Stefan Priebsch: The Five Rules of PHP Craftsmanship

PHP gives developers a great deal of freedom to achieve their goals. In larger-scale projects, PHP also provides you with a lot of rope to hang yourself with, and short cycles of rapid development can quickly turn into years of maintenance nightmare. We will discuss five rules that every PHP developer and aspiring craftsman should know and stick to.

Sebastian Bergmann: PHP 7, PHPUnit 5, and Beyond

Every eight weeks a new version of PHPUnit that adds new functionality is released. These releases do not break backwards compatibility, making it easy for developers to update. The October 2015 release, PHPUnit 5.0, however, needs to break backwards compatibility to prepare PHPUnit for PHP 7. We will discuss how PHPUnit had to be adapted for PHP 7, how PHPUnit benefits from PHP 7, what additional changes PHPUnit 5 brings with it, and we'll close with a look ahead to PHPUnit 6.

About Stefan Priebsch

Stefan Priebsch, co-founder and principal consultant of thePHP.cc, helps teams to successfully develop sustainable software. He is a consultant, trainer, book author, university lecturer, and last but not least a proven scalability expert, being the father of five year old twins.

About Sebastian Bergmann

Sebastian Bergmann, co-founder and principal consultant of thePHP.cc, helps teams to successfully test their software. He is a consultant, trainer, book author, and develops Open Source tools such as PHPUnit to make PHP a reliable platform for large-scale, critical projects.