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My opinions will be in bold. And will often involve cursing. Because humans. Especially tech bros.
Symfony
As always, we will start with the official news from Symfony.
Highlight -> This week, the upcoming Symfony 7.2 version improved the translation extract command with a new option, added a StringNode to the Config component, and fixed ClockMock and DnsMock support with PHPUnit 10+. In addition, we shared more details about some of the talks from the SymfonyCon Vienna 2024 conference.
A Week of Symfony #930 (21-27 October 2024)
They also have:
New in Symfony 7.2: Improved Translation Extractor
New in Symfony 7.2: Desktop Notifications
New in Symfony 7.2: Template DX Improvements
Good stuff.
New in Symfony 7.2: Non-Empty Container Parameters
SymfonyCon Vienna 2024: Crafting a Microservice That Fits Your Needs
SymfonyCon Vienna 2024: Break Things Fast: Accelerated QA and Testing with Upsun
SymfonyCon Vienna 2024: Crafting Hybrid PHP-Go CLIs with Symfony Console
Featured Item
Ok you U.S. readers, once again its time to exercise your limited but strongest influence on the world's premiere oligarchic republic.
Please do so by voting for candidates who support democracy and not for those on the side of autocracy. You know which fucking parties I am talking about.
It's your chance to choose between not having the next four years be a disaster or being a complete clusterfuck of a shitshow. Again, you know the candidates I am talking about.
It may be your last chance to vote so do so and don't waste your vote.
Thanks for being a good citizen in this flawed country. That's what can improve it in the future.
This Week
Restack explores:
Symfony For Kotlin Application State Management
PiTangent asks:
What’s the Real Cost of Symfony Web Development Services?
Mayur Koshti shows us:
How to Set Up OAuth2 Authentication in Symfony
Pentest Testing shows us:
How to Secure Your Symfony App from SQL Injection (SQLi) with Practical Examples
eCommerce
Yegor Shytikov explains:
CMSs
TYPO3 has:
This Month in TYPO3 is Back — Your Contributions Matter!
Announcing the End-of-Life of the Professional Service Listing
Community Budget Idea Report: Implementing TYPO3 Rector and Fractor Rules (Q3/2024)
Inside TYPO3 – October 2024 – Celebrating V13 LTS
Drupal has:
Drupal 11.1 alpha phase begins October 28; 11.1.0 to be released December 12-13
Nominate someone for the 2025 Aaron Winborn Award
Drupal Easy has:
Why Drupal module developers should be excited about object-oriented hooks
HashBangCode examines:
Drupal 11: Batch Operations Built Into Drupal
Adam Evertsson announces:
Antibot - the new Messiah of spam fighting
Specbee compares:
PHP Attributes VS Annotations: Redefining Drupal Plugin Development
Droptica has a:
Data Migration to Drupal Using Products from External Database - Guide
Dominique Cooman compares:
Drupalize Me announces:
Drush Custom Command Tutorials Updated
Evolving Web asks:
Is Drupal the Right fit? T-Shirt Sizing for Your Next Website Project
Joshic looks at:
Drupal 7: Navigating the Maintenance Maze
Golems explores:
Using JavaScript Frameworks - React, Vue, Angular in Drupal
Vue is the best of this sorry lot.
Drunomics has:
Drupal 11 Released - Key Features and Modernised Technology
PHP
This Week
Vaadata examines:
Sécurité PHP: failles, attaques et bonnes pratiques
Antonio Silva continues a series:
Byte Blog looks at:
PHP Fibers: How PHP is Finally Warming Up to Asynchronous Programming
Dhruvil Joshi shares:
7 Benefits of Integrating LLM and PHP: Enhance, Automate, Secure
Navneet Verma explores:
The Hidden Benefits of Modular PHP: How to Build Scalable Applications Like a Pro.
Winkel Wagen covers a:
PHPUnit Code Sprint: Issue discussions
Four Kitchens examines:
The often-forgotten art of exception and error handling
Lv Vu shows us:
A Technique to Handle Concurrency Issues in PHP/MySQL
Yunas Emre Adas shares:
4 Steps to Build a Simple URL Shortener with PHP and MySQLi
Previous Weeks
JoliCode shows us:
Construire un chatbot spécialisé sur vos données grâce à l’IA générative et PHP
And Ismaile Abdallah shows us:
How PHP Generics Can Save You from Rewriting Doctrine Repositories
More Programming
Joan Westenberg reports:
The Internet is Shrinking: and We’ll All Pay the Price
TechCrunch reports:
We finally have an ‘official’ definition for open source AI
Open Future has more:
The Open Source AI Definition is a step forward in defining openness in AI
Cory Doctorow says:
AI’s “human in the loop” isn’t
Specbee looks at:
Getting started with Mintlify: The smart Documentation tool your team needs
Looks interesting.
TechCrunch reports:
GitHub’s Copilot goes multi-model and adds support for Anthropic’s Claude and Google’s Gemini
Mastering Laravel shows us how to:
Make it easier to debug GitHub Actions
And John Johnk shows us:
HeydonWorks explains:
Expression Statement says:
HTML Form Validation is heavily underused
CSS Tricks shares:
That HTML Blog examines:
Minimal-JavaScript, Server-First Web Components with Declarative Shadow DOM
Brad Frost looks at:
Web Component continued progress
The New Stack asks:
WordPress Alternatives: Stick With PHP or Pivot to JavaScript?
Drupal or Ghost?
Speaking of, Ghost looks at truly:
When they perfect their Activity Pub integration I will probably move our email site to Ghost.
Fighting for Democracy (sponsored by Battalion)
Here we feature several items from each section of Battalion's weekly "Defending Democracy" report.
Get all the news from the front of democracy's battle against autocracy via its latest "Defending Democracy" post. And please follow Battalion via RSS or on the Fediverse at @[email protected]. Or even Bluesky if that floats your boat.
Please visit Symfony Stations Support Ukraine pageto learn how you can help kick Russia out of Ukraine (eventually, like ending apartheid in South Africa).
The cyber response to Russia’s War Crimes and other douchebaggery
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces:
CFPB Takes Action to Curb Unchecked Worker Surveillance
The Mississippi Free Press reports:
As Fascism Looms, the Free Press Must Stand and Report in the Breach
The Evil Empire Strikes Back
USA Today reports:
Feds looking at Russian interference in key battleground of Bucks County, Pennsylvania
TechDirt opines:
Dear Jeff Bezos: The ‘Hard Truth’ Is That Cowardice Like Yours Is Why People Don’t Trust The Media
NBC News reports:
Elon Musk's X is boosting election conspiracy theories with AI-powered trending topics
Cybersecurity/Privacy
DarkReading reports:
China's Elite Cyber Corps Hone Skills on Virtual Battlefields
Tech Policy reports it's:
Time to Act on Harmful Deepfakes & Algorithms
Fediverse
The Fediverse Report has:
Last Week in Fediverse – ep 90
The Nexus of Privacy reports on:
Other Federated Social Media
The Fediverse Report has:
Last Week in the ATmosphere – Oct wk 5
TechDirt shares some:
Some (Slightly Biased) Thoughts On The State Of Decentralized Social Media
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Reuben Walker
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