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Tips from PHP Masters (series)

Mashable

I was delighted to be included with some community leaders (and good friends) in this excellent post from Mashable. They approached 10 “Masters” from the PHP Community and asked each of them what their advice would be to people just beginning with PHP – and the results are great.

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Open Source Your Career

DayCamp 4 Developers, November 2010

Delighted to be included in this virtual conference organised by my good friend Cal Evans! I haven’t done a virtual conference before but this promises to be a great oportunity and I’m excited about being able to share my thoughts with a new crowd. The aim of the event is to give soft skills for developers, so I’m hopeful that the professional development talk fits in well.

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Starting with Git: Cheat Sheet

ThinkVitamin: Carsonified Blog

While it’s true that I don’t exactly love git, I do use it extensively and lead an increasingly active open source project that uses it. Like everything else it is just a tool and everything is fairly easy when you know how. So this article is the cheat sheet I wish I’d had when I made the transition myself.

Article: http://lornajane.net/posts/2012/git-cheat-sheet (republished here after the original host went offline)

Introduction to SPL

PHPNW User Group, November 2010

I’ll be speaking at PHPNW in November, about SPL (Standard PHP Library). There are some great features in there, most of which I don’t make enough use of, so hoping to share some ideas with the crowd and maybe get a few back in return!

SPL Primer from Lorna Mitchell

Good Practice in PHP

LeedsMet Interactive

I was invited to give a guest lecture for the local students. I’ve employed some of their predecessors as graduates and this talk is basically a list of things I wish students knew before they came to work for me! (Hint: start with source control)

Video: http://video-2.leedsmet.ac.uk/Asx/?mswmext=.asx&id=3293%7C4r%7CSBdyPGeW

Goodpractice from Lorna Mitchell

Introduction to OAuth

Think Vitamin: Carsonified Blog

I love services and have built a few identity systems in my time, so I’ve been watching the advent of OAuth with interest, and loving what I see. So many people see oauth as overcomplicated; it isn’t, but it does have multiple steps which can make it seem a bit long-winded! Hopefully this makes it a bit clearer, with sections for users and developers.

Article: http://thinkvitamin.com/code/introduction-to-oauth/