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Community News: PHP Advent 2011 is Complete!

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:20:56 -0600

This year's PHP Advent calendar has finished up and if you haven't gotten a chance to check out some of the great content in this year's edition, be sure to take a look at the full list. It incudes topics like:

Front-end testing with SimpleTest
Scalable applications
Cross-origin ajax
working with Chef
Error handling
Dates and Times

The articles are by several well-knowns both in the PHP community and outside. While you're there, be sure to check out some of the previous years too!

Community News: PHP Advent 2011

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:02:10 -0600

It's that time of year again and this year's PHP Advent has kicked off with the first article posted yesterday. Below is a list of the articles for this year's advent calendar, to be updated as each new one is released:

Because It's Fun! by Derek Sivers
More Than Just Style by Laura Beth Denker
Reduced-Friction Deployment by Chris Hartjes
Better Than the Rest by Rob Allen
A Stitch in Time Saves Nine by Paul Jones
Dates and Times by Evert Pot
Twilio in Two Minutes by Elizabeth Naramore
Integration Testing by Wez Furlong
Merry Error Handling by Samer Atiani
Better Object-Oriented Arrays by Ryan Parman
Out with the Old by Maggie Nelson
Bake Cookies Like a Chef by Michael Nitschinger
Don't Forget the Front by Beth Tucker Long
Nightmare Before (Last) Christmas by Jeremy Kendall
Cross-Origin Ajax with CORS by David Walsh
Cracks in the Foundation by Gwynne Raskind
PHP for All the Things by Matt Graham
Simplifying Commerce for Small Business by Ben Ramsey
Egomaniacal and Scalable Apps by David Coallier
Code for the Users, Not for the Spec by Drew McLellan
Social-Driven Development by Chris Cornutt
Keep the Front in the Front by Rachel Andrew
Look Ma! No Passwords! by Dan Mills
Facilitating Development Environment Consistency by Jeff Loiselle

Check back for the growing list as this year's advent gets more great content every day!

Sean Coates' Blog: Post-Advent 2010

Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:09:06 -0600

Sean Coates has posted a post-Advent wrapup after he and Chris Shiflett have posted the final PHP Advent article for 2010.

As I write this on Christmas Eve, Chris is putting the finishing touches on PHP Advent 2010. [...] Due only to the abilities and professionalism of our most excellent authors, PHP Advent 2010 was - at least in my opinion-the best year, yet. They wrote wonderful, substantial, punchy articles that informed our readers, and generated significantly more traffic than we've seen in previous years: over 70,000 views, from more than 25,000 unique visitors, so far

He also recounts a few stories from the Advents in years past - the difficulties he and Chris went through to get things organized and ready for publication and how, in 2009 some things almost didn't happen. This year's advent has come back stronger than ever with great articles on:

Chris Shiflett's Blog: PHP Advent

Wed, 01 Dec 2010 10:11:18 -0600

Good news for all of the fans of the PHP Advent article series that comes around this time each year - Chris Shiflett has confirmed it'll be happening again this year.

PHP Advent is our little way of showcasing some of the talented people who work with PHP in some form or fashion, and persuading them to share something they've learned during a busy month when they might otherwise keep quiet. We'll be publishing an article each day in December until Christmas.

If you're new to the PHP Advent (or advent-type article calendar things), check out last year's articles from lots of great members of the PHP community covering everything from development processes, technology tips and parenting.