Sebastian Bergmann

With all PHP topics, nothing counts more than their practical application. This is why thePHP.cc offers highly interactive and practical workshops. Based on their own specific needs and questions, the attendees decide on the topics that are covered. They experience the development of new code at first hand, following their own agendas rather than those of the three trainers.

The first PHP Summit with workshops presented in English will be in London in May. And these are the workshops:

Update PHP: Leverage New Features and Technologies

Workshop with Sebastian Bergmann

PHP 5.3 and PHP 5.4 help developers in their daily routine with a plethora of relevant improvements. Get to know the innovative features of these new versions and learn how to apply them in practice. Discover the potential of emerging technologies such as memcached or ZeroMQ and learn how they can solve your problems.

Unclean PHP: Identify, Refactor, Avoid

Workshop with Sebastian Bergmann

Sooner or later unclean code becomes a damn nuisance. And not only for the developer who has to maintain it. Changes and extensions make the code more and more uneconomic. Learn how to detect unclean code using static analysis and how to refactor it with testability and maintainability in mind. Learn how to avoid unclean code by applying the SOLID principles and writing sustainable code.

Best Practices: From the Real World for the Real World

Workshop with Arne Blankerts

Of course you can reinvent the wheel every day. You just do not have the time to do so, plus it is no fun, and bugs can creep into the same places over and over again. Clever solutions exist for many bread-and-butter problems that only deviate slightly from already solved ones. This workshop shows the programming concepts to achieve this in a live coding session that is entirely driven by the audience's requests and invites to a discussion of tools and techniques.

Safely Prepared for Errors

Workshop with Arne Blankerts

Programs and websites have errors. Always. They become apparent when users enter wrong, invalid, or unexpected input, when access to the database is suddenly not possible, or when the disk is full. Various approaches to safely handle these and other problems are presented and discussed in this workshop. How to correctly use exceptions, why a custom error handler can be helpful, and what debugging has to do with security – these questions and more will be answered intuitively and vividly.

Object-Oriented Progamming (OOP) in PHP I: Fundamentals

Workshop with Stefan Priebsch

This workshop answers the question what object-oriented programming is all about. It gives an introduction to OOP with PHP that goes beyond the known standard examples. In addition to presenting the fundamental principals of OOP it also highlights interesting features of the Standard PHP Library (SPL) and how they can be applied in practice. In addition to imparting factual knowledge the workshop presents a mindset that allows you to avoid overly complicated approaches.

Object-Oriented Progamming (OOP) in PHP II: Advanced Topics

Workshop with Stefan Priebsch

This workshop introduces attendees that are already familiar with the foundations of OOP to advanced topics such as Dependency Injection, abstract classes, and interfaces as well as best practices for successful object-oriented programming. A live coding session makes the presented techniques tangible. In addition to imparting factual knowledge the workshop shows that good solutions are simple solutions: simple objects are easier to reuse and test – and thus help to avoid mistakes.

Testing PHP Application: Fundamentals

Workshop with Sebastian Bergmann

This workshop imparts the fundamental information and skills for the writing of Unit Tests, Database Integration Tests, Edge-to-Edge Tests, and End-to-End Tests with PHPUnit. You will learn everything you need to know to write, organize, and run tests with PHPUnit.

Testing PHP Applications: Advanced Topics

Workshop with Sebastian Bergmann

Craftily leverage PHPUnit: Attendees of this workshop will learn PHPUnit best practices and field-tested strategies for the introduction of testing measures into legacy projects. A range of examples will help the attendees to develop a sense for hard-to-test code and bad tests. They will learn how to refactor legacy code for testability and how to avoid common pitfalls when writing unit tests.

Insider's Tip XML: Applications the Smart Way

Workshop with Arne Blankerts

XML is the standard language for data exchange on the Web and is concealed from the end user's eyes in many file formats (such as Microsoft Office, for instance). This workshop shows that working with XML can be fun when the transported data is valid and the access leverages efficient APIs. We extend PHP's DOM API with custom methods and implement localization support in PHP during a Live Coding session. The definition of XSD schemas for the validation of XML data as well as the usage of XPath as a query language will be demonstrated. Effective error handling is also a topic.

Tuning for Web Applications

Workshop with Arne Blankerts

He who takes a clumsy path towards a solution will get into trouble he does not want to be in. Usually this happens to the detriment of performance and scalability. This workshop shows uses a plethora of real-world examples to show how you can avoid such bottlenecks in current architectures and superstructures from the get-go. It invites to reconsider and adapt your way of thinking.

Design Patterns I: The Most Important Standards

Workshop with Stefan Priebsch

Why reinvent the wheel every time? The developers of this workshop will get to know important design patterns that have proven themselves especially in PHP-based web applications. Problems that commonly occur in practice will be presented and solutions for them will be coded live. Benefits and drawbacks as well as applications and common implementation mistakes will be presented when the standard design patterns are discussed.

Design Patterns II: Integrating Sophisticated Patterns

Workshop with Stefan Priebsch

The workshop covers topics such as Temporal Patterns, the persisting of objects in relational and NoSQL databases, or Enterprise Integration Patterns. Typical problems are presented and analyzed. The (lesser known) design patterns that are used to solve these problems will provide the attendees with knowledge that is valuable to their daily routine.

Modern Version Control with Git

Workshop with Sebastian Bergmann

Git is a powerful version control system that allows you to reliably manage all changes made to all components (code, configuration, …) of your software. This is the foundation for the continuous integration of your project. This workshop imparts the fundamentals for the usage of Git as well as best practices and processes for the development, release management, and deployment of your software that will make your team noticeable more effective.

Continuous Integration with Jenkins

Workshop with Sebastian Bergmann

When you want to measure and control the quality of your software during development and operation then you can profit from setting up an environment for the continuous integration of your PHP projects. With the combination of dynamic and static testing techniques you automate recurring tasks, stay up-to-date on the state of your software's quality, and minimize risks to your project's success. Attendees of this workshop will learn how to leverage Jenkins for the continuous integration and inspection of their PHP software.

It is best to expect the worst!

Workshop with Arne Blankerts

In times of constant break-in attempts by bored users it makes sense to always expect attacks from the Internet. Even allegedly secure structures provide adept hackers with no opposition worth mentioning. Responsible developers just have to know how hackers would attack their application or infrastructure. This workshop imparts fundamental knowledge and demonstrates in a Live Coding session what CSRF, XSS, or SQL Injections are, how you can make the life of attackers harder, and how effective countermeasures can be implemented.

Attack! What makes attacks on the Web successful

Workshop with Arne Blankerts

Applications are permanently exposed to attacks on the Internet. Attackers do not rest to contrive means and ways to inflict damage. Attendees of this workshop switch sides and attack a Black Box demo application. They learn how attackers gather information, exploit security holes, and take over servers. The workshop imparts knowledge about finding and closing security issues and how to implement countermeasures to attacks.

Framework: Basics in Three Hours

Workshop with Stefan Priebsch

This workshop provides answers to many questions about the structure of web applications and writing testable, maintainable, and extensible code by giving a practical example. Important design patterns and best practices will be demonstrated. Attendee feedback and questions will steer this session. The goal is a better understanding for the main concepts of frameworks.

Why the Tower of Pisa is Leaning

Workshop with Stefan Priebsch

The importance of non-functional aspects for technical decisions is often underestimated or completely overlooked. The more complex the issue is the more likely it is that ignoring the non-functional aspects will result in problems that cannot be solved easily later on. He who thinks about architecture before development solves tomorrow's problems today. This workshop presents various architectural patterns for web applications and also covers current trends such as Distributed Caching, Message Queues, and NoSQL. It introduces the audience to tried and true building blocks that allow the development of highly performant and scalable web applications with PHP.

With a twinkle in their eyes and a dash of fun, Sebastian Bergmann, Arne Blankerts, and Stefan Priebsch explain development methods and tools as well as present trends and concepts. This is efficient learning in a relaxed environment. Take advantage of this uniquely intense form of knowledge transfer at an unbeatable cost-to-benefit ratio and reserve your seat today!

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Bei allen PHP-Themen zählt nichts mehr als die Praxis. Deshalb bieten wir unsere Power-Workshops interaktiv und mit intensivem Praxisbezug an. Über die behandelten Themen entscheiden die Teilnehmer mit ihren konkreten Fragen. Anstelle von Frontalunterricht erleben sie die Entwicklung von neuem Code unmittelbar. Mit Augenzwinkern und Spaß erläutern Sebastian Bergmann, Arne Blankerts und Stefan Priebsch Entwicklungsmethoden und Tools und stellen Trends und Konzepte vor.

Der nächste PHP Summit findet im März in München statt. Und das sind die Workshops:

Update PHP: Neue Features und Technologien nutzen

Workshop von Sebastian Bergmann

PHP 5.3 und PHP 5.4 überzeugen im Programmieralltag durch eine Fülle relevanter Vereinfachungen. Lernen Sie die innovativen Features und geschickte Einsatzmöglichkeiten der neuen Versionen kennen. Entdecken Sie das Lösungspotenzial aktueller Technologien aus dem PHP-Umfeld (memcached, ZeroMQ …) für Ihre Fragestellungen.

Weg mit Strubbelcode: identifizieren – verbessern – vermeiden

Workshop von Sebastian Bergmann

Früher oder später wird unsauber geschriebener Code zum Ärgernis. Nicht nur für den, der ihn warten muss. Änderungen und Erweiterungen können im Extremfall den Code unwirtschaftlich machen. Lernen Sie schlechten Code durch statische Codeanalyse aufzufinden und in test- und wartbaren Code umzuschreiben. Lernen Sie mithilfe der SOLID-Prinzipien, nachhaltig wartbaren Code zu schreiben.

Best Practices – aus dem Alltag für den Alltag

Workshop von Arne Blankerts

Natürlich könnte man das Rad jeden Tag neu erfinden. Meist fehlt dafür die Zeit, Spaß macht es auch nicht und Fehler können sich so immer wieder an denselben Stellen einschleichen. Für die vielen alltäglichen Probleme, die nur geringfügig von schon vorhandenen Lösungen abweichen, gibt es clevere Ansätze, die das Leben leichter machen. In einer komplett vom Auditorium gesteuerten Live Session zeigt der Workshop dafür programmatische Konzepte und lädt zur Diskussion über Tools und klassische Fragestellungen ein.

Auf Fehler sicher vorbereitet sein

Workshop von Arne Blankerts

Programme und Webseiten enthalten Fehler. Immer. Sie werden sichtbar, wenn Benutzer falsche, ungültige oder unerwartete Eingaben machen, der Zugriff auf die Datenbank plötzlich unmöglich ist oder die Festplatte überläuft. Um solche und andere Probleme sicher abzufangen, gibt es verschiedene Ansätze, die hier vorgestellt und diskutiert werden. Wie man Exceptions richtig anwendet, warum ein eigener Error Handler hilfreich ist und dass Debugging viel mit Sicherheit zu tun hat, vermittelt der Workshop lebendig und anschaulich.

Objektorientierte Programmierung (OOP) in PHP I: Basiswissen

Workshop von Stefan Priebsch

Der Workshop klärt die Frage, was es mit der objektorientierten Programmierung eigentlich auf sich hat. Jenseits der bekannten Standardbeispiele führt er praktisch in die OOP mit PHP ein. Dabei werden neben den Grundlagen und zentralen Prinzipien der OOP interessante Features beispielsweise aus der Standard PHP Library (SPL) vorgestellt und ihr sinnvoller Praxiseinsatz vorgeführt. Neben Faktenwissen wird eine Denkweise vermittelt, die es erlaubt, unnötig komplizierte Ansätze von vornherein zu umgehen.

Objektorientierte Programmierung (OOP) in PHP II: Aufbauwissen

Workshop von Stefan Priebsch

Der Workshop zeigt Teilnehmern, die mit den Grundlagen der OOP vertraut sind, fortgeschrittene Techniken wie Dependency Injection, abstrakte Klassen, Interfaces und Best Practices für erfolgreiche OOP. Eine Live-Coding-Session macht den Einsatz der vorgestellten Techniken in der Praxis erfahrbar. Außer Faktenwissen zeigt der Workshop, dass gute Lösungen einfache Lösungen sind: Einfache Objekte sind leichter wieder zu verwenden und vermeiden Fehler.

PHP-Anwendungen testen: Basiswissen

Workshop von Sebastian Bergmann

Der Workshop vermittelt grundlegende Kenntnisse und Fähigkeiten im Einsatz von PHPUnit bei Unit Tests, Datenbank-Interaktionstests, Edge-to-Edge- Tests und End-to-End-Tests. Sie lernen alles, was Sie über das Schreiben, Ausführen und Organisieren von Unit Tests mit PHPUnit beherrschen müssen.

PHP-Anwendungen testen: Aufbauwissen

Workshop von Sebastian Bergmann

PHPUnit clever einsetzen: Die Teilnehmer lernen die besten Praktiken beim Einsatz von PHPUnit und erprobte Strategien bei der Einführung von Testmaßnahmen an vorhandener Software kennen. Anhand zahlreicher Beispiele entwickeln Sie einen Blick für schlechte Tests und lernen, sie zu verbessern, schwer testbaren Code zu identifizieren und Legacy-Code Schritt für Schritt testbar zu machen.

Geheimtipp XML: Die smarte Art der Anwendung

Workshop von Arne Blankerts

XML ist das Standardformat für den Datenaustausch im Web und verbirgt sich in vielen, für Endanwender oft nicht sichtbaren Dateiformaten (z. B. aktuelle MS-Office-Versionen) und Formen. Der Workshop zeigt, dass XML richtig Spaß machen kann, wenn die übermittelten Daten validiert werden und der Zugriff mit effiziente APIs erfolgt. In der Live Session erweitern wir das DOM-API von PHP um eigene Methoden und unterstützen die Lokalisierung durch PHP. Eigene XSD Schemas zur Validierung werden definiert und der Einsatz von XPath als Abfragesprache vorgeführt. Vermittelt wird auch der Einblick in eine wirklich effektive Fehlerbehandlung.

Neu: Tuning für Web-Anwendungen

Workshop von Arne Blankerts

Wer einen ungeschickten Weg zur Lösung beschreitet, handelt sich Probleme ein, die er gar nicht haben möchte. In der Regel geht das zulasten des Tempos und der Skalierbarkeit. Wie man solche Schwachpunkte in gängigen Aufbauten und Architekturen vorab erkennt und durch bessere Konzepte von vornherein vermeiden kann, zeigt dieser Workshop an zahlreichen Praxisbeispielen. Eigene Denk- und Herangehensweisen können überprüft und modifiziert werden.

Entwurfsmuster I: Die wichtigsten Standards

Workshop von Stefan Priebsch

Warum das Rad jedes Mal neu erfinden? Die Teilnehmer lernen in diesem Workshop wichtige Entwurfsmuster kennen, die sich in PHP-Webanwendungen besonders bewährt haben. Häufig in der Praxis auftretende Schwierigkeiten werden vorgeführt und Lösungen werden live programmiert. Vor- und Nachteile sowie Einsatzmöglichkeiten und typische Fehler bei der Anwendung von Standardmustern werden ausführlich erläutert und diskutiert.

Entwurfsmuster II: Integration anspruchsvoller Patterns

Workshop von Stefan Priebsch

Der Workshop behandelt Themenstellungen wie temporale Patterns, das Speichern von Objekten in relationale und NoSQL-Datenbanken oder Enterprise Integration Patterns mit Schwerpunkten, die von den Teilnehmern frei festgelegt werden. Eine Reihe typischer Probleme wird vorgeführt und analysiert. Die zu ihrer Lösung eingesetzten (wenig bekannten) Entwurfsmuster vermitteln den Teilnehmern fortgeschrittene Kenntnisse, die im Alltag wertvoll sind.

Moderne Versionskontrolle mit Git

Workshop von Sebastian Bergmann

Git ist ein mächtiges Versionsverwaltungssystem, mit dem Sie alle Bestandteile Ihrer Software durch alle Änderungen und Versionen zuverlässig verfolgen können. Damit schaffen Sie die Grundlage für die kontinuierliche Integration der Software. Der Workshop vermittelt Grundlagen für den Einsatz von Git, Best Practices und Prozesse für Entwicklung, Release-Management und Deployment, die Ihre Teamarbeit spürbar effektiver machen.

Kontinuierliche Integration mit Jenkins

Workshop von Sebastian Bergmann

Wer die Qualität seiner Software während der Entwicklung und im Betrieb messen und kontrollieren will, profitiert vom Einrichten einer Umgebung, in der PHP-Projekte kontinuierlich integriert werden können. Mit der Kombination dynamischer und statischer Testverfahren automatisieren Sie wiederkehrende Aufgaben, sind über die Softwarequalität auf dem Laufenden und minimieren Projektrisiken erfolgreich. Der Workshop vermittelt die Grundlagen der kontinuierlichen Integration und Inspektion von PHP-Software. Sie üben Installation, Konfiguration und Betrieb von Jenkins für PHP-Projekte.

Am besten mit dem Schlimmsten rechnen!

Workshop von Arne Blankerts

In Zeiten ständiger Einbruchsversuche durch gelangweilte Anwender ergibt es Sinn, wirklich immer mit Angriffen aus dem Internet zu rechnen. Auch vermeintlich sichere Strukturen bieten versierten Hackern oft keinen nennenswerten Widerstand. Verantwortungsbewusste Entwickler müssen wissen, wie man der eigenen Anwendung oder Infrastruktur schaden könnte. Der Workshop vermittelt grundlegende Zusammenhänge und zeigt in einer Live Session, was Begriffe wie XSS, CSRF oder SQL-Injection bedeuten, wie man Angreifern das Leben schwer macht und wirksame Lösungen implementiert.

Attacke! Was Angriffe im Web erfolgreich macht

Workshop von Arne Blankerts

Anwendungen sind im Internet permanent Angreifern ausgesetzt. Im Workshop wechseln die Teilnehmer die Seiten und greifen selbst eine Demo-Blackbox-Anwendung an. Sie lernen, wie Angreifer Informationen sammeln, Sicherheitslücken ausnutzen und Server übernehmen. Vermittelt werden Methoden, um Lücken zu finden, sie zu schließen und Angriffe abzufangen. Der abschließende Blick in den Quellcode sensibilisiert für Schwachstellen und zeigt, wie man sie behebt.

Framework: Basics in drei Stunden

Workshop von Stefan Priebsch

Grundlegende Fragen nach der Struktur einer Webanwendung und dem Schreiben von Code, der test-, wart- und erweiterbar ist, werden an einem praktischen Beispiel beantwortet. Wichtige Entwurfsmuster und Best Practices werden vorgeführt. Feedback und Fragen der Teilnehmenden steuern den Verlauf der Session. Ziel ist ein besseres Verständnis für die wesentlichen Konzepte von Frameworks.

Warum der Turm in Pisa schief steht

Workshop von Stefan Priebsch

Nichtfunktionale Aspekte werden in ihrer Bedeutung für technische Entscheidungen oft unterschätzt oder ganz übersehen. Je komplexer die Fragestellungen desto wahrscheinlicher ist es, dass aus diesem Wegschauen Probleme resultieren, die später nicht leicht einzufangen sind. Wer sich vor der Entwicklung Gedanken zur Architektur macht, löst heute Probleme von morgen. Der Workshop zeigt Architekturmuster für Webanwendungen und geht auf aktuelle Trends wie Distributed Caching, Message Queues und NoSQL ein. Es werden erprobte Bausteine vorgestellt, mit denen hochperformante und skalierbare Webanwendungen in PHP entwickelt werden können.

Der PHP Summit bietet effizientes Lernen in entspannter Atmosphäre. Profitieren Sie von dieser einzigartig intensiven Form der Informationsvermittlung mit einem unschlagbaren Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis und reservieren Sie sich Ihren Platz noch heute!

Together with my friends and partners from thePHP.cc, Arne Blankerts and Stefan Priebsch, I will be giving an "Advanced PHP Development" training in Montréal in March.

With all PHP topics, nothing counts more than their practical application. This is why thePHP.cc once again offers a highly interactive and practical training right before the ConFoo conference. Based on their own specific needs and questions, the attendees decide on the topics that are covered. They experience the development of new code at first hand, following their own agendas rather than those of the three trainers.

With a twinkle in their eyes and a dash of fun, Sebastian Bergmann, Arne Blankerts, and Stefan Priebsch explain development methods and tools, present trends and concepts, and perform joint code review sessions. This is efficient learning in a relaxed environment.

Topics covered include development best practices, object-oriented programming, design patterns, web application architecture, security, software quality and testing. All three trainers will be present at all times, so attendees have an unparalleled level of access to top-notch PHP expertise.

This training gives answers to every question you ever had about PHP and software development with PHP. Attendees should bring their own code and as many questions as they have.

As the training is scheduled right before the ConFoo conference and the topics covered complement its presentations, the Advanced PHP Development" training is the perfect preparation for attendees to get the most out of the conference.

Register now to secure your seat as the number of attendees is limited to ensure a beneficial learning environment.

Saying "yes" is my default response when a friend asks for my support. But when my friend Carola Köhntopp asked me a while ago to participate in a presentation about presenting (meta alert!) at this year's PHP @ FrOSCon I committed myself to help without knowing what I would be getting myself into.

The title of Carola's presentation, "PHPopstars", was a play of words on the reality television franchise Popstars. The idea was that there were five "finalists" (Kore Nordmann, Tobias Schlitt, Judith Andresen, Kristian Köhntopp, and myself) in a competition of "PHP Speakers". Carola had asked the five of us to each prepare a 4-minute-long presentation that we were to present as part of the PHPopstars event.

My presentation was titled "Testable Code: Rockstar Edition" and here are the slides:

I am not a pop star. I do not listen to pop music. According to Lorna Jane I am a rock star. I would not describe myself as such but two years ago I came very close to feeling like a rock star when I toured the United States together with Arne and Stefan. Over the course of 14 days we presented workshops at conferences in 7 cities.

About the time when Carola had asked me about participating in PHPopstars the soundtrack for Portal 2 was released. It is titled "Songs to Test By".

This title started a chain of associations that I just had to follow. And down the rabbit hole I went.

You know where you are? You're in the jungle, baby.

You're gonna die!

Just an urchin livin' under the street
I'm a hard case that's tough to beat
I'm your charity case, so buy me something to eat
I'll pay you at another time, take it to the end of the line

Take me down to the paradise city
Where the tests are green
And the code is pretty
Take me home

Such a chain of associations is not always expedient. The one I just described is only useful when your goal is to fill a 4-minute sub-presentation in someone else's presentation.

Eleven years ago, when I presented for the first time at a conference (and at the world's first PHP conference, no less), my presentation style was drastically different from the way I present today.

Nowadays I try to find a pictorial language to reach the audience not only on the technical level (using the spoken word and with code on the slides) but also on the emotional level.

Take the above picture of a green field as an example. It resonates well with developers as they (generally) prefer development without the restrictions that legacy code impose.

 

The books by Nancy Duarte, "slide:ology" and "resonate", are excellent resources that help with getting a fresh perspective on presenting. However, as a technical presenter that mostly talks about code, these books are not as useful as I hope "Presentation Patterns" will be.

Avoid the hell that is global state!

Do not depend on global variables!

Do not use singletons!

Follow the Separation of Concerns design principle!

Use loosely coupled objects!

Design Patterns can help!

A good architecture leads to clean code that is easy to test as well as cheap to maintain.

Fall season is traditionally conference season in the PHP community. This October, you will have the chance to catch all three partners of thePHP.cc -- Sebastian Bergmann, Arne Blankerts, and Stefan Priebsch -- at the following events:

PHP NW Conference 2011

Beware of the dark side, Luke!

Tutorial by Arne Blankerts

Somehow you met the impossible deadline, your project is online and you now deserve some time to relax. Other than you and me though, the internet does not sleep and your application is under constant risk of attack. Even without having access to the source code, attackers have their ways to break into applications and steal or modify private information.

Switch sides for a day and attack the demo blackbox application! Learn how attackers gather information, exploit vulnerabilities and hijack servers -- and what to do to stop them.

PHP Tester's Toolbox

Presentation by Sebastian Bergmann

Various testing tools exist to test the different aspects and layers of PHP applications. There is PHPUnit for Unit Testing (and Test-Driven Development), Behat for Acceptance Testing (and Behaviour-Driven Development), Selenium for System Testing, and a plethora of tools for testing non-functional aspects such as performance and security.

This presentation provides an overview of the goals of each of these tools and shows the first steps to leveraging them in your daily routine.

International PHP Conference 2011

10 Years of PHPUnit

Presentation by Sebastian Bergmann

2011 marks the 10th anniversary of PHPUnit, the de-facto standard for unit testing PHP work. Join Sebastian Bergmann, the tool's creator, in this session for a look at the history of the project, at new features in PHPUnit 3.6, as well as upcoming developments.

PHP Tester's Toolbox

Presentation by Sebastian Bergmann

Various testing tools exist to test the different aspects and layers of PHP applications. There is PHPUnit for Unit Testing (and Test-Driven Development), Behat for Acceptance Testing (and Behaviour-Driven Development), Selenium for System Testing, and a plethora of tools for testing non-functional aspects such as performance and security.

This presentation provides an overview of the goals of each of these tools and shows the first steps to leveraging them in your daily routine.

Security 202: Are you sure your site is secure?

Presentation by Arne Blankerts

Being the good developer that you are, all the applications you create are being designed with security in mind. So of course you are following all the known best practices, you know you did your job well. You did, didn't you?

In this session we will take a look at various common security myths and why quite many approaches, tutorials and common solutions just don't quite cut it. Find out what your options are to really get the job done and what you might have been missing in your current implementation!

Scalable High-Performance Architectures

Presentation by Stefan Priebsch

Today, large-scale PHP platforms like Facebook demonstrate strikingly that it is quite possible to build scalable, high-performance web applications with PHP. It does not work out to just use an MVC framework as architecture, though.

This session allows a peek into web architectures and technologies that large-scale PHP platforms use, and demonstrates how you can use them in your own projects.

This way or the other way?

Presentation by Stefan Priebsch

Many decisions are required when developing software. If we are not sure which path to choose (which is often), we just guess. How about running an A/B test instead, so we can base our decision on empirical data? Why not continuously run A/B tests to increase conversion rates or sales?

This presentation introduces how to properly do experiment-driven development in PHP.

ZendCon 2011

Beware of the dark side, Luke!

Workshop by Arne Blankerts

Somehow you met the impossible deadline, your project is online and you now deserve some time to relax. Other than you and me though, the internet does not sleep and your application is under constant risk of attack. Even without having access to the source code, attackers have their ways to break into applications and steal or modify private information.

Switch sides for a day and attack the demo blackbox application! Learn how attackers gather information, exploit vulnerabilities and hijack servers -- and what to do to stop them.

Design Patterns in Action

Workshop by Stefan Priebsch

Design patterns are proven solutions to common coding problems. You probably even know some design patterns, but can you really apply them in praticse? In this workshop, we will solve some interesting, web-related coding problems using design patterns like Command, State, or Strategy. And while we are at it, we discuss best practices, for example composition over inheritances, single responsibility, and separation of concerns.

No slides will be shown. All code will be written and explained live instead, taking audience questions and feedback into account.

PHP Tester's Toolbox

Presentation by Sebastian Bergmann

Various testing tools exist to test the different aspects and layers of PHP applications. There is PHPUnit for Unit Testing (and Test-Driven Development), Behat for Acceptance Testing (and Behaviour-Driven Development), Selenium for System Testing, and a plethora of tools for testing non-functional aspects such as performance and security.

This presentation provides an overview of the goals of each of these tools and shows the first steps to leveraging them in your daily routine.

Performing Security Audits

Presentation by Arne Blankerts

To ensure the high quality of your source code, you of course write (unit) tests and do regular code reviews. Judging the state of security though may seem a lot harder than it is -- if you do not know what to look for and where to get started.

This talk will introduce you to security audits, why and how tools can assist a manual review and why a mere scanner based approach does not work.

Change is inevitable (except from a vending machine)

Presentation by Stefan Priebsch

Where did Bob live two years ago? And what was his last email address again? If your application needs to keep track of things that change over time, you must to take a step beyond normal object relations or foreign keys in a database.

This presentation introduces temporal patterns to solve these kinds of problems and shows how to effectively implement them in PHP using the date extension.

We are looking forward to sharing our experience and knowledge with you at these excellent events. See you in October!