Chapter 7. Best Practices in PHP Programming
So far, we discussed performance-related topics. Now, in this chapter, we will study best practices in PHP applications' development and deployment. This is a vast topic, but we will cover it briefly. PHP provides all levels of programmers with the ability to write quality code easily and quickly. However, when the application advances to a more complex nature, we forget to follow the best practices. To produce a high performance PHP application, it is necessary to keep in mind the performance at every line of the code.
We will cover the following topics:
- Coding styles
- Design patterns
- Service-oriented architecture (SOA)
- Test-driven development (TDD) and PHPUnit testing
- PHP frameworks
- Version control systems ...
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