Essential Tools for PHP Architects

PHP has grown and become popular thanks to its low entry barrier and anyone with a simple LAMP stack can start developing an app in a few hours, but to quit away from the Hello World to a scalable and production-ready application, we need to choose the right tools.

Presented at PHP Conference Brazil 2017.

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1. Lucas Mendes | Software Architect | @devsdmf ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS
2. $ whoami
3. PHP ARCHITECT ?
4. A PHP ARCHITECT IS A PERSON THAT CARES ABOUT THE LANGUAGE REPUTATION. Mendes, Lucas ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS
5. 12 ESSENTIAL TOOLS
6. 1. PHP KNOW YOUR LANGUAGE
7. 2. SPL SCREW DRIVERS, HAMMER, PLIERS… ALL IN YOUR TOOLBOX
8. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 2. SPL - SCREW DRIVERS, HAMMER, PLIERS… ALL IN YOUR TOOLBOX ▸ Data Structures ▸ Iterators ▸ Interfaces ▸ Exceptions ▸ File Handling
9. 3. STANDARDS PHP-FIG MADE IT EASY
10. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 3. STANDARDS - PHP-FIG MADE IT EASY
11. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 3. STANDARDS - PHP-FIG MADE IT EASY
12. 4. FRAMEWORKS AND COMPONENTS A WHEEL IS ALWAYS ROUND
13. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 4. FRAMEWORKS AND COMPONENTS - A WHEEL IS ALWAYS ROUND
14. 5. DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT ORGANIZE EXTERNAL DEPENDENCIES
15. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 5. DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT - ORGANIZE EXTERNAL DEPENDENCIES
16. 6. TEST FRAMEWORKS CODE WITH CONFIDENCE
17. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 6. TEST FRAMEWORKS - CODE WITH CONFIDENCE
18. 7. DEBUGGER FINDING THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM
19. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 7. DEBUGGER - FINDING THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM ▸ DBG ▸ xDebug ▸ APD ▸ FirePHP
20. 8. PROFILER SPEED IS IMPORTANT
21. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 8. PROFILER - SPEED IS IMPORTANT ▸ Blackfire.io (SensioLabs) ▸ xDebug ▸ XHProf ▸ Z-Ray
22. 9. BUILD TOOL DO LESS MONKEY JOB
23. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 9. BUILD TOOLS - DO LESS MONKEY JOB ▸ GNU “stack”: autoconf, automake, make, libtool, m4… ▸ Phing ▸ Taskphp ▸ Any other generic build tool!
24. 10. DOCUMENTATION HELP OTHERS HELP YOURSELF
25. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 10. DOCUMENTATION - HELP OTHERS HELP YOURSELF ▸ phpDocumentor ▸ phpDox ▸ Sami ▸ ApiGen
26. 11. VERSION CONTROL CONTROL YOUR DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
27. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 11. VERSION CONTROL - CONTROL YOUR DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
28. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 11. VERSION CONTROL - CONTROL YOUR DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
29. 12. DEPLOYMENT DELIVERY VALUABLE STUFF TO YOUR CUSTOMERS
30. ESSENTIAL TOOLS FOR PHP ARCHITECTS 12. DEPLOYMENT - DELIVERY VALUABLE STUFF TO YOUR CUSTOMERS ▸ Docker ▸ Capistrano ▸ Ansible ▸ Chef ▸ So many others…
31. 13. API SPEC BONUS TOOL!
32. QUESTIONS ?
33. THANK YOU! Lucas Mendes
 Software Architect at Tienda Nube
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