Coding Schools, Updates from Laracon, Laravel Spark, and Security Scans as Part of CI
We cover News about Codings schools, MicroService Security and other great articles and podcasts in the past 2 weeks. Then we dive into Nathan's experience at Laracon so far and being at a conference where there is only 1 track.
Note: If you previously experienced issues listening to this episode, we have corrected the issue and uploaded the new mp3 - August 13 08:16 EST
News & Goings On
Extended survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YM2KZKK give us some feedback on the show. Some of the talk today was about doing it every week, keeping it under 30 minutes, and honing in on one main topic.
Laracon 2015 http://laracon.us/ August 11th and 12th
162 FS Restructuring An Agency with Matt Inglot http://pca.st/g54f
Nerd Summit (Sept 11 - Sept 15) https://nerdsummit.org/nerdsummit-2015/sessions/apis-writing-and-testing
Startups Scramble to Define ‘Employee’ http://www.wsj.com/article_email/startups-scramble-to-define-employee-1438228860-lMyQjAxMTA1OTM1MDEzODA0Wj
As Tech Booms, Workers Turn to Coding for Career Change http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/29/technology/code-academy-as-career-game-changer.html?_r=0
Microservices and Security http://www.grahamlea.com/2015/07/microservices-security-questions/
Quick article on things that can go wrong in the development cycle eg
Technical Debt Slows Down a Project More Than Anything Else
Estimates are Mostly Bulls**t
It Can Be Done Right or Fast
Some Developers Can Actually Produce Less Than 0 Code
Better Equipment is One of the Cheapest Productivity Investments You Can Make
New Technologies are Usually Not as Risky as You Think
Business Analysts and Project Managers Don’t Do Sh** https://dzone.com/articles/7-things-your-boss-doesnt-understand-about-softwar
46 USEFUL PHP CODE SNIPPETS THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH YOUR PHP PROJECTS http://blog.koonk.com/2015/07/46-useful-php-code-snippets-that-can-help-you-with-your-php-projects/
PHPNomad https://nomadphp.com/2015/05/26/driving-quality-with-phpspec/
165 FS Strategy and Project Management with Marie Poulin http://devchat.tv/freelancers/165-fs-strategy-and-project-management-with-marie-poulin
Security and Brakeman and Static Analysis http://brakemanscanner.org/ CI build Github webhook reporting
Release It!: Design and Deploy Production-Ready Software (Pragmatic Programmers) 1st Edition http://www.amazon.com/Release-It-Production-Ready-Pragmatic-Programmers/dp/0978739213/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&dpID=41nMZPJdhsL&dpPl=1&keywords=release%20it&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&qid=1438281616&ref=plSrch&ref_=mp_s_a_1_1&sr=8-1#mediaMatrix_secondary_view_div_1438281666485&tag=rnwap-20 In Release It!, Michael T. Nygard shows you how to design and architect your application for the harsh realities it will face. You’ll learn how to design your application for maximum uptime, performance, and return on investment.
Laravel BashAliases https://laravel-news.com/2014/07/laravel-bash-aliases/ source ~/.bash_profile
Latest Readings
Building MicroServices Book Great chapter on Testing
Q & A / Main Topics to Discuss
Laracon Nathan
Live coding
All in the same room
Spark