Fantastic functions and where to find them - Freek Van der Herten

Php

(PHP masterclass) Explore the flexibility of PHP through Freek's experiments, learn about Livewire's server-side rendering, concurrency in PHP, and more, all while highlighting the growth of the PHP ecosystem.

Key takeaways

PHP’s flexibility and growth is demonstrated through Freek’s experiments with private property access and method invocation.
Livewire is introduced as a package that allows building dynamic and interactive web pages without JavaScript by re-rendering the HTML server-side.
Freck highlights the growth of the PHP ecosystem and the power of PHP, comparing it to other languages and showing a graph of package installations.
Concurrency in PHP is discussed, with examples of how to achieve it using process control fork and Livewire.
The importance of keeping an open mind and not judging a language solely based on its past is emphasized.
The talk concludes by showcasing some interesting community projects and packages, including Term Wind and Livewire.

Fantastic functions and where to find them - Freek Van der Herten

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