Writing code that lasts. Rafael
Dohms @rdohms photo: djandyw.com #ocforphp

Writing code you won’t
hate tomorrow. Rafael Dohms @rdohms photo: djandyw.com #ocforphp

Let me introduce you to
someone…

No Tests. Wrote his own
framework. 500 line methods. Used Singletons! shhh.. don’t tell Grumpy. .. and used it. .. and every other anti-pattern out there. … not even methods, they were functions

photo: Rob Allen (@akrabat)

REWRITE ALL THE CODE! image:
hyperboleandahalf

Real Developers, SHIP STUFF. photo:
Glyn Lowe Photoworks

How do we find balance?
photo: Kalexanderson

Code has an expiration date
photo: CarbonNYC

Code is perishable, it rots.
photo by: massdistraction

Code Evolves photo by: kevin
dooley

Languages evolve.
photo by: raneko

You evolve. photo by: Kaptain
Kobold

Complexity kills Comprehension photo:
osbornb

Bad Design
photo: miskan

Bad specs

NIH source: Urban dictionary photo
by: John 'K'

NIH | nɒt ɪnˈventɪd hɪə
| Not Invented Here —The German art of humiliating any technology, agricultural product, or (medical) scientific work that has not been invented or produced in Germany, Switzerland, or Austria. source: Urban dictionary photo by: John 'K'

The Solution™
photo: Ian Sane

Improve code

Improve code make it easier
to comprehend

Improve code make it easier
to comprehend make it flexible

Improve code make it easier
to comprehend make it flexible make it tested

Improve code make it easier
to comprehend make it flexible make it tested make it easier to replace, refactor

Improve code make it easier
to comprehend make it flexible make it tested make it easier to replace, refactor make it not exist

Testing
photo by: jeffkrause

Good Design
Concepts

SOLID Single Responsibility Open and
Close Liskov substitution Interface Segregation Dependency Inversion photo by j_regan

photo by lofink STUPID Singleton
Tight Coupling Untestability Premature Optimization Indescriptive Naming Duplication

Design Patterns
photo by halloweenstock

Composer

PIE
Proudly
Invented
Elsewhere

guzzlehttp/guzzle HTTP client for RESTful
API clients photo by j_regan

league/tactician
A flexible CommandBus implementation

Readability
photo: Morgenland

paragraphs
photo: Trossachs Photography

whitespace

R&D Team for MIH/Naspers São
PauloCape Town

Object
Calisthenics
photo by: boston_public_library

Calisthenics /ˌkaləsˈTHeniks/ Calisthenics are a
form of dynamic exercise consisting of a variety of simple, often rhythmical, movements, generally using minimal equipment or apparatus. photo by: boston_public_library

Its about perception, not rules
or standards photo by: david_a_l

#1 Only one indentation level
per method. photo by: justinliew

#2 Do not use
else photo by: justinliew

#3 Wrap primitive types, if
they contain behavior photo by: justinliew

#4 Only one ->
per line photo by: justinliew

#5 Do not abbreviate. photo
by: justinliew

#6 Keep your classes small.
photo by: justinliew

#7 Limit your instance variables
to less then 5 photo by: justinliew

#8 Use first class collections
photo by: justinliew

#9 Use getters and setters.
photo by: justinliew

#10 Document your code. photo
by: justinliew

Your turn.

Improve
yourself!

Read lots of
code!

Write simple
code.

Try Object Calisthenics for a
month.

Use someone
else’s code.

Share bite size
libraries.

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