PHP for years has been the language that programmers interested in web 0:00 development would learn first. 0:03 As programmers get better at programming in their language of choice, 0:05 they grow more confident and release code. 0:08 Unfortunately, PHP being a language with lots of beginners in it, 0:10 a lot of this code used to be messy, insecure, and 0:14 often not the most efficient way of doing things. 0:16 Developers would then move on to other languages and 0:19 leave their old code floating around on blogs, meaning other beginners would 0:21 find that code try using it, and the circle would continue. 0:24 These days PHP is a much healthier environment with great quality 0:29 code around. 0:32 This is in part thanks to projects like the PHP Framework Inter Operability Group, 0:33 which helps write standards for PHP projects to conform to. 0:37 Another popular resource is PHP The Right Way, which acts as a living document for 0:40 up-to-date information about which extensions, packages, frameworks and 0:44 the like, can be used to achieve certain things. 0:48 Following advice on here can save you a lot of headaches when you're uploading 0:51 applications with PHP. 0:54 Unfortunately, despite the advances in the community, 0:56 a lot of the old code is still floating around. 0:59 This course will teach you how to distribute your code in a quality way, and 1:02 teach you how to look out for good code too, so you know the difference. 1:06