The php[architect] podcast has release their latest episode - Episode #6: Setting Up to Succeed with hosts Eric van Johnson and John Congdon.

A look at the Setting Up to Succeed issue for the month of January 2018 issue featuring articles to start the new year right.

Topics mentioned in this episode include articles from the January issue, comments from Oscar Merida about what 2018 has in store for PHP and an interview with Joe Ferguson about his monthly "Artisan" column. You can listen to this latest episode either using the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 of the show. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast feed as well if you enjoyed the show and get updates when new episodes are released.

The php[architect] podcast has posted the fifth episode of its podcast covering the contents of their December 2017 issue, "Talking Code".

A look at the Talking Code issue for the month of December 2017 issue featuring articles on building an Alexa voice skill and chatbots with Laravel’s Botman project. Share your thoughts on the topics covered and leave a comment below.

Hosts Eric van Johnson and John Congdon are joined by guest Katy Ereira, a speaker in the PHP community and author of the chatbots article. They also discuss machine learning, PHP_CodeSniffer and PHP 7.2. You can listen to this latest episode either using the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 directly. Be sure to https://www.phparch.com/podcast/feed/ using their RSS feed.

The Laravel News Podcast has released their latest episode: Episode #5 - "Laracon 2016 Dates Announced".

Our most random episode yet. We cover the news and then it turns into a talk show. :)

In this episode host Eric Barnes talks about the dates for the Laracon US conference in 2016, a post from Laravel Daily covering 10 packages you should know and, on a bit more random note, the Godfather trilogy on iTunes. You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by subscribing either via iTunes or normal RSS.

The Run Geek Radio podcast has posted their latest episode today. In it (episode #5) host Adam Culp talks about time estimation, thoughts on conference talk ratings and the contest winner from his standing desk contest mentioned in an earlier episode.

This episode Adam Culp announces the winner, David Stockton (Colorado), of the contest launched in Run Geek Radio episode 004. [...] Adam also talks briefly to clarify his views on “soft talks” versus “soft skills talks”, and how he was misrepresented as disliking soft skills talks though the opposite is true. [...] Then this episode is rounded out with a detailed coverage of time estimation in relation to projects, and why it is so vitally important to be accurate. Adam also speaks about how important proper requirements gathering is to the process.

You can either use the in-page audio player to listen to this latest episode or you can download the mp3 of the show. Be sure to subscribe to the feed if you enjoy the show and want to hear more from Adam.

The Sound of Symfony podcast has released their latest episode - Episode #5: The no-theme all-content episode with hosts Magnus Nordlander and Tobias Nyholm

In this episode we don't have a specific theme. We do however have a lot of fun content for you. We discuss Magnus' trip to Symfony Live New York, the Best Practices document, Blackfire.io (née SensioLabs Profiler) and much more. We also have a long interview with Jordi Boggiano of Composer fame, and two short interviews with Jeremy Mikola and Anne-Sophie Bachelard respectively.

They also talk about the PHPStorm plugin for interaction with SensioLabs Insight, WurstCon and Jordi's Toran Proxy work. You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player or by downloading the mp3. If you enjoy the episode, be sure to subscribe to their feed to get the latest episodes as they're released.

That Podcast, hosted by PHP community members Beau Simensen and Dave Marshall has posted their latest episode - Episode #5, "The One Where Everyone is Going to London".

Beau and Dave discuss having been selected to Symfony Live London and how they plan to bring their families with them so everyone can hang out in person for the first time. Beau discusses his other upcoming talks including Nomad PHP EU and php[world] and Dave talks a bit about his pair programming setup. Both agree that rewriting code from another project is a great way to really understand how the thing ticks.

There's a wide variety of topics discussed in this episode including:

• SymfonyLive London 2014
• Nomad PHP: Composer: Stability and Semantic Versioning Demystified (presented by Beau)
• FoxCitiesPHP
• Links to several repositories, tools and articles discussing design patterns

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player or by downloading it directly.

The Loosely Coupled podcast has released their latest episode, Episode #5: Side Projects hosted by PHP community members Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost.

In this episode Matt and Jeff talk about how and why you should consider getting involved in side projects. Despite the jovial subtitle, “Getting a little side action,” participating in development outside of your normal development routine is beneficial to you as a developer as well as to your employer or clients. They further expand on the topic by talking about non-code-related side projects such as podcasts, discussion groups, or even writing.

They point out one application that's a good starting point if you're not sure where to get involved: the PHP Mentoring Mentor App. You can listen to this latest episode either using the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 directly. If you like what you hear, consider subscribe to their feed too.

The Elephant in the Room podcast series has posted its latest episode talking about testing - Episode #005, "Test First, After and Beyond".

Testing is more than TDD. There’s a whole world out there of ideas and testing strategies you can employ to grow the team’s confidence in the code. In this episode, Mathias and Konstantin talk about topics such as: testing after the code was written, characterisation tests and behavioral, functional and integrations tests.

You can listen to this latest episode either by downloading the mp3 directory or by subscribing through iTunes and listening there. Don't use iTunes? You can also subscribe to their normal feed to get the latest updates.