Coding Schools, Updates from Laracon, Laravel Spark, and Security Scans as Part of CI

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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

1. Technical Debt Slows Down a Project More Than Anything Else
2. Estimates are Mostly Bulls**t
3. It Can Be Done Right or Fast
4. Some Developers Can Actually Produce Less Than 0 Code
5. Better Equipment is One of the Cheapest Productivity Investments You Can Make
6. New Technologies are Usually Not as Risky as You Think
7. 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

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Laracon Nathan

• Live coding
• All in the same room
• Spark

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