148 - The Best Bug Tracking Tools

Change log

• EP 147 is now available. In that episode I talked about the process of fixing a bug

PHP UK

• Keynote: Never stop learning, or how cursory and cross pollination drives innovation by Pauline Vos
• Talk on OpenAPI from Rob Allen - Lots of useful resources and a guide to the Yaml configuration
• Talk on improving your documentation by Alexandra White
• Embrace the pitfalls (Our stop start journey to Change) by Stacy Cashmore
• Closing keynote: Passwords are so 1990 by Sam Bellen
• Keynote: Open source is good for business by Lorna Jane Mitchell
• Talk on PHP fibers by Milko Kosturkov - Async PHP code
• Talk on the blockchain and crypto (Hop on the PHP Block chain rocket to the MOON!) By Drishti Jain
• Talk on Practical advanced static analysis by Date Liddament
• From Betamax to VCR: Harden your API integration testing by James Second
• Closing keynote: Leading in Tech by Michael Cullum

We have a new puppy called Goose

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I gave a talk to PHP South West (in person) and to the Symfony user group in Portugal (Remote)

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I want to give a shout out to JoelTheDeveloper who I meet at PHPUK, he has a his own YouTube channel which talks about development and the mindset of devs. He’s done a great video regarding handling your ego as a developer. Please checkout his channel 

Bug tracking tools

• It doesn’t mater what tool you use as long as you have eyes on the issues
• Friction hurts progress.
  • Tools should be easy to use
  • Easy to integrate with the current toolset
  • Easy to integrate outside of the current ecosystem
  • Low learning curve
  • Will it be self hosted
  • Can you import your current bugs/tasks
  • Can you export bugs/issues
  • What are the security implications
  • Can all devs on your team use it on their platforms
  • Does it need to be mobile friendly
• How can it integrate well with other tools
  • Does it have an API

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