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Konrad Alfaro
February 12, 2020
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Konrad Alfaro
February 12, 2020
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A state of PHP in 2020 BetterCollective Ciasteczka #4 -
Dev Meetup
Konrad Alfaro Software Developer @ BetterCollective
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Thank you! github.com/RadnoK twitter.com/RadnoK_ radnok.com
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Jokes aside
The (sad) past
Low entry level PHP
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~ Już na pewno NIE mój kolega
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github.com/google/tink/issues/104#issuecomment-417512050
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It’s simple!
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roots.io
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< 7.0
Versioning
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OOP, Dynamic types only…
Current problems
Standard PHP Library functions
Standard PHP Library functions SPL for short*
Standard PHP Library functions SPL for short*
array_map( callable $callback, array $array1 [, array $... ] )
: array array_filter( array $array [, callable $callback [, int $flag = 0 ]] ): array
array_map( callable $callback, array $array1 [, array $... ] )
: array array_filter( array $array [, callable $callback [, int $flag = 0 ]] ): array
phpsadness.com
Modern times
Language itself
PHP 7.x
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Fancy and cool features
Type-hints / Return types!
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Arrow functions!
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Null coalescing assignment operator
Array spread operator
And many more…
Yes, we know that others have it for a long
time…
But we are getting there, too!
Dependencies
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Ich LIBe Dich
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composer.json composer.lock
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Frameworks
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There is something slightly similar…
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•Both like Annotations, YAMLs •Use separate fully-featured ORM •Is based
on Components
But it’s (not) a full-stack framework!
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But wait! There is something similar…
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•Model View Controller (MVC) •ActiveRecord pattern for ORM •Authorization out
of the box •Full-stack framework •Magic…
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And others…
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But we’ve got more!
eCommerce world
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Tools
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blog.jetbrains.com/phpstorm/category/ php-annotated-monthly/
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Libraries
Static Code Analysis
Yup, we do that
github.com/exakat/php-static-analysis-tools
Event-Driven in PHP?
Yup, we do that
reactphp.org
Serverless?
Yup, we do that
github.com/brefphp/bref
Tests?
Yeah, we do that too!
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Event Sourcing, CQRS etc.
I’ve got a Prooph
github.com/prooph
Machine Learning?
Yup, even that
github.com/php-ai/php-ml
⭐ Standards?
Hell, YES!
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PHP around us
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Well, no longer…
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gist.github.com/nikcub/3833406
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Well, no longer…
HHVM & Hack
HipHop Virtual Machine
<?hh Hack Language
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Implemented in PHP! Implemented in PHP!
Implemented in PHP! We are still waiting… Implemented in PHP!
PHP 7.4 kicks in!
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Community
Meet-ups
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Conferences
2019… and more…
confs.tech/php
Online
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Last thoughts
twitter.com/akrabat/status/1223214852191268865
PHP is just a tool. Like any other tool, it
can be used in a bad or a good way.
Thank you! github.com/RadnoK twitter.com/RadnoK_ radnok.com
PS. Rekrutujemy BetterCollective bettercollective.com/career