With the move to CakePHP 2.x, it has been a bit harder to find quality open source code that can be integrated with your application. If it is a generic feature, it is very likely that you are duplicating effort, or missing out on a feature because you didn't know quite how to implement it. In this talk we will go over where to locate, assess and embrace/extinguish open source CakePHP code. We will also be covering a few of the more useful and popular CakePHP plugins available.

1. Pluginize ALL
the things

2. about
n Developer and Operations at
seatgeek.com
n Cake Core - Plugins Site and IRC Troll
n Open Source Contributor (github.com/
josegonzalez)

3. Finding Code

4. popular sites
n plugins.cakephp.org

5. popular sites
n plugins.cakephp.org
n github.com

6. alternative methods
n google alerts

7. alternative methods
n google alerts
n twitter #cakephp

8. alternative methods
n google alerts
n twitter #cakephp
n IRC releases

9. alternative methods
n google alerts
n twitter #cakephp
n IRC releases
n online guides

10. Plugin
Requirements

11. DOES IT WORK?

12. does it work?
n Does it do what I need?

13. does it work?
n Does it do what I need?
n Does it break often?

14. does it work?
n Does it do what I need?
n Does it break often?
n If it’s broken, don’t fix it

15. CODEBASE

16. codebase
n Standard Syntax usage

17. codebase
n Standard Syntax usage
n Proper Implementation of something

18. codebase
n Standard Syntax usage
n Proper Implementation of something
n Single install, few dependencies

19. USERBASE

20. userbase
n Forks/Watches

21. userbase
n Forks/Watches
n Issues promptly responded to

22. userbase
n Forks/Watches
n Issues promptly responded to
n Positive feedback

23. DOCUMENTATION

24. documentation
n Wikis make a poor readme

25. documentation
n Wikis make a poor readme
n Provides explicit usage docs

26. documentation
n Wikis make a poor readme
n Provides explicit usage docs
n Well formatted, easy to read

27. DEVELOPMENT

28. development
n Few or decreasing issues

29. development
n Few or decreasing issues
n Recent commits

30. development
n Few or decreasing issues
n Recent commits
n Developer easy to reach

31. Review

32. josegonzalez/git-
n Readme is weak, no wiki
n Last commit was 9 months ago
n Codebase is largely spaghetti code
n No downloadable release

33. josegonzalez/git-
n
n
FAIL
Readme is weak, no wiki
Last commit was 9 months ago
n Codebase is largely spaghetti code
n No downloadable release

34. cakephp/debug_kit
n Readme points to wiki
n Actively updated
n Strong developers, Core Contributors
n Pulls and issues actively closed

35. cakephp/debug_kit
n
n
Readme points to wiki
Actively updated
wIN
n Strong developers, Core Contributors
n Pulls and issues actively closed

36. Contributing

37. pull requests are
IGNORED

38. we have dayjobs
too!

39. test ALL the things

40. Don’t forget
documentation

41. fire, but don’t
FORGET

42. Releasing

43. USE GITHUB

44. include a
README

45. have at least ONE
test

46. use COMPOSER
for releases

47. submit it to
plugins.cakephp.org

48. Awesome Plugins

49. uzyn/cakephp-opauth
n OAuth in a few lines of code
n Handles multiple providers using
strategies
n Lots of documentation online

50. josegonzalez/upload
n public $actsAs = array(‘Upload’)
n Large set of tests
n Little or no automagic

51. kamisama/cake-
n Resque::enqueue('default', 'SomeJob', array('work',
$id)
n Redis-backed, easy setup
n Jobs are just CakeShells

52. markstory/
n $this->AssetCompress->script(‘bundle_name’)
n Handles CSS and JS, pluggable backends
n Possible to integrate with CDNs
n Very extensible and Cake-Aware

53. cakedc/migrations
n Console/cake Migrations.migration run
n Easy to add migration callbacks
n Lots of easy to understand
documentation
n Recommended over SchemaShell

54. dkullman/elastic-search
n Clean integration with ElasticSearch
n Provides data migration into/out of ES
n Supports most ES features; Conforms to
CakePHP standards

55. ceeram/cakepdf
n localhost/posts/view/1.pdf
n PDF Generation in a pinch
n Supports multiple backends

56. Questions?