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240. 15 Years Promoting PHP Innovation

Updated on: 2014-07-03

Posted on: 2014-06-30

The PHP Classes just completed 15 years of age, promoting PHP innovation in many ways.

Read this article to review the innovations introduced the year that just passed, as well learn more about the plans for the upcoming innovations, and how you can help defining the features to be implemented in the future.

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238. 5 Steps to Build Perfect Web Sites using the Design Thinking Process

Posted on: 2014-06-25

The PHP Classes site is launching a new design for the package pages. The Design Thinking process was applied to determine exactly what needed to be added or improved to make it perfectly address the users needs.

Read this article or watch the demonstration video to learn how the Design Thinking process was used to create this new design and upcoming features that will address other users needs that no other site is satisfying.

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233. Automatic Update of Packages from Version Control Repositories

Updated on: 2014-05-01

Posted on: 2014-04-30

The PHP Classes and JS Classes sites just enabled a new feature that allows to automatically update a package when its files have changed in the origin version control repository.

Read this article to learn more how it works and how to disable it in case you do not want your packages to be automatically imported from the repositories when you update them there.

The article also talks about the upcoming new design for the package pages that soon you will be able to beta test if you are interested in helping to evaluate it.

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224. PHP World Championship of the Nations of the Innovation Award

Updated on: 2014-06-30

Posted on: 2014-01-15

This year is starting a new initiative that aims to distinguish the countries where are the most innovative PHP developers. It is the PHP World Championship of the Innovation Award.

Read this article or watch the explanatory video to learn all about this initiative and how you and your country can be distinguish for your great PHP contributions.

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222. New PHP 5.6 Developments - Lately in PHP podcast episode 42

Updated on: 2013-12-28

Posted on: 2013-12-16

As the release of PHP 5.6 gets closer to happen in first semester of 2014, more new features are already being implemented including a new PHP debugger.

The latest PHP 5.6 developments is one of the main topics discussed by Manuel Lemos and César Rodas in the episode 42 of the Lately in PHP podcast.

They also talked about installing PHP classes and Javascript packages using Composer.

Listen to the podcast, or watch the hangout video, or read the transcript to learn more about these PHP developments.

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221. Speedup Your Web Deployments Using Composer to Install PHP Classes Packages

Updated on: 2015-11-18

Posted on: 2013-12-12

The PHP Classes and JS Classes sites now have support to use Composer to download and install packages available from the sites.

Read this article to learn how it works, how you can install packages from PHP Classes and JS Classes in projects that may also include packages from other repository sites.

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211. The Future Beyond the 14 years of PHP Classes

Updated on: 2013-10-16

Posted on: 2013-06-26

The PHP Classes site just completed 14 years age. Many new features were implemented last year. Many more will be implemented this year.

Read this article to review the main improvements and learn about the plans for the upcoming new features, as well participate in an optional survey to help deciding which features will be implemented first.

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210. Becoming a PHP Master (Part 2): Reputation

Updated on: 2013-06-20

Posted on: 2013-06-19

A new important feature is being launched today in the PHP Classes and JS Classes sites. It is a reputation system that will provide more recognition and visibility to all PHP and JavaScript developers that perform good actions in the site.

Unlike other site features, the new reputation system is meant to make the site more rewarding and fun for all users, not just those that submitted classes.

Read this article and watch the demonstration video to learn how it works and how you can benefit from it to get more reputation and become a greater PHP and JavaScript master.

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197. PHP Zeitgeist 2012 events

Posted on: 2013-01-03

2012 was yet another great year for PHP and its community.

One way to see what were the main concerns of the PHP community is to analyze the PHP Zeitgeist. This is an initiative that lets you see what were the main topics about the things PHP developers have been searching in the past year.

Read this article to learn about the PHP Zeitgeist top searches just published in the PHP Classes site, as well look back at other important developments in this PHP community site.

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195. Becoming a PHP Master (Part 1)

Updated on: 2013-06-19

Posted on: 2012-11-29

The PHP Classes site is now launching a new feature that will make your participation in the site more fun and rewarding.

It is a new system of missions and levels that you can engage and gain more feedback and recognition for your participation in the site as PHP developer.

Read this article and watch the included demonstration video to learn how it works and start enjoying now.

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