PHP without PHP

* Funky Caching
   * redirect 404 on the first call to a 404page generator

• Code Complete (book steve mcconnell)
  • unit testing/
  • waterfall process, slow
  • not suitable to modern software dev
• mythical man month (book)
  • painting a fence, add people to do it faster
  • if meeting a deadline add more devs, WRONG in Softwaredev
  • add devs to a project slows down the progress

• correct paradigm for software dev is engineering not architecture

• engineer and architect

• 1st example building
  • falling water (frank loyd wright)
  • organic architecture
• why php? (what has this to do with php?)
  • funky caching pattern is used all the time
  • why php uses this more often?
  • nothing beats a static file server
  • = harmony with environment
  • apache web server: error document

• architecture of php
• 3 principles of php
  • php is very „cheap“
    • quote from philip greenspun
  • php is scalable
    • quote from harry fuecks
  • php is pragmatic
    • quote from rasmus lerdorf
  • php is not about purity, its like a wet cat: its mean

• 2nd example
  • bellefield tower (level the church, keep the tower)
  • design hubris?
  • dont worry about the surrounding environment
  • frameworks (by definition)
    • are build to solve problems

• Work WITH the existing Environment, not against
  • tagged - php4 / zend accelerator → needs time to migrate to new ideas/technic

• 3rd example
• golden gate bridge
  • know one recongnizes the gate brigde, golden gate is to iconic
• same problem, different pattern
  • color is orange like rusted environment, fits well
  • it is part of the whole (this is a reference to the Frank Lloyd Wright Example with the Falling Waters House i think)

• design pattern - the timeless way of building (christopher alexander)
  • each pattern describes a problem occuring over and over again, you can use the solution over and over again without doing it the same way

• funky caching again
  • javascript / css compiling and caching
    • pre compile/minimize and cache them
  • tagged - using pictures from production server for staging server via errordocument funky caching

• beyond funky caching
  • deliver pages faster makes user more active

• look around for inspiration for doing good software architecture