Building Facebook Apps in the Cloud with PHP

Creating an effective development workflow for building Facebook Apps in the Cloud with PHP. Part one of a two part talk with Colm Doyle from Facebook.

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1. Engine Yard - Confidential Build Facebook Apps in the Cloud with PHP Kevin Holler / kholler@engineyard.com / @iamkevinholler
2. • Kevin Holler •  PANDA •  Dublin, Ireland •  @iamkevinholler Who 2
3. •  Windows: WAMP –  http://www.wampserver.com/en/ •  Mac OS X: MAMP –  http://www.mamp.info/en/index.html •  Linux: LAMP –  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP •  Multi OS: XAMPP –  http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html •  Roll your own! Setting up your Local Stack 3
4. 1.  Create project folder called 0.1, edit files, save changes. 2.  Upload to server via FTP 3.  Duplicate the folder to work on a new feature and rename new folder to 0.2 4.  Open editor and start working on new changes, edit files, save. 5.  You forgot to open the new project in your editor and overwrote your new changes to 0.1. @#$%! Traditional Workflow Example 4
5. Traditional Workflow Conclusion 5
6. Version Control to the Rescue! 6
7. Introducing Version Control 7 •  Record changes to a file or set of files that can be recalled at a later stage •  Revert files or projects back to a previous state •  Easily recover lost files •  Identify where a problem or bug was first introduced
8. Local Version Control 8
9. •  Each checkout of the repository acts as a remote backup of the code-base and change history •  All the data you need is now local •  Faster •  You can work offline •  There is no single point of failure! Distributed Version Control 9
10. Distributed Version Control 10
11. •  Git is a distributed version control system •  Free and Open Source •  Handle projects of all sizes •  Allows you to create multiple workflows depending on your project •  Staging area •  Installing git: –  http://git-scm.herokuapp.com/book/en/Getting-Started- Installing-Git Git 11
12. •  git init –  Initialise your empty .git repository •  git add . –  Add all the contents in the directory •  git commit –m “first commit” –  Add all the file changes into your first commit Create a Git Repository 12
13. •  Managing software releases •  Continuous cycle of development, testing and release •  Push features out faster •  Better QA before release •  Important for bigger teams Release Management 13
14. •  Development Environment –  Local development –  Testing and bug fixes •  Staging Environment –  Real world testing of stable codebase before final release •  Production Environment –  Live production application Development, Staging & Production 14
15. •  Code hosting for git repositories •  Public and private repos •  Team management •  Fork repositories •  Send Pull Requests Github 15
16. •  Create a repository in the dashboard •  Setup your ssh keys •  git remote add origin git@github.com:username/repo-name.git •  git push origin master •  Your code is now online and ready to be deployed Uploading your code to Github 16
17. Demo time! 17