Expert PHP 5 Tools: Proven enterprise development tools and best practices for designing, coding, testing, and deploying PHP applications

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Best practices for designing, coding, testing, and deploying PHP applications – all the information in one book

Learn to write unit tests and practice test-driven development from an expert

Set up a professional development environment with integrated debugging capabilities

Develop your own coding standard and enforce it automatically

Document your code for easy maintainability for yourself and others

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Even if you find writing PHP code easy, writing code that is efficient and easy to maintain and reuse is not so straightforward. Self-taught PHP developers and programmers transitioning from other languages often lack the knowledge to work with PHP on an enterprise level. They need to take their PHP development skills to that level by learning the skills and tools necessary to write maintainable and efficient code.This book will enable you to take your PHP development skills to an enterprise level by teaching you the skills and tools necessary to write maintainable and efficient code. You will learn how to perform activities such as unit testing, enforcing coding standards, automating deployment, and interactive debugging using tools created for PHP developers – all the information in one place. Your code will be more maintainable, efficient, and self-documented.From the design phase to actually deploying the application, you will learn concepts and apply them using the best-of-breed tools available in PHP.Experienced developers looking for expertise in PHP development will learn how to follow best practices within the world of PHP. The book contains many well-documented code samples and recipes that can be used as a starting point for producing quality code.Specifically, you will learn to design an application with UML, code it in Eclipse with PDT, document it with phpDocumentor, debug it interactively with Xdebug, test it by writing PHPUnit tests, manage source code in Subversion, speed up development and increase stability by using Zend Framework, pull everything together using continuous integration, and deploy the application automatically with Phing – all in one book. The author's experience in PHP development enables him to share insights on using enterprise tools, in a clear and friendly way.

What you will learn

Set up a development environment that provides code completion, syntax highlighting, interactive debugging, code templates, and more

Define a coding standard and automate compliance checks

Generate developer documentation in various formats using code-level comments and phpDocumentor

Manage revision and branching, tag, and merge code using a distributed version control system

Create your own debugging library and use Xdebug for interactive debugging

Shorten the development cycle by leveraging a suitable framework for your application

Write unit tests using PHPUnit and practice test-driven development

Automate application deployment and configuration using Phing—a PHP build and automation tool

Sketch class diagrams, sequence diagrams, and use cases using UML

Quickly find bugs and conflicts by setting up a continuous integration environment that automatically stages, tests, and documents your project

Chapter 1. Coding Style and StandardsLearn how to define a coding standard that suits your development process and how to enforce it using PHP_CodeSnifferChapter 2. Documentation with phpDocumentorLearn how to properly document your code with phpDocumentor and generate well formatted developer documentationChapter 3. The Eclipse Integrated Development EnvironmentLearn how to install, customize, and use the free PDT plug-in for Eclipse to create a powerful IDE for PHP developmentChapter 4. Source Code and Version ControlExplore the ins and outs of subversion for distributed version control for development teams. Extend subversion functionality with PHP scriptsChapter 5. DebuggingWrite your own flexible debugging library or master remote interactive debugging with Xdebug.Chapter 6. PHP FrameworksEvaluate, compare, and choose frameworks that suit your projects and development style. Master the most commonly used modules of the Zend frameworkChapter 7. TestingTesting methods and types, unit testing, creating comprehensive test suites with PHPUnit, and test-driven developmentChapter 8. Deploying ApplicationsGuidelines for automated and reversible application deployment, automating upgrades, and deployments with PhingChapter 9. PHP Application Design with UMLIntroduction to UML, class diagrams, sequence diagrams, and use casesChapter 10. Continuous IntegrationUse CI, keep costs down and save time by discovering bugs and conflicts in your projects, in the early stages

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Edgar martinez Apr 11, 2011

I have only reviewed a handful of books before but I felt like this is one of those books that is actually helpful. If you have an intermediate knowledge of PHP and just want to go to the next level this book is great. I have a few years of experience and I gotta say this helped me bring my code to the next level in many ways. It is not a cook book or patterns book but it does cover some essential knowledge for any PHP professional. This will help you get to the next level of professorial if you have been writing code for a few years and want to rise above the general PHP hacker. Very good book. It could have been soft on content but the editors did a great job. Some people with more experience in PHP 4+ years might think this is a little soft but thats because they are close to the expert level. This book is for those who want to be expert and want to have not only a working knowledge of PHp but of the tools for good PHP coding. This book is not thin in content ans is a great resource.

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Udi M Sep 01, 2010

"Expert PHP 5 Tools" amazed me. really.Well written, highly experienced author in the software development field and I found a lot of useful information for me.The book is for every developer, beginner to expert. I think even the big experts will find so vital information between the lines. You don't really need to have that much of experience with PHP, and I think if you're really beginning with the language, this book can boost your programming skills very quickly.Take a look at the table of contents. For me, as one who works for a while on quite big web app, reading about Deployment, Continuous Integration and even the Debugging chapter helped me a lot to deal with the work I have. I'm really looking forward to integrate all of the solutions into my day job.If not performing correctly, deployment process might be very risky. In Chapter 8: Deploying Application, you'll read about the deployment process, learn about common mistakes and basically how to deploy your web application in the best method.As you may see, you won't learn too much coding skills, this is not PHP learning book. This book teaches you all those thinks around coding: testing, deployment, documenting and etc. Which are quite interesting, and learning from other people's experience can save you some time and headache :)I'm really happy I have this book in my library, its must-read before I start new project.

Garrett L. Tillotson Jan 08, 2011

Great focus on best-of-class tools. Definitely recommended for the user trying to make decisions about which frameworks and tools to use.

W. Jason Gilmore May 18, 2010

One of the primary reasons PHP ranks among the most popular programming languages in the world is that relatively speaking it's a pretty easy language to learn. So easy in fact, that knowing just a few of its thousands of functions can be enough to build a pretty cool dynamic web page.However, one's level of programming language proficiency is only part of what's required to become a truly capable and knowledgeable web developer. Coding standards, source control, debugging, testing, documentation, and deployment will all play a major role in your ability to efficiently and securely create a powerful web site, and lacking knowledge in any of these important areas will surely create a void in your skill set.Expert PHP 5 Tools is the first book I've encountered which covers all of these topics from a truly pragmatic angle. And I've been doing this for a long time, mind you, having developed PHP-driven websites for 13 years, and having written six books on the topic myself along the way. Author Dirk Merkel's grasp of the software development process is clear throughout the entire course of this book, apparent not only in terms of his clear and concise prose but also in terms of the logical presentation of topics.At $44.99 the price tag on this book is comparatively steep, however I guarantee you will uncover enough gems to pay yourself back tenfold in terms of time and tears saved. Highly recommended.Jason

Michelangelo van Dam May 13, 2010

Expert PHP 5 Tools is a new book from Packt Publishing written by Dirk Merkel. In 10 chapters Dirk introduces the reader with several PHP tools that will improve development processes and quality of code from a single developer or a team of developers. From simply syntax checking and code validation to automated testing and deploying, each chapter discusses each tool in detail and contains sample code to put the theory into practice.Expert PHP 5 Tools is a must-read book for every PHP developer involved in professional PHP application development and wants to improve the quality of his work. Also for PHP development teams, this book will convince the reader why it's important to focus on coding standards, unit testing, automated documentation and even automated builds to structure each step in an automated, repetitive way.I must say I was impressed by the detailed description of each tool and how Dirk used simple examples in order to show the reader how to use the tool in the best possible manner. I found this book an easy read since I already had experience with the tools Dirk describes in the book, but even if I had not yet worked with them, the examples he has given in each chapter are of great value and give the reader a good insight in what each tool does and how it responds.

Expert PHP 5 Tools: Proven enterprise development tools and best practices for designing, coding, testing, and deploying PHP applications

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