73 posts

A retrospective with DIXIT

If you already know the principle of retrospectives, we propose you a nice variant with Dixit.

#management#retrospective

Published on Apr 18, 2023

Some news about Snappy

Some news about Snappy, our open source PHP package allowing the generation of PDF or image from a web page or HTML content directly.

#opensource#snappy

Published on Mar 27, 2023

KnpUniversity.com >>> SymfonyCasts.com

Today Edgar sits with Leanna − cofounder and voice of KnpUniversity.com, a KNP Labs spin-off − to discuss the recent brand name change, its implications and her favorite hobby. About KnpUniversity / SymfonyCasts Edgar − Welcome Leanna. So first, say I've lived on the moon for the past few years an...

Published on Sep 16, 2018

[Process] Lessons learned about Bus Factor (5/5): Detect it before it is too late

Last time we talked about why it's better to use the same language as your domain expert, and write tests that really describe business logic and not interface. Now, as a dev, one of the worst situations that can happen is when you have to dive into an unknown project to fix some critical bug or add...

Published on Dec 19, 2017

[Process] Lessons learned about Bus Factor (4/5): Stay close to the domain

Last time we talked about how you can write explicit and self-documented code, so that it's easier for any newcomer to read, understand and maintain. Let's now discuss the wonders of ubiquitous language and the right use of functional testing. Everybody knows this cartoon and it's still true. See ...

Published on Dec 14, 2017

[Process] Lessons learned about Bus Factor (3/5): Write explicit code

Source: Javascript , by Matthew Ephraim. Last time [http://knplabs.com/fr/blog/pr

Published on Oct 16, 2017

[Process] Lessons learned about Bus Factor (2/5): Balancing the level of your team

Source : Léon Georget, George Grantham Bain collection. Last time we talked about the definition of the Bus Factor. Now it's time to roll up our sleeves, and try to understand how you can prevent it inside the coding team. At KNP we are doing Code Reviews on every PRs, let's see why and what be...

Published on Oct 9, 2017

[Process] Lessons learned about Bus Factor (1/5): Introduction

Source : Team Geek by Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian W. Fitzpatrick At KNP, one of our key values is the constant wish to analyze and improve ourselves, our work and our relationship/communication with our customers. A few months back we identified a problem : how to maintain a project with a urgent ...

Published on Sep 28, 2017

Action Connected - We help to do good!

We <3 to create Symfony Applications , and with Action Connected , we had the chance to work for a company that supports NGOs, who help to do good! Action Connected is a fundraising platform for donors and nonprofits, and one of its strong features is that beneficiaries have their own account and...

Published on May 26, 2016

Some news about KnpMenu

We’re proud to announce the release of KnpMenu version 2.0! What's new ? * New options, checkout the new options in our updated documentation * New code organization : KnpMenu is more extensible than before * You can easily manipulate your menu thanks to the new class `MenuManipulator` * ...

Published on Sep 5, 2014

KNPeers don't fear the ALS Ice-Bucket Challenge

Oh yes, we are challenged and here are the results! It started with a challenge fromMarc Morera to Ryan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhTLVm7FapU&feature=youtu.be Who challanged Sasha , Roman and Kristen . Roman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTKzl0C

Published on Aug 26, 2014

Guest Post by Ivo Lukač, Netgen

Symfony becoming a common ground for mid and big-sized teams working with PHP First to give some context to this post. I am the co-owner of Netgen , a web development agency which uses eZ Publish as a base for most of web projects.  We used to make extensions and integrations in more or less pure P...

Published on Jun 30, 2014