Foreword
In early 2012, while attending a popular PHP conference in Chicago, I approached a good friend, Paul Jones, with questions about PSR-0 and autoloading. We immediately broke out my laptop to view an attempt at applying the convention and Paul really helped me put the pieces together in short order. His willingness to jump right in and help others always inspires me, and has gained my respect.
So in August of 2012 I heard of a video containing a talk given by Paul at the Nashville PHP User Group, and was drawn in. The talk, It Was Like That When I Got Here: Steps Toward Modernizing A Legacy Codebase, sounded interesting because it highlighted something I am passionate about: refactoring.
After watching I was electrified! I often speak about ...
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