode, Scott talks to Keith “Danger” Casey about being called “Danger”, his talks at php[tek] 2024, and the benefits of going to conferences.  Links: caseysoftware.com LinkedIn Learning – https://www.linkedin.com/learning/instructors/keith-casey Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this episode, Scott talks to Mark Niebergall about his talks at php[tek] 2024, preparing to do a 3-hour tutorial track talk, his work as a PHP-FIG Secretary, and the current opening as a PHP-FIG Secretary.  Links: PHP-FIG: www.php-fig.org Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this video, Scott talks to Nils Adermann about composer, Private Packagist, and Nil’s talk at php[tek] 2024.  Links: Private Packagist – https://packagist.com/ Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this video, Scott talks to James Seconde about what services Vonage provides developers and his talks at php[tek] 2024. Links: Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets

In this video, Scott talks to Tim Lytle about tips for new conference attendees and his talk on Docker at php[tek] 2024.  Links: Dev Friday Show – https://devfridayshow.com/ Tickets to php[tek] 2024 – http://tinyurl.com/tek-2024-tickets