Tomas Votruba has a new post to his site sharing some of the ways you can get the most out of Travis-CI, the popular build service, for your PHP applications.

Travis CI is the most spread CI in checking open-source projects.

Do you want to know how to use it 3x faster? How to make Travis generate code for you? And how to make your tokens safe?

He breaks down his suggestions into a set of seven tips:

• Skip x-debug
• Deliver PR Checks Fast
• Use ENV vars
• Use Travis to do More Just Watching
• Rebuild your GitHub Pages Daily
• Stay Secure
• Make use of Composer Scripts

For each item in the list he includes an example of what's required, either a change in the Travis-CI configuration, code, or in the Composer configuration.