How learning Python/Dart/Clojure made me a better PHP Developer

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1. How learning
   Python/Dart/Clojure made me a
   better PHP Developer
   ViennaPHP May 2017
   @Sgoettschkes
   https://stocksnap.io/photo/LTB7BB80VH
   

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2. CODE
   

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3. CODE
   (Almost)
   

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5. A developer is born
   

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6. A developer is born
   1. Write crappy PHP “webapp”
   2. Make every mistake possible, including wiping
   production data without a backup
   3. Learn Java
   4. Write better PHP
   

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7. A developer is born
   // login.php
   require_once(‘header.php’);
   // ... some php
   ?>
   
   require_once(footer.php’);
   ?>
   

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8. A developer is born
   

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9. A developer is born
   

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10. A developer is born
    

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11. Let’s talk languages
    

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12. PHP from the outside
    ● Javas little brother
    ● Death by boilerplate
    

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13. JS from the outside
    ● Callback hell
    ● Many solutions to one problem
    ● So many small
    libraries
    

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14. Python from the outside
    ● Getting things done
    ● BIG libraries/frameworks
    

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15. Dart from the outside
    ● Modern (built from scratch)
    ● Async by default
    ● Small ecosystem
    

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16. Clojure from the outside
    ● Done is better than perfect
    ● First “useable” functional language for me
    ● Libraries, not frameworks
    

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17. Learn from each other
    

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18. Learn from Python
    Readability:
    if variable is not null:
    doSomething()
    else:
    doSomethingElse()
    

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19. Learn from Python
    Readability:
    with open(file.txt', 'w') as file:
    file.write(Hello ViennaPHP!')
    

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20. Make common tasks easy:
    // Constructor
    ClassName(this.var1, this.var2);
    Learn from Dart
    

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21. Make common tasks easy:
    // Implicit getters/setters
    print(obj.var1); //this is not a public
    property
    Learn from Dart
    

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22. Learn from Clojure
    Immutability:
    var1 = 15;
    var1++;
    

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23. Learn from Clojure
    Composability:
    (defn function1
    [var1 var2]
    (str var1 ″ - ″ var2))
    

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24. Learn from Clojure
    Composability:
    (defn function2
    [var1]
    (println (function1 ″DEBUG″ var1)))
    

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25. Learn from Clojure
    Syntax doesn’t matter:
    (defn function2
    [var1]
    (println
    (function [] {:var1 (function2)})))
    

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26. Not only languages
    ● Infrastructure (vagrant / docker)
    ● Architecture (Microservices)
    ● Methodology (Agile/Scrum/Kanban)
    ● ...
    

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27. Let’s GO
    Start a pet project
    

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28. Let’s GO
    Contribute to Open Source
    

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29. Let’s GO
    Use something new for a
    small project
    

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30. Let’s GO
    Small steps get you closer to
    your goal
    

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32. https://www.dropbox.com/s/6z5aiwa8l09g2pa/86H.jpg
    

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