PHP

A parable for software development

A client who wants a web app, and their internal IT told them they should use Ruby on Rails. During…

Weekly Link Roundup: How well do you know your package manager?

What’s coming in PHP 7.1?

An Earth-shaking release like PHP 7.0 is tough to follow-up, and at first glance, the upcoming PHP 7.1 release appears, shall we say, not as exciting as the last. But don’t let that damper your enthusiasm, for the PHP 7 line is indicative of a language reaching a state of maturity…

PHP 7, a year later

In many ways, the transition to PHP 7, from the 5.x line we had used for many years before, was a clean break, an opportunity to clean house and sweep aside development practices and software dependencies that had outlived their usefulness.