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Debuggable Blog: CakePHP 1.2 Stable! Come and help
posted Wednesday May 14, 2008 @ 08:48:06
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BY CHRIS CORNUTT
Felix Geisendorfer has posted an announcement to the Debuggable blog about the upcoming stable release of the next major version of the CakePHP framework, version 1.2.
The CakePHP team is gearing up to finally push out a stable 1.2 release! If you are following the trac timeline you can see that everybody is putting in huge amounts of work to fix bugs and get everything stable.
He suggests a few ways to get involved in helping to push this release out the door like writing test cases, showing how to replicate bugs and help out the documentation team with their efforts to keep the manual up to date.
tagged with: cakephp framework release stable version
Rich Zygler's Blog: PHP Developer Jobs are the Hottest EVER!!!
posted Tuesday May 13, 2008 @ 13:14:55
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BY CHRIS CORNUTT
Rich Zygler has blogged about a trend he's been seeing that will make just about every PHP developer's eyes light up - the market for qualified PHP programmers has taken off dramatically.
While there are lots of PHP jobs in the usual suspects like small start-ups, there also seem to be a number of jobs at established companies and developer shops. I'm also seeing a definite split in PHP jobs where there are both entry level jobs as well as jobs for more experienced people with titles like "Senior PHP Developer" and "PHP Tech Lead."
He notes that the requirements for the jobs are just as diverse as the companies looking for candidates. Some want framework developers (like with the Zend Framework or Symfony) and some are looking for the "jack of all trades" sort of PHP developer that is flexible and experienced.
If you happen to be looking for a job, you can also check out our jobs section to find recently added positions.
tagged with: job developer community framework company startup established
Sebastian Bergmann's Blog: PHP Has No Culture of Testing
posted Monday May 12, 2008 @ 10:28:26
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BY CHRIS CORNUTT
Sebastian Bergmann has pointed out something obvious to anyone that's ever tried to work with unit tests in PHP - there's just not that much support for it. The software is there and waiting to be used, but too many developers just don't take advantage of it.
Maybe it took the PHP community a little longer to realize the importance of testing. But now that we know how to build applications that "just work", are fast and scalable, as well as secure, a big topic in the PHP community right now is to implement processes and use techniques that help us assure that the software works correctly throughout the its lifecycle.
He points to some comments made at a recent panel discussion about PHP and testing, the proliferation of frameworks for the language and the things that have no name that developers use every day to make their code "just work".
tagged with: unittest culture testing ruby java framework
SaniSoft Blog: Help! vendor() is deprecated.
posted Monday May 12, 2008 @ 09:35:48
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BY CHRIS CORNUTT
On the SaniSoft blog today, Tarique Sani has a quick hack for CakePHP users needing to transition over from the deprecated vendor() call - import().
Use of vendor() function to load third party libs in CakePHP has been deprecated for some time now... It has been replaced with the more generic App::import() the usage is simple.
There's also a little trick you'll need to know for files with underscores (drop it and replace with an uppercase) and how to get it to be a bit more flexible and recognize vendor files in subdirectories or ones differently named.
tagged with: vendor cakephp framework deprecated trick underscore subdirectory
Debuggable Blog: Running Tests from The Commandline in CakePHP
posted Thursday May 08, 2008 @ 10:27:41
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BY CHRIS CORNUTT
New on the Debuggable blog today there's this post from Tim Koschutzki about a new feature he's contributed back to the CakePHP project. It allows you to run tests on the command line without having to worry about loading up a web interface to check your code.
It allows you to run all of the following: all core testcases at once, all core test groups, each core test case individually, all application-specific testcases at once, all application-specific test groups and each core test case individually. It also supports plugins, which means you can run plugin cases and groups.
He includes some samples of how it works - a few command line calls and what the output looks like.
tagged with: test unittest commandline cakephp framework testsuite
AskAboutPHP.com: First look at CakePHP
posted Wednesday May 07, 2008 @ 13:49:16
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BY CHRIS CORNUTT
In a recent post to the Ask About PHP blog, there's a quick "first look" at the CakePHP framework from a beginner's perspective.
Finally, I found some time to take CakePHP for a spin. I've heard some really good things about it, and I've been trying to get some time to try it out. I installed the framework and went through the tutorial on building a simple blog application. I have to say I'm quite impressed.
The post briefly introduces the Model-View-Controller method the framework follows and shows some of the features/benefits it brings with it - the low entry level, its speed, and whether or not it makes for a good "first framework" for other developers.
tagged with: cakephp framework first look beginner mvc
Debuggable Blog: Unit Testing in CakePHP Part 1 - Introduction to Unit Testing
posted Wednesday May 07, 2008 @ 10:23:29
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BY CHRIS CORNUTT
On the Debuggable blog, Tim Koschutki has posted the first part of a series looking at unit testing the CakePHP framework. This first article introduces you to the idea of unit testing to help lay the foundation for what's to come.
So you want to read up on Unit Testing in CakePHP? That is great, testing can be such a help in finding bugs. [...] Surprisingly, many people do not know yet what unit testing is. In this first part of a whole series you can get a good grasp of what it is and is not.
He goes over the basic concepts behind the testing - setting up test cases, comparing results, automating them and how they related to code coverage. He gets into more detail with a list of the assert functions (like assertNotEqual or assertClone) and some examples using the simpletest unit testing software. He wraps it up by listing some of the benefits of unit testing, the limitations of it, TDD and what Mock objects are.
tagged with: cakephp framework unittest simpletest introduction
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