The php[architect] podcast has released their latest episode (Episode #9) covering the contents of the magazine's April 2018 issue: Testing in Practice. In this episode hosts Eric van Johnson and John Congdon are joined by guests Robert Basic and Oscar Merida.

Our hosts, Eric van Johnson and John Congdon dive into Testing in Practice and the April 2018 issue of php[architect] magazine.

[In the episode] Eric and John discuss unit testing, test suites, static analysis, authentication with Laravel and more. Oscar talks about the importance of training for employees, rants against image carousels, and requirements gathering. [There's also] an interview with Robert Basic, one of the contributors to Mockery.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 directly. If you enjoy the show, be sure to subscribe to their feed to get notified when new shows are released.

The ZFort.com site has posted their latest PHP Digest for November 1st through 19th of 2017 - Digest #9. The post includes happenings in the language, community and spotlights various packages. Items in this latest digest include:

• the PHP Version Statistics 2017.02 Edition
• the RFC to allow trailing commas in function calls
• the collinodell/json5 package
• the tutorial covering deployment of PHP applications with Deployer

There's lots more mentioned in this latest digest so be sure to check out the full post for more packages, events and a list of learning materials for your framework of choice.

The Sound of Symfony podcast is back today with their latest episodes and some special changes - Episode #9: The past and future of Symfony.

Sound of Symfony is back from its unplanned hiatus and launching a new format. We're also switching things up, and add two new co-hosts, Ryan Weaver and Jared Farrish.

This episode's topic is "How has Symfony kept up".

Topics mentioned in this episode include the NelmioApiDocBundle, the HATEOAS library from William Durand and a pull request for dynamic environment variables to Symfony. You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 of the episode directly. Be sure to subscribe to their feed and follow them on Twitter for the latest updates as new episodes are released.

In the latest episode of the Free the Geek podcast host Matthew Setter covers a few different topics including ones that's "quite dear to him", false perceptions (and how to get rid of them).

There’s no guests in this episode. Instead I explore a range of topics, including one quite dear to me - how we can build up preconceptions of what other people think of us.

I explore this and consider how false preconceptions can hinder us both personally and in our careers. With the exploration done, I throw down a challenge to get over them and see life, and see other people as they really are - not how we think they might be.

He also talks about his newest "toy" for recording while on the road and briefly about the Zend Expressive framework. You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 directly for listening offline. If you enjoy the episode, be sure to browse the archives, subscribe to their feed or follow them on Twitter for updates when the latest episodes are released.

The Run Geek Radio podcast, hosted by PHP community member Adam Culp, has posted its latest episode - Episode 099: Crawling Before We Can Walk.

So many startups attempt to skip the crawling stages and the MPV (minimum viable product) as they push to become successful. Just as many developers attempt to skip the vital stages of learning and forge ahead to create bugs, security holes, and poor code. Adam Culp, the host of Run Geek Radio, talks about how important it is to crawl before we can walk.

He also talks about the ZendCon and Sunshine PHP conferences (he's an organizer for both) and an update on some of his own personal speaking and running happenings. You can listen to this latest episode using either the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 of the show. You can also subscribe to the feed to get info about future episodes as they're released.

The latest episode of That Podcast, hosted by PHP community members Beau Simensen and Dave Marshall, has been posted - Episode 9: The one that wasn't invented here.

Beau and Dave give updates on their recent shenanigans, conferences, health, talk about the NIH and cloning discussions that have been had recently in the community, side projects, games, and two factor auth.

Topics mentioned in this episode (it's a long list, but here's a few) include:

• HTML5 Game Development - Udacity
• the Mouf PHP Framework
• PHP Wars: Attack of the Clones
• Cartalyst
• In Defense of Duplication
• Not Invented Here by @paddyforan

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page player or by downloading the mp3 itself. If you enjoy the episode and want to hear more, be sure to subscribe to their feed to get the latest.

The Loosely Coupled podcast has release their latest episode (#9) discussion some suggestions around career development. Join hosts Jeff Carouth and Matt Frost as they talk about the management and development of your life as a developer (and maybe even beyond).

This was the first ever live recording of an episode, broadcast over Google Hangouts on Air. With the help of the kind folks in the IRC channel (#looselycoupled on Freenode) this episode covers topics such as salary negotiation, when to ask for a raise or promotion, how to plan a career plan, how to deal with co-workers in difficult situations, and a few other pieces of advice about successfully navigating a career as a developer.

You can listen to this latest episode either through the in-page audio player or by downloading the mp3 for listening offline. If you like the show and want more, be sure to subscribe to their feed and get the latest as they're released.