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php|architect Blog: Confessions of a Hiring Manager Get my attention, Get a Job
by Chris Cornutt June 26, 2009 @ 17:32:31
If you're a developer out there and are looking for that next job (contract or otherwise), you might check out this advice from Cal Evans as to what he, a hiring manager in the past, has looked for in a developer's resume.
am often asked to take a look at friends resume to give pointers on how that can make it more effective. Invariably, my advice is the same, so I'll share it here. When I was a manager and in charge of hiring, your resume had to get my attention for me to even consider it. If you got my attention, you had a much better chance at getting the job. That's the secret: get my attention, and get the job.
He points out that the usual situation is one manager to a large group of applicants. You may see the job post once, but so do 30 other people and you're all trying to grab attention. What's his recommendation? Brevity. Keep the first page short then dive deep behind that. There's more great tips in the rest of the post.
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Zack Curl's Blog: Why Web Application Frameworks Are Great
by Chris Cornutt March 18, 2009 @ 11:17:17
According to this recent post to his blog Zack Curl is a big proponent of using web application frameworks for development:
Most all PHP developers have worked off of their own code - they create all their own classes, sometimes borrow a little from previous projects, and basically create whole new frameworks without really knowing it. Even though most developers have the mindset that they have more flexibility, less redundancy in code, and other reasons that usually branch off of the two reasons, a framework actually makes your application load faster, work better, and work more effectively.
His reasons for the recommendation are:
- Classing and OOP Principles
- Model-View-Controller Schema
- Pre-built Libraries
- Built for speed
As far as his choice of a specific framework? He would opt for CodeIgniter, the lightweight and speedy product of Ellis Labs.
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Mike Bernat's Blog: Zend Certified!
by Chris Cornutt February 10, 2009 @ 12:05:29
After having recently taken the PHP5 Zend Certified Engineer exam, Mike Bernat decided to shares some experiences about the time he spent preparing and his opinions on the test.
I decided that I wanted to take the test about 2 1/2 months ago. The first thing I did was visit the site and learn more about the exam itself. I discovered it covers almost every facet of the language and its use. [...] It's been mentioned before and I agree that none of these resources [websites, books, etc] alone are enough to make you feel confident going into the test. Rather, a combination of each resource should be taken advantage of to feel fully prepared.
He specifically mentions two books - the official Zend guide and the php|architect study guide - as well as some of the online testing he went through.
On the real test, he warns those looking to task it in the future of a few things - the trick questions, code blocks and some of the tougher subjects to watch out for.
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Community News: OSCON 2009 Call for Participation (Ends Feb. 03, 2009)
by Chris Cornutt January 30, 2009 @ 13:46:43
As Lorna Mitchell has pointed out, the Call for Participation is open for this year's O'Reilly Open Source Convention - but the deadline is February 3rd!
We want to hear about your winning techniques, favorite life-savers, and the system you've made that everyone will be using next year. We'll have tracks for sessions and tutorials on Linux, PHP, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Databases, Desktop Applications, Web Applications, Mobile, Administration, Security, People, Business, and Emerging Topics.
They have a few suggestions to consider when submitting your idea - things like "keep it free of marketing", "Straightforward titles are best" and "Explain why people want to attend". You can submit your idea via their proposal form.
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NETTUTS.com: 10 Principles of the PHP Masters
by Chris Cornutt September 09, 2008 @ 10:28:34
The NETTUTS website has posted a top ten list of things from the PHP masters out there, a few words of wisdom to live by. Here's the list along with the authors of each:
- Use PHP Only When You Need it - Rasmus Lerdorf
- Use Many Tables With PHP and MYSQL for Scalability - Matt Mullenweg
- Never, ever trust your users - Dave Child
- Invest in PHP Caching - Ben Balbo
- Speed up PHP Development with an IDE, Templates and Snippets - Chad Kieffer
- Make Better Use of PHP's Filter Functions - Joey Sochacki
- Use a PHP Framework - Josh Sharp
- Don't use a PHP Framework - Rasmus Lerdorf
- Use Batch Processing - Jack D. Herrington
- Turn on Error Reporting Immediately - David Cummings
Some of them are conflicting, but that just means that you'll have to do what you've always done - take advice with a grain of salt and ultimately decide what's best for you and your application.
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Maarten Manders' Blog: Static + Unit Tests = Arrrghhh!
by Chris Cornutt August 08, 2008 @ 10:23:08
Take a hint from Maarten Manders when renaming and moving around your unit testing order:
It's absolutely amazing how much you can mess up unit tests just by changing their order! (Trevi_* comes after Tilllate_*) Everyone knows that tests are supposed to be independent. But we all know how it is.
He asks for recommendations on what to do to help the situation. Comments on the post (including ones from Lukas Smith and Sebastian Bergmann) mention using PHPT, a new version of PHPUnit that will do just what he wants and whether or not to use Singletons.
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Tobias Schlitt's Blog: Reading recommendation "Exploring PHP"
by Chris Cornutt September 06, 2006 @ 06:38:29
Tobias Schlitt shares some of his toughts on one of his latest in a list of books to read - Exporing PHP.
Although I did not read it, yet, I'd like to recommend it to you, since I think to know the authors good enough to believe they write good books.
In short, "Exploring PHP" is a roundup about advanced PHP programming experiences, covering different topics like: Event driven programming in PHP, Generation of 3D graphics, Refactoring and Migration, PHP6.
From the little that he's looked into the book, he can already tell it's a good resource and is recommending it based on that and the authors it comes from.
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