Karmen Blake kblake

PHP: on-boarding new developer

"Are you asking what tools we'd recommend? I love PhpStorm and HeidiSQL"
"If the newbie has experience with a few other languages, he/she should be able to pick up PHP on the fly. As such, I would have him/her read all of the documentation for the framework your team uses, i.e. Laravel, Symphony, etc. Reading through these framework docs will not only give the newbie an idea of PHP's syntax, but also a head start on understanding how your framework functions. There are so many good articles and videos on Laravel, for example. and I would be remiss if I didn't mention the PSR documentation at php-fig.org."
"Honestly the documentation for Laravel is so good that I would seriously consider starting there."
"If they have no php and minimal development background: https://www.amazon.com/Wicked-Cool-PHP-Real-World-Difficult/dp/1593271735"
"It's not modern but it's a quick, results oriented way to get moving. After they have some basis they can move into small projects

#Elixir chat client & functional programming talk outline http://www.meetup.com/dev-coop/events/232116993/

	function parse_git_dirty {
	[[ $(git status 2> /dev/null \| tail -n1) != "nothing to commit, working tree clean" ]] && echo "*"
	}
	function parse_git_stash {
	[[ $(git stash list 2> /dev/null \| tail -n1) != "" ]] && echo "^"
	}
	function parse_git_branch {
	git branch --no-color 2> /dev/null \| sed -e '/^[^]/d' -e "s/ \(.*\)/\1$(parse_git_dirty)$(parse_git_stash)/"
	}
	PS1='kman:> \W \[\e[0;36m\]$(parse_git_branch)\[\e[m\] $ '

	defmodule ExpensiveOperationWorker do
	# recursion and pattern matching
	def process([head \| tail]) do
	operation_passed?(head) && process(tail)
	end
	def process([]), do: true

	# Enum.reduce_while
	def process_operations(operations) do
	Enum.reduce_while(operations, true, fn number, acc ->

	defmodule ChatClient do
	@server_name :chat_server

	def hello do
	IO.puts "hello world!!!"
	end

	def join_server server_id, cookie \\ :"cookiemonster" do
	Node.set_cookie(Node.self, cookie)
	pid = spawn(__MODULE__, :message_listener, [])

	Read more here:

	http://www.benjaminoakes.com/2013/10/15/superclass-mismatch-when-inheriting-from-struct-new/
	http://thepugautomatic.com/2013/08/struct-inheritance-is-overused/
	http://idiosyncratic-ruby.com/18-con-struct-attributes.html#why-not-structs-everywhere
	https://twitter.com/joshsusser/status/365286610578849794

	test_scores = [88, 100, 93, 65, 89, 90, 78, 99, 54]

	If given an array of integers, display a horizontal histogram using ‘*’

	For example,

	Produce:

	88 : ****************************************************************************************

	IO.puts "Conway's Game of Life"

	defmodule Cell do
	def next_cycle do
	receive do
	{sender, number_live_neighbors} ->
	cond do
	number_live_neighbors < 2 ->
	send sender, {:died, die_off}
	number_live_neighbors > 3 ->