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NetTuts.com:
How To Display Post Meta Data on a WordPress Post
by Chris Cornutt July 11, 2014 @ 10:44:41

NetTuts.com has a a recent tutorial showing you how to show the metadata from a posting in WordPress right along with the other post data.

During the course of the series, one of the things that we did in order to help demonstrate the object-oriented principles as well as some of the features of the WordPress API was build a plugin. Specifically, we built a plugin that allowed us to view all of the post meta data associated with a given post within the WordPress dashboard. [...] Since that particular post was written, I've received a number of different questions one of which has been how do we take the data displayed in the dashboard - that is, the post meta data - and display it on the front end of the web site. In this article, we're going to take a look at extending the plugin such that we can display the data on a single post page.

To display the data, they actually extend the plugin they've already made. They start with some of the issues of this method (and the data itself) that you might run into during the development. They create a "public" directory to store the cached metadata in and a manager class to handle the functionality. The class loads the data and uses output buffering to capture the data. A public hook is defined to call the "display" action on each page load and the results are passed out to the view.

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Link: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-display-post-meta-data-on-a-wordpress-post--cms-21658

PHP Town Hall:
Episode 28 Loosley Coupled Mashup
by Chris Cornutt July 11, 2014 @ 09:39:19

The PHP Town Hall podcast has posted their latest episode, the mashup with the Loosely Coupled podcast they did (it's here on their side) talking about their favorite open source projects.

In this episode, Ben and Phil join forces with Loosely Coupled to talk about Open Source, burn out and briefly discuss their favorite open source projects. Jeff was out of action for a lot of it due to unexpected wifi troubles (in San Francisco of all places) so he sadly did not get to take part as much as he would have liked.

There were also a few questions taken from the listening audience about dealing with overly reliant people, explaining OSS to non-tech people and the OSS "clauses" some employer put into their contracts. You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player, by downloading the mp3 or you can watch the live video recording posted on YouTube.

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Link: http://phptownhall.com/blog/2014/07/10/episode-28-loosley-coupled-mashup/

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Packagist Latest Releases for 07.11.2014
by Chris Cornutt July 11, 2014 @ 08:05:28
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Envato:
The Future of WordPress
by Chris Cornutt July 10, 2014 @ 13:14:07

On the Envato blog there's a recent post that covers some of the future of WordPress resulting from some discussions at a recent Future of WordPress panel from the WP Think Tank.

There's one thing that we can all agree on: the future of WordPress is bright. Outside of this, the ever-passionate WordPress community is a hotbed for debates on where WordPress should go from here. With 22% of websites running on WordPress, a vibrant open-source community, amazing themes and plugins and a developer-friendly mindset, WordPress is stronger today than it has ever been. So what's next?

Their list includes changes touching just about all parts of the application including plenty of UI updates, a continued focus on backwards compatibility a shift towards plugin-driven development. This would allow new features to be installed as plugins when they're ready rather than modifying the core package. There's also some emphasis being put on making it work for "more than just blogging" and push towards more enterprise-level acceptance.

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Link: http://inside.envato.com/the-future-of-wordpress/

SitePoint PHP Blog:
Automate PHP with Phake - Real World Examples
by Chris Cornutt July 10, 2014 @ 12:51:07

The SitePoint PHP blog has posted part two of their series looking at using Phake for automation in your applications. In this second part they take some of the basics they shared in part one and apply them in some more practical examples.

In part one, we covered the basics of Phake and demonstrated ways of executing tasks with it, covering groups, dependencies, and arguments. In this part, we'll look at some sample real world applications of Phake. Note that the following examples are largely based on things that I usually do manually that need some sort of automation.

He includes three different task examples, each with the code to make them happen (and descriptions of what it's doing):

  • Uploading Files to Server with a Phake task
  • Seeding the Database
  • Syncing Data

You can find out more about Phake on the project's GitHub page (including grouping, aborting and describing tasks).

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Link: http://www.sitepoint.com/automate-php-phake-real-world-examples/

NetTuts.com:
Refactoring Legacy Code Part 8 - Inverting Dependencies for a Clean Architecture
by Chris Cornutt July 10, 2014 @ 11:04:13

NetTuts.com has posted part eight in their series looking at refactoring legacy code - Inverting Dependencies for a Clean Architecture. In this latest post they move away from just refactoring the code and start to look more at fixing the architecture of the application.

Old code. Ugly code. Complicated code. Spaghetti code. Gibberish nonsense. In two words, Legacy Code. This is a series that will help you work and deal with it. It's now time to talk about architecture and how we organize our newly found layers of code. It's time to take our application and try to map it to theoretical architectural design.

They look at the current structure of the code (well, of their refactored version) and how to apply the Dependency Inversion Principle (part of the SOLID methodology) via interfaces. The code is included for the refactor as well as tests to add to their "Golden Master" test suite to ensure continued correct functionality.

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Link: http://code.tutsplus.com/tutorials/refactoring-legacy-code-part-8-inverting-dependencies-for-a-clean-architecture--cms-21659

Three Devs & A Maybe Podcast:
Laravel, Forge and Homestead with Taylor Otwell
by Chris Cornutt July 10, 2014 @ 10:42:44

The Three Devs & A Maybe podcast has posted a new episode with special guest Taylor Otwell of Laravel framework fame. In this latest episode (#33) they talk with him about the framework, the Forge product and the Homestead project (a packaged VM environment ready to host Laravel applications).

This week we are very lucky to have the creator of Laravel, Taylor Otwell on the show. Starting off with his journey into the world of programming (through .NET), we move on to discuss how Laravel came to being. We then touch upon our experiences experimenting with different programming stacks, and what features of C# he would like to see introduced into PHP. Finally, we ask Taylor what resources he would recommend to someone just starting out in the industry.

Other topics mentioned in this episode include the Laracasts website, FuelPHP and PhoneGap. You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 directly. You should also consider subscribing to their feed to get the latest shows as they're released.

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Link: http://threedevsandamaybe.com/posts/laravel-forge-and-homestead-with-taylor-otwell/

Matthias Noback:
A better PHP testing experience Part II Pick your test doubles wisely
by Chris Cornutt July 10, 2014 @ 09:36:27

Matthias Noback has posted the second part in his look at a better PHP testing experience, focusing this time on picking test doubles wisely. Test doubles are a more general term for what most developers who test code might call a "mock".

In the introduction to this series I mentioned that testing object interactions can be really hard. Most unit testing tutorials cover this subject by introducing the PHPUnit mocking sub-framework. The word "mock" in the context of PHPUnit is given the meaning of the general concept of a "test double". In reality, a mock is a very particular kind of test double. [...] Each type of test double has its own merits and it is vital to the quality of your test suite that you know when to use which one.

He builds on the "non-assertion centric" approach he talked about in the first part and how a similar problem could be caused by the large amount of work needed to create complex mocks. He points out that having to create them in a specific way and the mocks being a bit difficult to use can make the tests fragile and easily broken. He looks at a few different kinds of test doubles (mocks, dummies, spies) with code examples for each for added clarification. He also makes two recommendations for testing instead of complex mocking: create the actual mock classes instead of just mocks and don't overuse mocking.

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Link: http://php-and-symfony.matthiasnoback.nl/2014/07/test-doubles/

Community News:
Packagist Latest Releases for 07.10.2014
by Chris Cornutt July 10, 2014 @ 08:08:38
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