Phing - An Introduction (phpDublin June 2015)

Slides for a 30 minute talk by @kenguest on phing - the multi-platform, ant based, PHP build tool. Given at @phpDublin's June 2015 meeting.

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1. @phpdublin
   Who am I?
   Ken Guest
   https://about.me/kenguest
   Twitter @kenguest
   Web Developer at the Irish Times
   PEAR guy
   Services_OpenStreetMap
   15 years of developing projects in PHP.
   

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2. And what is Phing?
   PHing Is Not Gnu make
   https://www.phing.info/
   A cross platform build tool written in PHP.
   Automation.
   Gear yourself for efficiency.
   DRY v WET.
   @phpdublin
   

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3. And what can Phing do?
   Lint your code (php, javascript, xml)
   Run unit tests: phpunit, simpletest, behat
   Codesniffer
   Copy and Mess detectors
   Optimise images
   Minify javascript/css
   Transfer files (rsync, ftp, scp)
   Database migrations (dbdeploy, pdosqlexec)
   Modify ini files natively
   Git, SVN tasks
   Etc
   And it's in PHP?
   Yes. You can create custom tasks.
   @phpdublin
   

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4. What projects use it?
   joind.in
   OpenDAM (Digital Asset Management - https://github.com/martin-wikipixel/openDAM)
   Semantic Scuttle (social bookmarking)
   And many others
   https://github.com/reload/phing-drupal-template
   How to use it?
   From phpStorm, TextMate or NetBeans 8.1
   From command line
   From Continuous Integration: Jenkins, Travis etc
   @phpdublin
   

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5. @phpdublin
   

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6. @phpdublin
   

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7. @phpdublin
   

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8. Obligatory Hello World example:
   
   
   
   Hello
   
   
   
   @phpdublin
   

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9. @phpdublin
   Example with Dependencies:
   
   
   
   
   Banner
   
   
   Hello
   
   
   
   $ phing banner
   $ phing hello
   $ phing
   

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10. @phpdublin
    Native Tasks
    
    
    
    Hello..?
    Hello
    
    
    
    

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11. @phpdublin
    Something more meaty:
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

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12. @phpdublin
    Native Tasks v 'Exec'
    
    Compared to
    
    Tonnes others:
    
    
    
    
    
    https://www.phing.info/docs/guide/trunk/
    

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13. @phpdublin
    Adhoc Tasks
    class CreateusersTask extends Task {
    private $filename;
    function setFile($filename) {
    $this->filename = $filename;
    }
    function main() {
    $this->log("Createusers: " . $this->filename);
    $serialised = file_get_contents($this->filename);
    $users = unserialize($serialised);
    foreach($users as $userRow) {
    // Do something useful...
    $this->log(implode($output));
    }
    }
    }
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14. @phpdublin
    Custom Tasks
    Different to AdHoc in that they reside outside of XML file.
    
    
    tasks/inifile/IniFileSet.php
    tasks/inifile/IniFileTask.php
    tasks/inifile/IniFileConfig.php
    tasks/inifile/IniFileRemove.php
    tasks/NotifySendTask.php
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

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15. @phpdublin
    Questions?
    https://joind.in/14690
    

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