n Developer and Operations at seatgeek.com
n Cake Core - Plugins Site and IRC Troll
n Open Source Contributor (github.com/josegonzalez)
about
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Finding Code
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popular sites
n plugins.cakephp.org
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popular sites
n plugins.cakephp.org
n github.com
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alternative methods
n google alerts
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alternative methods
n google alerts
n twitter #cakephp
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alternative methods
n google alerts
n twitter #cakephp
n IRC releases
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alternative methods
n google alerts
n twitter #cakephp
n IRC releases
n online guides
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Plugin
Requirements
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DOES IT WORK?
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does it work?
n Does it do what I need?
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does it work?
n Does it do what I need?
n Does it break often?
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does it work?
n Does it do what I need?
n Does it break often?
n If it’s broken, don’t fix it
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CODEBASE
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codebase
n Standard Syntax usage
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codebase
n Standard Syntax usage
n Proper Implementation of something
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codebase
n Standard Syntax usage
n Proper Implementation of something
n Single install, few dependencies
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USERBASE
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userbase
n Forks/Watches
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userbase
n Forks/Watches
n Issues promptly responded to
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userbase
n Forks/Watches
n Issues promptly responded to
n Positive feedback
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DOCUMENTATION
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documentation
n Wikis make a poor readme
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n Wikis make a poor readme
n Provides explicit usage docs
documentation
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n Wikis make a poor readme
n Provides explicit usage docs
n Well formatted, easy to read
documentation
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DEVELOPMENT
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development
n Few or decreasing issues
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n Few or decreasing issues
n Recent commits
development
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n Few or decreasing issues
n Recent commits
n Developer easy to reach
development
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Review
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n Readme is weak, no wiki
n Last commit was 9 months ago
n Codebase is largely spaghetti code
n No downloadable release
josegonzalez/git-php
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n Readme is weak, no wiki
n Last commit was 9 months ago
n Codebase is largely spaghetti code
n No downloadable release
josegonzalez/git-php
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n Readme points to wiki
n Actively updated
n Strong developers, Core Contributors
n Pulls and issues actively closed
cakephp/debug_kit
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n Readme points to wiki
n Actively updated
n Strong developers, Core Contributors
n Pulls and issues actively closed
cakephp/debug_kit
wIN
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Contributing
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pull requests are
IGNORED
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we have dayjobs
too!
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test ALL the things
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Don’t forget
documentation
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fire, but don’t
FORGET
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Releasing
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USE GITHUB
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include a
README
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have at least ONE
test
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use COMPOSER
for releases
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submit it to
plugins.cakephp.org
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Awesome Plugins
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n OAuth in a few lines of code
n Handles multiple providers using strategies
n Lots of documentation online
uzyn/cakephp-opauth
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n public $actsAs = array(‘Upload’)
n Large set of tests
n Little or no automagic
josegonzalez/upload
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n Resque::enqueue('default', 'SomeJob', array('work', $id)
n Redis-backed, easy setup
n Jobs are just CakeShells
kamisama/cake-resque
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n $this->AssetCompress->script(‘bundle_name’)
n Handles CSS and JS, pluggable backends
n Possible to integrate with CDNs
n Very extensible and Cake-Aware
markstory/asset_compress
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n Console/cake Migrations.migration run
n Easy to add migration callbacks
n Lots of easy to understand documentation
n Recommended over SchemaShell
cakedc/migrations
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n Clean integration with ElasticSearch
n Provides data migration into/out of ES
n Supports most ES features; Conforms to
CakePHP standards
dkullman/elastic-search
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n localhost/posts/view/1.pdf
n PDF Generation in a pinch
n Supports multiple backends
ceeram/cakepdf
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