Agile Application Development with PHP

Killing it with PHP.

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1. Killing it with PHP Agile Application Development Saturday, 21 September, 13
2. Michael Cheng Senior Software Engineer, mig33 http://twitter.com/coderkungfu http://github.com/miccheng http://CoderKungfu.com Saturday, 21 September, 13
3. PHP Frameworks • General purpose libraries • MVC frameworks (full stack for front end (eg. templating, CSS, JS, etc) and back end). • CMS with extension capabilities Saturday, 21 September, 13
4. Steps to Modernity • Database schema • Folder structure • Source, Tests, Build (build scripts & artifacts) • Also depends on your framework. • App Namespace (optional) Saturday, 21 September, 13
5. Steps to Modernity • Use Composer • Unit testing • Use version control software (eg. Git) Saturday, 21 September, 13
6. Steps to Modernity • Continuous Integration / Delivery (optional but ideal for when u are tired) • Automated testing & deployment. • Build script in Ant or Phing. Saturday, 21 September, 13
7. Agile Process • Features that grow through iterations. • Working app every step of the way. • Make it green then make it clean • Resist the temptation to pre-optimize. Build the feature first. • Optimize or refactor when u have made a functioning feature. Saturday, 21 September, 13
8. Agile Process • Function over form. • Usability over eye-candy. • Polish is where you find nirvana. The last 20% is the toughest. Saturday, 21 September, 13
9. Let’s Code! or at least try to... Saturday, 21 September, 13