Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: Open Source, accessibility, and you - the superhero! by Nic Steenhout

Nic discussed why it’s important for all software but especially open source to be accessible for all users regardless of how they’re accessing your site.

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: Developing a Culture of Mentorship by Tessa Kriesel

• Tessa talked about how to be a mentor and how to be a mentee.

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: Technical Annotations and Estimations by Jessica Feigal

Jessica talked about what annotations are and how to convert those into estimates. Her talk revolved around a waterfall approach but I could see how you could integrate it into an Agile process.

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: VM, Serverless, or Containers by Terry Ryan

Terry gave an overview of Virtual Machines (VM), Serverless options, and Containers. He also did some demos to show them off.

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: Diving into MySQL 5.7 by Gabriela Ferra

Gabriela went over several of the new features in MySQL 5.7 and discussed the fact that 5.7 has a more strict set of settings to make sure you get the correct results.

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: Essential AWS for PHP Applications by Michael Moussa

Michael gave us an overview of the different Amazon Web Services (AWS) and walked through what you would need in order to get a PHP site up and running with a database, load balancing, fault tolerance, high availability, security, and performance. He slowly built up a crazy diagram of everything needed for this process.

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: Getting Rolling Fast with Symfony Flex by Beau Simensen (@beausimensen)

Beau went over why Symfony Flex exists and what it’s good for. He also went over some basic steps and how to get started with a basic application.

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: Conquering Continuous Integration & Deployment by Tessa Krisel

Tessa went over why you need continuous integration & deployment and very basically how to do it. The basic take away is that when you have a larger team having automated tests and deployment can save a lot of work

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: BASHing at the CLI by Chris Tankersley

Chris explained why we should be using scripting to automate tasks and then when into why to use BASH and some basic examples.

Midwest PHP 2018 Notes: Community by Margaret Staples (@dead_lugosi)

Margaret talked about our personal communities. For a long time she was a Mercenary Contractor which meant she worked all the time but didn’t make much money. By creating and leveraging her personal network she was able to determine that she wasn’t make enough money and get a better job. She also discussed how to create and maintain your community. She also discussed the importance of social contracts and connections.