PHPNW 2014
3 - 5 Oct 2014 at Manchester Conference Centre

this is something we are considering for a project at work so was interested in the performance side of running a site without direct database access but this talk didn't quite get there for me.

we were warned it was an intro tho and as an intro this talk is perfect for explaining the what, why and how. would be nice to have a follow up/part 2 next year or at phpnw.

as always with Lornas talks everything delivered at a good pace and I saw lots of heads nodding as info sunk in.

A fast paced look at the tools and processes used to keep our code running by the people who look after the infrastructure.

Andy delivered this talk with humour and obvious knowledge of the subject and it was really great to watch.

Thanks

Incredibly brave of Mike to get up and share his experiences with mental health. This is a subject that is gaining momentum in our community but needs more focus than ever. I can only imagine how difficult this was to share and props to Mike for doing it and doing it well.

Good luck with everything, and looking forward to seeing you at PHPNW15.

"United we stand, divided we fall", Jenny made a passionate plea for the community to stop building walls between projects and belittling those who use tools the rest of us "look down" on. This should have been a keynote, not tucked away in an unconference track. I'm just glad the room was standing room only.

The talk was really well delivered and Jenny filled it with solutions to move forward.

Thank you Jenny.

Echoing Lorna, I also drifted into this industry without the CompSci degree or formal education in computing so this was a great introduction into how the engine underneath the code I write every day actually does its job, and how it can be improved.

Anthony is a great speaker and my fears that this might be well over my head at times, were put to rest by his delivery which, while deeply technical, didn't get too dry or over complicated.

Thank you.

Interesting talk, but as others have already pointed out (and Richard has commented himself), it focused too much on the problems experienced with Cucumber and not enough on the solution that was developed.

Would like to see more about "Should It" make it's way into the talk.

It was really good to hear that companies as big as the BBC are putting these things into practice and open sourcing the solutions they come up with, even if they don't current endorse this talk ;)

Thanks Richard

tough 1st 10 mins. but thanks for that. I needed it.
great review of the other tech too.

Very interesting talk and really good how each of the key points was related back to one of the SOLID principles. Not an approach I've really given much thought to in the past but certainly food for thought

Well paced for the technical level of the talk so that even as a relative newcomer to this style of testing it wasn't over my head.

Good stuff all round.

Really useful talk about how to approach refactoring a legacy project into something neater, and where to draw the line and decide better beats perfect.

Would have been nice to see more examples of actual refactoring tips, as it was a little less "practical" than I imagined from the title.

Overall though a good talk by a great speaker.

Thanks Stefan

Funny and to the point, Jenny raised some serious issues and gave some good solutions. My only qualm is that she didn't have enough time and I'd have liked a longer talk