{"id":27142,"date":"2016-12-16T09:37:23","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T07:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27142"},"modified":"2016-12-16T09:37:23","modified_gmt":"2016-12-16T07:37:23","slug":"php-package-development-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/16\/php-package-development-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP Package Development Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paul M. Jones announces<\/a> the availability of PHP Package Development Standards<\/a> for review:<\/p>\n

This initiative researches the PHP package ecosystem to recognize commonly adopted development practices. It rationalizes and refines those practices, then publishes them as PDS packages for reference by PHP package authors.<\/p>\n

PDS publications are derived from and supported by common practices existing in real packages, as adopted by existing authors who have a continuing interest in the quality and consistency of their own work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Have a look at php-pds\/skeleton<\/a> GitHub repository.<\/p>\n

Personally, I welcome this initiative. \u00a0PHP ecosystem exploded in the recent years with the help of composer<\/a> and Packagist.org<\/a>. \u00a0There are over 120,000 packages<\/a> just on the Packagist.org. \u00a0I think, it’s good to have some standards and best practices. \u00a0The PHP Framework Interop Group<\/a> (PHP-FIG) is doing its best with the PHP Standards Recommendations<\/a> (PSRs). \u00a0But we could have some more guidelines in order to have some consistency.<\/p>\n

PHP Package Development Standards<\/a> takes, in my opinion, the right way of looking at what’s out there, what works and what doesn’t, and than setting the guidelines based on the real world practices. \u00a0They cover things like file and directory naming conventions, versioning, changelog and licensing – which are common issues for pretty much every package.<\/p>\n

Looking at the packages that I am involved with, only a few minor changes are necessary to comply. \u00a0Mostly, the “config<\/em>” folder instead of the Unix-style “etc<\/em>“, CONTRIBUTING file, and a CHANGELOG file, which I’m still to find a good way to semi-automate.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

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