The Diabolical Developer
Uncover the truth behind industry practices and rediscover your passion for development with Martijn Verburg's humorous and insightful keynote on breaking free from conventional wisdom.
PHP Extensions
Intense introduction to writing custom PHP extensions, bridging PHP with C/C++ libraries. Covers core concepts and may include HipHop extensions if time allows.
API Design - It's Not Rocket Surgery
Comprehensive guide to API design beyond REST, covering resource-centric URLs, HTTP verbs, metadata handling, and documentation for a flexible, user-friendly interface.
Security Audits as an Integral Part of PHP App Development
Learn to integrate security audits into PHP application development, uncovering vulnerabilities and enhancing overall software security through expert insights and practical implementation strategies.
Building and Deploying Apps with Phing
Discover how Phing streamlines application building and deployment. Learn to use XML build files, tasks, and extension points for efficient file transformation, database migration, and more.
HTML5 and CSS3 Today
Explore HTML5 and CSS3's potential for simplified web development, addressing browser compatibility and evolving standards through practical demos and real-world implementation strategies.
Imposter Syndrome and Individual Competence
Explore Impostor Syndrome and Dunning-Kruger effect in software development, their impact on skill estimation, and strategies for coping with these cognitive biases.
All the Cool Kids
Explore modern PHP development topics like DDD, BDD, TDD, hexagonal architecture, CQRS, event sourcing, and microservices. Learn how these concepts interrelate and can improve your software projects.
Step into Debugging
Learn step debugging in PHP with Xdebug and PhpStorm, moving beyond var_dump to efficiently identify and solve problems in your code.
My Debugging and Performance Toolbox
Explore essential debugging and performance tools for PHP development, including Charles Proxy, XDebug, Xhprof, and JMeter. Learn integration techniques with Behat and PHPUnit for efficient problem-solving and performance analysis.
Continuously Delivering PHP Projects
Explore a real-life Continuous Delivery pipeline for PHP and Symfony2 projects, featuring tools like Phing, GitHub, Jenkins, and Ansible. Learn from challenges and lessons in implementing CD.
What's New in PHP
Explore recent PHP updates, including new features, performance improvements, and upgrade strategies for existing projects. Practical examples and hosting advice included.
Maximising Performance With Zend Framework
Optimize Zend Framework 2 performance through benchmarking, profiling, config caching, custom modules, and coding best practices. Learn to squeeze extra cycles from your PHP applications.
Unbreakable Domain Models
Explore advanced Domain-Driven Design patterns to create robust, expressive PHP models. Learn to implement Value Objects, Entities, Repositories, and Specifications for improved code organization and business logic representation.
Creating PHP Extensions Easily with C++
Learn to create PHP extensions using C++ with the PHP-CPP library. Simplify development, interact with PHP, and explore installation, compilation, and functionality implementation.
Git Legit
Learn to optimize Git workflow with atomic commits, interactive rebasing, and advanced techniques for cleaner history and easier conflict resolution.
Effective Code Review
Learn strategies for effective code review, including best practices, what to cover, writing reviewable code, and providing constructive feedback. Improve code quality and team skills.
Your Software is Mission Critical
Explore critical software development practices to enhance reliability and minimize real-world consequences. Learn from mission-critical systems to improve everyday projects and potentially save lives.
Never Stop Learning - How Curiosity and Cross-Pollination Drives Innovation
Explore how cross-pollination of ideas from different fields drives innovation in software development, inspiring new solutions to complex problems and fostering continuous learning.
Containerization for Software Developers
Learn to create, share, and deploy container-friendly applications, streamlining development and production processes while ensuring consistent environments across all stages.
Testing Hack with Hammock
Explore Hammock, an open-source mocking library for Hacklang, offering versatile interfaces for mocking methods and functions without altering behavior, enhancing code testing capabilities.