Last Month in PHP, August 2012

@dan_holmes did his best to fill in for @johnkary this month. PHP Features, framework releases, free skill building opportunities, and more. This month, in Last Month in PHP.

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1. Last Month in PHP
   August 18, 2012
   Kansas City PHP User Group
   Slides: http://kcpug.org Dan Holmes
   @dan_holmes
   

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2. Releases
   

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3. New PHP Versions
   ● PHP 5.4.5
   ● PHP 5.3.6
   Bug fixes
   segfault fixes
   readline compile fix (5.4)
   Changelog available at: http://www.php.net/ChangeLog-5.php
   

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4. PHP's Finally was approved (5.5?)
   "finally" support being
   added to try / catch block
   https://wiki.php.net/rfc/finally
   You can get more of an idea about Finally here:
   http://sheriframadan.com/2012/08/finally-keyword-in-php/
   

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5. Frameworks
   

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6. Symfony 2.1 RC1
   ● Focus on
   Composer
   ● Form & form speed
   ● Validator
   Almost a year to the date of
   the release of 2.0
   Bug fixes from here to
   release so grab and
   test!
   Upgrade paths documented at: https://github.com/symfony/symfony-
   standard/blob/master/UPGRADE.md
   

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7. Zend Framework 2.0.0rc 2 AND 3
   ● Zend\Http
   ● Zend\EventManager\
   SharedEventManager
   ● Zend\Form\Annotation:
   Form annotation builder
   ● Zend\Mvc\Controller
   ● Zend\Feed
   ● PSR-2 compatible
   Team plans weekly RC's
   starting with RC1
   Rob Allen is keeping
   his tutorial up to date
   if you want to get in
   and play!
   http://akrabat.com/
   zend-framework-2-tutorial/
   ZF 2 documentation project is looking for volunteers!
   http://devzone.zend.com/2463/zf2-documentation-we-want-you/
   

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8. FuelPHP 2.0 Alpha/Beta
   ● Kernel - 2.0.0-beta1
   ● Core - 2.0.0-alpha1
   ● Oil - 2.0.0-alpha1
   ● DiC - 1.0.0-beta1
   ● Validation - 1.0.0-beta
   Since going to composer,
   FuelPHP is versioned at the
   component level.
   This is so modules like
   validation can be used
   anywhere!
   No official docs yet.
   ● Readme
   ● Wiki
   

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9. Skill Building
   

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10. Chris Hartjes: 5 Minute TDD
    This is the part where we shame
    Lisa into reading that book she won
    

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11. Chris Hartjes: 5 Minute TDD
    

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12. Chris Hartjes: 5 Minute TDD
    Watch and listen to a TDD master as he starts
    from nothing to tested object in 5 minutes.
    Learn more about
    TDD from Chris!
    http://www.grumpy-testing.com/
    

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13. Free Webinar of the month!
    Free Getting Started with ZF2 Webinar!
    http://www.zend.com/en/company/news
    /event/1112_webinar-getting-started-with-zf2
    Matthew Weier O'Phinney
    August 29, 2012 at 11:00am CST
    

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14. Lorna Jane: Skills Allied to PHP
    Lorna Jane Mitchell will be speaking at PHPNW
    on some of the other skills we devs need
    ● Source Control
    ● Static Analysis (phpDocumentor, phpMD,
    etc)
    ● Performance Profiling
    ● Deployment
    ● Sysadmin skills
    If you are in the UK this October, go see her talk.
    Otherwise, use this as a roadmap to go do some of your own learning!
    

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15. Notable Links
    

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16. MWOP on Micro-frameworks
    Matthew Weier O'Phinney (ZF/ZF2 fame) shares his thoughts on
    microframeworks buy building one in an afternoon with ZF2
    ● What defines them
    ● What they are good for
    ● Where the idea came from
    ● How to build one from "scratch"
    It's at least a thought-provoking read
    http://mwop.net/blog/2012-08-17-on-microframeworks.html
    

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17. Still noteworthy
    http://phpmentoring.org
    http://www.phptherightway.com/
    

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18. Updates?
    Questions?
    Comments?
    @dan_holmes
    Thank you!
    And yes, John will be back next month! Woot!
    

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