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Most of us are familiar with HTTP, but when it actually comes to creating cacheable web applications, there is still a lot to be learned. In this presentation I will show you how [...]

Sure, the title could use some work to make it more appealing. But I think there's a "market" for a talk that helps PHP developers who feel they need to make the jump [...]

When users click "Submit" twice, what happens next could make or break your application. Idempotency ensures repeated API calls produce consistent results, saving systems from duplicate charges, mismanaged resources, and confused customers. This [...]

OpenAPI is a technical specification for defining your APIs with. It is often promoted as a good way to document your APIs so that others can use them: useful but unnecessary for many [...]

Automated tests are the guardians of your code. They guarantee that your application code works as it should be. They also enable to reveal bugs or edge cases that were not taken into [...]

What if you cannot trust your tests? With more and more developers working on our monolith, we have a strong CI to deliver code into production: our goal is to deliver meaningful features [...]

This talk goes into the details of being an open source maintainer and the things that go along with it. It goes into the problems do they run into, which tools does GitHub [...]

In this high-speed session, I will unveil the secrets behind a massive enterprise Micro Frontend app I developed for the Dutch Railway Company. This project aimed to revolutionise the user experience, which previously [...]

The AI world is surely dominated by python, but things are moving in our loved PHP ecosystem too. LLPhant is building on the experience of LangChain and LLamaIndex in order to build a [...]

"I can't reproduce it," "we'll need to add logs," "we can't test that in staging," "it seems to have been broken for a while," "it works locally," ... If you hear these phrases [...]

This session tackles hidden security risks in web applications—vulnerabilities in PHP and JavaScript that standard tests often miss. Designed for developers or testers. This talk will cover practical techniques to identify and fix [...]

There are revolutions afoot that you may not even be aware of. When many like to shout that PHP is dead, many of us know that it comes from a reputation of yesteryear. [...]

Started in 2017, Bref is an open-source project that helps run PHP serverless on AWS. Today, Bref is used by thousands of companies and handles over 10 billion requests and jobs each month. [...]

In this talk I explain how to use Xdebug to get more productive writing PHP code, focussing on the improvements in Xdebug 3.2 and 3.3, and the upcoming 3.4, to make the debugging [...]

Passwords are a thing of the past. Meet Passkeys, a new passwordless authentication standard that enhances security and user experience across platforms. This session explores WebAuthn integration for websites and apps, guiding you [...]

In the world of software development, programming languages and frameworks are more than just tools—they can become badges of identity and sources of near-religious devotion. In this talk, we explore how developers often [...]

Learn how we created a serverless, fault-tolerant, event-driven ticketing platform on AWS. We will cover the reasons behind the decision of building this platform from scratch ourselves, the architecture of the different components, [...]

The idea of isolating services into containers revolutionized the IT world. And while containers are here to stay, most container images in use today are gigantic in size, contain unnecessary even dangerous components [...]

Having to manage “legacy” applications is an inevitable step in the life of developers, especially when they are critical to the business. Over the years and the many changes made to the code, [...]

Even with AI doing the (some) coding for us, specifying *exactly* what is needed and how to implement it is *hard*. How do you know you’ve got it down? When do you know [...]

Even with AI doing the (some) coding for us, specifying *exactly* what is needed and how to implement it is *hard*. How do you know you’ve got it down? When do you know [...]

Software development serves as a tool for automating solutions to problems. However, it's common for us to select frameworks, make architectural decisions, and begin writing code long before fully grasping the problem at [...]

Software development serves as a tool for automating solutions to problems. However, it's common for us to select frameworks, make architectural decisions, and begin writing code long before fully grasping the problem at [...]

Automated tests are the guardians of your code. They guarantee that your application code works as it should be. They also enable to reveal bugs or edge cases that were not taken into [...]

Even with AI doing the (some) coding for us, specifying *exactly* what is needed and how to implement it is *hard*. How do you know you’ve got it down? When do you know [...]

Even with AI doing the (some) coding for us, specifying *exactly* what is needed and how to implement it is *hard*. How do you know you’ve got it down? When do you know [...]

## Workshop Abstract Ever wondered how fitness apps work behind the scenes? Join us for an exciting hands-on workshop where we'll build RunningM8, a user-friendly app that helps you track your runs and [...]

Wow. Can you believe it? Just three years ago, PHP had no organization behind it. Only two people were being paid to work on the language that powers 70% of the web. In [...]

As a consultant I'm often asked absolute questions, "Is $x better than $y?". The answer is nearly always "It Depends". Software development is a constant game of give and take. Every day we [...]

Four years after its first version, PHP 8 has already started the work of feature deprecations, targeting PHP 9. This session offers a complete overview of these changes: from the planned disappearance of [...]

The 2024 aftermovie for The Dutch PHP Conference is here! Relive the conference, immerse yourself in innovation, and get inspired. Watch the highlights and get a glimpse into the future of PHP development.