Stefan Mischook's Blog: What makes a professional programmer?
In this new post to his KillerPHP blog Stefan Mischook takes a quick look at professional programming and what separates professional programmers out from the rest. I recently got an email question...
View ArticleBlue Parabola Blog: What's a Senior Developer?
On the Blue Parabola blog today Keith Casey looks at a term that's become more and more ambiguous in the software development world and means so many things to so many people. He thought he'd set the...
View ArticleMatthew Turland's Blog: Models in Zend Framework
In a new post to his blog Matthew Turland takes a look at one of the concepts it's more difficult for those new to the Zend Framework to wrap their heads around - models. A question that frequently...
View ArticleKevin Schroeder' Blog: Getting good PHP programmers
Kevin Schroeder has posted some of his thoughts how how you, the one looking for good PHP developers, can really get the best talent out there you can find based on his experiences in interviewing...
View ArticlePaul Jones' Blog: Different Definitions of Quality
Paul Jones has a new post today looking at the disconnect in the term "quality" that there seems to be between the ones developing the code and the ones paying for the end result. Recently, I was...
View ArticlePHPMaster.com: Creating Web Services with PHP and SOAP, Part 2
On PHPMaster.com today they've posted the second part of their series looking at creating a SOAP web service with NuSOAP. (Part one is here) In this article we'll talk about what WSDL files are and...
View ArticleNikita Popov's Blog: Understanding PHP's internal function definitions (Part 2)
Following this recent post from Anthony Ferraara about the source code of the PHP language itself, Nikita Popov is working with him and has produced the second part of the series, a look at finding...
View ArticleQaFoo Blog: Abstract Classes vs. Interfaces
On the QaFoo.com blog Kore Nordmann shares some insight about the difference between abstract classes and interfaces and how they can be used effectively/correctly. Features of object oriented...
View ArticleNetTuts.com: Deciphering Testing Jargon
There's been a lot of talk recently about unit testing (and testing in general) in the PHP community and some of the terms that are thrown around might be confusing for someone coming into it fresh....
View ArticleAnna Filina: Define: Functional, Unit and Integration Tests
Anna Filina has a new post to her site that helps to clarify the definitions between functional, unit and integrations tests of your application's functionality. I have recently read a blog post...
View ArticleCommunity News: PHP-FIG Voting on PSR-4 Opened
The PHP-FIG has officially started the voting process for the PSR-4 autoloading standard that would provide an interface to make autoloading a bit more standardized across applications. The purpose is...
View ArticleReddit.com: What exactly is 'model' in MVC?
If you're relatively new to the world of the MVC (Model-View-Controller) design pattern and its use, you may be trying to figure out exactly what each piece is. One of the more difficult relationships...
View ArticlePaul Jones: What's The Difference Between Tightly-, Loosely-, and De-Coupled ?
In his latest post Paul Jones recounts a Twitter-based discussion that happened between Taylor Otwell (@taylorotwell) and others on Twitter about the different types of coupling in libraries or...
View ArticleMathias Verraes: Economy of Tests
Expanding on the previous post about how much testing may be too much, they're back with another post in the series, this time focusing on the "economy of tests". This time Mathias is joined by...
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