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Article Series: PHP 8.x

PHP continues to be one of the most widely used scripting languages on the web with 77.3% of all the websites whose server-side programming language is known using it according to w3tech. PHP 8 brings many new features and other improvements, which we shall explore in this article series.

Deepak Vohra
on Jan 30, 2023
Development

The Six Ways of Optimizing WebAssembly

While Wasm was originally designed for the browser, it turned out to be useful for embedded programming, plugins, cloud, and edge computing. For all these use cases, performance is tremendously important and is greatly impacted by file size. In this article, we’ll look at six ways to optimize Wasm for performance and file size.

Matt Butcher Radu Matei
on Jan 26, 2023
Development

PHP 8 - Type System Improvements

In this article we will discuss extensions to the PHP type system introduced in PHP 8, 8.1, and 8.2. Those include union, intersection, and mixed types, as well as the static and never return types. Additionally, PHP 8 also brings support for true, null, and false stand-alone types.

Deepak Vohra
on Jan 20, 2023
Development

PHP 8 – Functions and Methods

PHP 8.0 adds support for several functions- and methods-related features, including enhanced callable syntax, named function arguments, and Fibers, which are interruptible functions that add support for multitasking.

Deepak Vohra
on Dec 23, 2022
Cloud

Colliding Communities, Cloud Native, and Telecommunications Standards

What happens when an ecosystem driven from the bottom up collides with a community characterized by top-down development? The 5g broadband cellular network standard by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) standard by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and the Service Function Chain RFC (request for comments) are examples.

W. Watson
on Dec 07, 2022
Cloud

Using Serverless WebSockets to Enable Real-Time Messaging

This article reviews some of the most common live-user experiences with examples, discusses event-driven architectures to support real-time updates, and introduces common technology choices.

Matthew O’Riordan
on Dec 01, 2022
Development

PHP 8 - Classes and Enums

In this article, we will review new PHP 8 features related to classes, including enums, used to specify an enumerated list of possible values for a type; the new readonly modifier for a class property, which makes the property unmodifiable after its initialization; and constructor parameter promotion, useful to assign a constructor parameter value to an object property automatically.

Deepak Vohra
on Nov 28, 2022
DevOps

CloudFormation or Terraform: Which Iac Platform is the Best Fit for You?

CloudFormation and Terraform are two of the most popular IaC frameworks available. In this article learn which framework will work best for your use cases.

Omer Hamerman
on Nov 14, 2022
Development

Build, Test, and Deploy Scalable REST APIs in Go

In this article, we'll look at how to use the gin framework to create a simple Go application. We will also learn how to use CircleCI, a continuous deployment tool, to automate testing and deployment.

Oghenevwede Emeni
on Nov 02, 2022
Cloud

Polyglot Microservices Communication Using Dapr on AKS

Dapr is a useful tool for solving several challenges engineers might face. It allows engineering organizations to gain productivity by training developers on a common set of tools and techniques. It also helps adopt standardization in development, deployment, and debugging.

Gaurav Malhotra
on Oct 20, 2022
Development

PHP 8 — Attributes, Match Expression and Other Improvements

PHP 8 is a major update to PHP that introduces several new features and performance optimizations. In this first article of the PHP 8.x Article Series, we are going to introduce a number of new features including attributes, match expression, instanceof operator, new operator, a new JIT compiler, and more.

Deepak Vohra
on Oct 18, 2022
Architecture & Design

Shift Left Approach for API Standardization

Descriptions about API standardization using common tools like OpenAPI and Zally, to simplify re-use across microservices between teams. Reviews against best practices such as an API stylebook and guidelines from Microsoft and Google.

Thiyagarajan Kamaraj
on Oct 06, 2022