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Running the ZF2Skeleton with PHP's Built-in Webserver

In this screencast we’ll create an application from the ZF2Skeleton project on Github and getting it up and running, using PHP’s built-in web server.

Howto Handle External Form Element Dependencies with FormElementManager

Zend Framework 2, like all great PHP frameworks, provides thorough infrastructure for creating forms in your application. Whether that’s form objects, form elements, fieldsets, validation groups or that they interact with so many other components in the Zend Framework 2 default libraries. But how do you handle external dependencies?

Howto Use Constructor Injection In ZF2

Is it right to use setter injection? Or is it evil, to be avoided at all costs, for the explicitness of constructor injection? In today’s post, we explore that and how to implement constructor injection in ZF2 controller classes.

Building and Executing SQL Queries In Zend

Whilst there are many ways for building and executing SQL queries in Zend Framework 2, the two that I usually use, and which are also used in the ZF2 manual, are closures and the selectWith function. I previously wrote a three part series, showing how to get started using the \Zend\Db\Sql classes with Zend Framework 2, but I didn’t cover how to actually run them. So in today’s tutorial, let’s do that.

HowTo Use Child and Segment Routes to Build Simple Routing Tables

Routing is one of the key requirements in modern applications, especially in Zend Framework 2; but they shouldn’t be overly-complicated. Today, we’re going to look at how to build a routing table, simply and easily using child and segment routes.

Be a Develope's Friend - and Grow Your Business

You may have the best platform in the world, providing the world’s greatest security or performance, to a level unmatched by anyone else. But will developers use it?

The Number One Screencasting Resource

If you want the number one screencasting resource, use Wistia. Here’s a set of reasons why.

I’ve been talking, increasingly, recently about screencasting and learning the ins and outs of making them. From the software to use, how to do storyboarding, how to do post-production, it’s been a fun and exciting time getting to know so many new things.

Simplifying Unit Testing (and asking for help when needed)

**Do you test your application in the right way? Or do you attempt to do it all at once, in many locations? When you’re stuck, do you ask for help?

Make Module Configs Cacheable with the ZF2 Factory Interface

For the longest time, I’ve been using closures in my Zend Framework 2 Modules Module class. I know they’re not always the best approach, but they’re not necessarily wrong either.

But after reviewing Gary Hockin’s recent talk at PHP Conference UK, I was reminded that outside of APC and OPCache, closures aren’t cacheable.

First Foray Making Screencasts

Recently, I was invited by Thomas Snow at Learnable, to start making video training content, i.e., screencasts.

To say the least I was very excited and jumped at the chance to do so. Catch is, I’ve only ever made a few videos before, and I never thought they were too good.