Symfony Station Communiqué — 08 December 2023
Reuben Walker, Jr.
This communiqué originally appeared on Symfony Station.
Welcome to this week's Symfony Station communiqué. It's your review of the essential news in the Symfony and PHP development communities focusing on protecting democracy. Because open-source equals open societies, peeps. We also cover the cybersecurity world and the Fediverse (more open-source). There are a lot of Symfony articles this week which is fantastiqué! Let's hope there will be a ship ton of SymfonyCon articles next week.
There is good content in the all of our categories, so please take your time and enjoy the items most relevant and valuable to you. This is why we publish on Fridays. So you can savor it over your weekend. 😉
Or jump straight to your favorite section via our website.
Once again, thanks go out to Javier Eguiluz and Symfony for sharing our communiqué in their Week of Symfony.
My opinions will be in bold. And often involve cursing.
Symfony
As always, we will start with the official news from Symfony.
Highlight -> "This week, Symfony 6.4.0 and Symfony 7.0.0 stable versions were released. We also published a Symfony 7 landing page to summarize the main new features of this version. In addition, we introduced the Symfony 7 certification. Lastly, the SymfonyCon Brussels 2023 conference will take place next week."
A Week of Symfony #883 (27 November - 3 December 2023)
They also have:
New in Symfony 6.4: DX Improvements (part 2)
New in Symfony 6.4: Workflow Profiler
SymfonyCasts continues its LAST stack course:
This is an outstanding one and free through January 15th.
And of course, SymfonyCon Brussels is rolling along this week.
Featured Item
Nico Anastasio writes:
"Is Symfony a front-end or back-end framework? In this blog post, We will see Symfony Views, where front-end technologies merge with the back-end to create beautiful and dynamic web applications.
I’ll share insights on how you can harness the full potential of Symfony’s Views to create stunning user interfaces, all while enjoying the robustness and flexibility that Symfony offers."
Is Symfony a front-end or back-end framework?
This Week
Sajjad Hussain explores:
The Basic Concepts of Symfony Framework: A Comprehensive Guide
This is a fantastic overview.
Daniyal Javani shows us:
How to Implement a Simple Queue in Symfony
Brian Thiely shares:
Contextualizing Symfony 7’s Scheduler: Real-World Applications
And joliCode shows us how to:
Master task scheduling with Symfony Scheduler
Hazar Nenni examines:
The Power of Symfony in DevOps
Mathia Pagani looks at:
Symfony and iRODS Optimization: Python, Asynchronous Handling, and Redis Integration
Great stuff.
OpenAI PHP for Symfony is a community-maintained PHP API client that allows you to interact with the Open AI API.
Ruben Rubio explores:
Optimising a web application (I): seeing
Xin Tao shares:
Unit, integration, and application tests for Symfony applications
Kévin Dunglas has:
PHP and Symfony Apps As Standalone Binaries
eCommerce
Droptica exmanines:
Recurring Payments in Drupal Commerce with PayPal. How to Set Up the Braintree Module?
Sylius has a:
And Shopware has the:
Shopware Community Digest November 23
Platforms
CMSs
In Web Works looks at:
The Admin Toolbar - A Phenomenal Drupal Module for Website
QTA Tech shares:
Choosing the Best Drupal Approach: Headless or Decoupled?
I still think headless is a stupid term. It should be called frontless. And if you need something like this, go the decoupled route.
If you are into this sort of thing, Prometsource has:
Exploring AI for Drupal Development
And shows us:
How to Keep Data Secure During a CMS Migration
Third and Grove has:
A Closer Look at Drupal's New Major Release Cycle
Drupalize Me is:
Planning a Better "Hello, World" for Drupal
This is promising. Because Drupal is a pain in the ass to learn how to use.
Mandclu explores:
Translatable Inline Lists in Drupal
LostCarPark continues their Drupal advent calendar:
Drupal Advent Calendar day 2 - Subpathauto and Friends
Drupal Advent Calendar day 3 - Markdown Easy
FYI. When I enabled this for the basic html editor, it broke my site. I guess it's for use in full HTML or text editing modes.
Drupal Advent Calendar day 4 - Advent Calendar Module
Drupal Advent Calendar day 5 - Admin Navigation
Drupal Advent Calendar day 6 - Smart Trim
Drupal Advent Calendar day 7 - Extra Field
Useful.
Drupal Advent Calendar day 8 - Disclosure Menu
ImageX examines:
Tailored Admin Experiences for All Users with The Dashboard Initiative in Drupal
Cyberschorsch shares:
Elevating Drupal's Capabilities with Redis for Advanced Data Management
Great stuff.
The Drop Times has a new newsletter.
And:
Costa Rica 2023: A Glimpse into Success at Drupal Camp
Driven by Community; Not by VC Funds: Andrew Berry on What Differentiates Drupal from SaaS Offerings
DrupalEasy looks at:
Using DrupalPod for core and contrib development
Previous Weeks
Daniyal Javani shows us:
A Simple Way to Validate API Requests in Symfony
Ruben Rubio examines:
Testing an OpenAPI specification in PHP
Navid Hosseini looks at:
Running a Symfony application on AWS Lambda (Part 1)
PHP
This Week
PhpStorm announces:
PhpStorm 2023.3 Is Now Available
And published:
Alexander Goller explores:
Serving Private Composer Packages with Serverless Cloudflare Workers and R2 Storage
Julien Maury asks:
PHP: why make your own exceptions?
Pest announces:
Stressless: Stress Testing for PHP
Stefano Fago examines:
Designing with PHP 8.1 Enumerations
Cube shares:
Code quality tool PHP_CodeSniffer has a new maintainer but needs corporate support
Christian Nastassi looks at:
Advanced Value Objects in PHP 8
Semaphore shares:
NativePHP: Build Desktop Applications with PHP
Piotr Gołofit asks:
Is PHP still relevant in 2023?
I think you know the answer.
Exacat has:
Smooth migration from array to object
Laravel News reports on:
Krzysztof Czereczon asks:
Seliesh Jacob shares:
Creating and Managing JWT Tokens in PHP
Previous Weeks
Paweł Czyżewski explores:
PHP Fast(er)CGI Process Manager
More Programming
Mozilla published the:
Hey, use Firefox peeps. And Thunderbird too. And the Mozilla VPN.
XDA shows us:
How to use GPU in Visual Studio Code
I would think there are similar strategies with PhpStorm.
That HTML Blog says:
The Invokers are Coming. Part II
Smashing Mag is:
Preparing For Interaction To Next Paint, A New Web Core Vital
Like all their articles, this is very useful.
The shitty browser known as Chrome shares:
A look at all the wonderful things that came to CSS this year.
TechCrunch reports:
As a new AI-driven coding assistant is launched, the battle for AI-mindshare moves to developers GitHub shares a case study:
Upgrading GitHub.com to MySQL 8.0
HTMHell continues their advent calendar:
You don't need JavaScript for that
4,569% this!
The Form Attribute - Enhancing Form Layout Flexibility
Back to Basics: 5 HTML attributes for improved accessibility and user experience
The Hellish History of HTML: An incomplete and personal account
Very informative.
The hidden depths of the input element
Read this one.
Scoot Jehl shows us:
How to Use Responsive HTML Video (...and Audio!)
Multiline Comment demonstrates:
Simple reactivity with custom element attributes
Witty name.
CloudFour says:
HTML Web Components Are Having a Moment
Because they are an improvement over web components.
Fighting for Democracy
Please visit our Support Ukraine page to learn how you can help kick Russia out of Ukraine (eventually).
The cyber response to Russia’s War Crimes and other douchebaggery
The Hacker News reports:
Russian Hacker Vladimir Dunaev Convicted for Creating TrickBot Malware
VentureBeat reports:
2 clear and consistent paths toward effective, accelerated AI regulation
ComputerWorld reports:
EU lawmakers move closer to finalizing AI Act
The Verge reports:
Facebook and Instagram accused of creating a ‘marketplace’ for child predators in new lawsuit
The Register reports:
Five Eyes nations warn Moscow's mates at the Star Blizzard gang have new phishing targets
The Evil Empire Strikes Back
Ars Technica reports:
Chrome’s next weapon in the War on Ad Blockers: Slower extension updates
Google's new motto: Money before security and Greed before Don't Be Evil.
The Guardian reports:
Europe’s AI crackdown looks doomed to be felled by Silicon Valley lobbying power
Let's hope not.
Reversal of content policies at Alphabet, Meta and X threaten democracy, warn experts
US police agencies took intelligence directly from IDF, leaked files show
The Register reports:
US warns Iranian terrorist crew broke into 'multiple' US water facilities
Dark Reading reports:
Iran Threatens Israel's Critical Infrastructure With 'Polonium' Proxy
The Hacker News reports:
Microsoft Warns of Kremlin-Backed APT28 Exploiting Critical Outlook Vulnerability
Wired reports:
A Kremlin-Linked Network Used Fake Taylor Swift Quotes to Push Anti-Ukraine Propaganda
In news that surprises no one with a brain, the BBC reports:
Russia hacking: 'FSB in years-long cyber attacks on UK', says government
Cybersecurity/Privacy
The Register reports:
US and EU infosec authorities pen intel-sharing pact
BleepingComputer reports:
Atlassian patches critical RCE flaws across multiple products
The Hacker News has more:
Atlassian Releases Critical Software Fixes to Prevent Remote Code Execution
Slate reports:
The Internet Enabled Mass Surveillance. A.I. Will Enable Mass Spying
StackDiary reports:
Vulnerability in Microsoft Edge allows code smuggling
Another reason to use Firefox.
Fediverse
The Fediverse Report has:
Last Week in Fediverse – in other news – ep 46
Tim Chambers shares:
A Year End List of Fediverse Development I'm Hopeful for in 2024
Great work, Tim.
Mammoth announces:
Introducing Mammoth 2: The easiest way quit Twitter/X for good and join Mastodon It is and if you aren't on Mastodon, check this out.
Lickability shares a case study: Designing Mastodon’s reply safety features
Sylkeweb Too explores:
Joan Westenberg says:
The block button is the ultimate source of dopamine. Use it.
Masimatutu opines:
Mastodon has the responsibility to promote diversity in the Fediverse
They are speaking about platforms and I agree.
ThatOneKirbyMain2568 responds:
I've been thinking a bit about this post
Hmm. I think solutions can be found, especially for Mastodon's implementation of Activity Pub.
Ryan Barret is:
As I have said before, I won't federate with Threads on a personal level and I am not sure about Bluesky. But, anything that gets the non-c^nts off Shitter is good with me.
Red Sweater announces:
MarsEdit 5.1: Mastodon Support is Here!
If you are on a Mac and Mastodon, check this out.
Framasoft has more details on Mobilizon:
Mobilisation V4 : the maturity stage
We Distribute reports:
After Radio Silence, Kbin App Artemis Shuts Down
Hypha is:
Announcing Distributed.Press Social Inbox 1.0
TechCrunch reports:
Bluesky says it will allow users to opt out of the public web interface after backlash
CTAs (aka show us some free love)
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