PHPNW 2014
3 - 5 Oct 2014
at Manchester Conference Centre
Talk comments
I considered the talk as being an example of a different take on BDD which works for the BBC Sport team, rather than an attack on Behat, cucumber or BDD in general. I enjoyed the speaker's style too. That said, I think I came away not fully understanding everything the tool can do. A bit more time spent on the new tool would probably have been beneficial.
A really interesting talk, thanks Anthony! I felt it was delivered at a good level, with most concepts covered being understandable despite being highly technical.
The content was very good as a refactoring talk. I'm not sure the talk title was most suitable though and Michael could perhaps take fewer pauses and try keep the momentum going, especially as it's a Sunday morning slot.
very entertaining talk for an early Sunday morning. Glen has a greta style and presence and would be suited to a bigger room.
As for the team at SkyBet, what can I say except they've obviously got nerve to plough ahead when machines are dropping out. I'd have bottled it and rolled back.
really enjoyable talk full of very helpful tips to improve code without damaging moral.
A really useful talk, and I can see that mocks can be a very useful tool for software design. More people should be aware of this, as too often I see tests full of mocks because the code is not necessarily designed very well. Seeing examples of violations of the SOLID principles was also very useful.
One of my favourite talks of the weekend, thanks everzet!
An enjoyable talk, which highlighted some of the issues of design patterns. I have struggled to remember all the differences between some design patterns and this has made me realise why exactly. Will definitely have to watch the video again for this talk!
As a fan of code reviews I was happy to see a talk about the subject :) While I didn't really learn anything new, it was a good reminder on what to do during code reviews such as not being too aggressive and not using personal language. Code review is a difficult subject to make interesting but I thought it was a decent talk overall.
Seriously engaging, even at the end of a very busy weekend. He is clearly passionate about the industry, and it shows in each of the talks I've had the pleasure of attending.
I'd go to watch Volker discuss paint drying techniques.
Yep cracking stuff, great initial "things you should know", then a democratic look at topics that the group wanted to know about.
Made loads of notes and fully got what Lorna was talking about.
The only constructive feedback I would give is the exercises relied on you knowing the git commands or having made loads of detailed notes, that said Lorna was more than willing to help those who were stuck.