Presentations from 2020

PHPUnit: Past, Present, Future In this keynote, follow Sebastian Bergmann, creator of PHPUnit, on a journey through the history of PHP in general and PHPUnit in particular. Learn why he created a testing ...

Saving Millions: Understanding and Implementing the GDPR The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union unifies rules for processing personal data throughout the European Union. The GDPR applies to non-European ...

Efficient Domain-Driven Design with Event Storming Event Storming is an emerging group modeling technique using sticky notes and verbal communication that is not only extremely efficient, but also easy to learn, and fun to do. This ...

Avoiding Mockageddon When we do not want to use a real dependency in a (unit) test then we can replace it with a test double. PHPUnit as well as third-party libraries such a Prophecy or Mockery make it ...

PHP in 2020: Fully Loaded Does your application rely on autoloading? Chances are, it does – given autoloading was introduced to PHP back in Version 5. While the original global function has long been ...

Introducing CQRS into Legacy Code Getter methods retrieve state, while setter methods change state. We all know that. HTTP GET requests retrieve state, while HTTP POST requests change state. We all know that. Then ...

Optimizing Your Test Suite Your tests can always be better: they could be faster to execute, they could provide better feedback when they fail, they could be easier to maintain. In this presentation you will ...

PHPUnit: A Success Story It all started with a seemingly simple task: Let’s modernize PHPUnit’s logging and reporting capabilities. How much work could that possibly be? Join Sebastian Bergmann, Ewout ...

The Evolution of a Software Architecture Software architecture, especially the architecture of web-related systems, has evolved quite a bit in recent years. Legacy applications, however, have not been able to keep up with ...

How much framework? Choosing a framework is not an easy task: How good is the documentation? How many developers are actively working on it and how long has it been around? Interesting and valid ...

Modernizing Legacy Without Fear It is a fact of life for every developer: you have to deal with code that has been written before your time and does not follow state-of-the-art best practices. Attendees of this ...

Secure Authentication for the Web Securely storing credentials is not easy, proven by the fact that hardly a day goes by without a company admitting they had a security breach and login credentials got stolen. So ...

The Future of Authentication: An Introduction to WebAuthn In March 2019 the W3C released the Level 1 of the recommendation for the new Web Authentication Standard "WebAuthn". Supported by all major browser vendors, it strives to make ...

The World Comes Preloaded Does your application rely on autoloading? Chances are, it does – given autoloading was introduced to PHP back in Version 5. While the original global function has long been ...

The Evolution of a Software Architecture Software architecture, especially the architecture of web-related systems, has evolved quite a bit in recent years. Legacy applications, however, have not been able to keep up with ...