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symfony Project Blog: New in Symfony 4.4: Password Migrations

        Contributed by Nicolas Grekas  
        in #31594, 
        #31597, 
        and #31843. 
     
 
 

In Symfony 4.3 we introduced a native password encoder to hash your user passwords with the best possible alg...

Derick Rethans: PHP Internals News: Episode 32: Writing Extensions

  PHP Internals News: Episode 32: Writing Extensions 
   
     London, UK 
    Thursday, October 17th 2019, 09:32 BST 
   
  In this episode of "PHP Internals News" I chat with James Titcumb (Twitter, GitHub, Website, LinkedIn) about writing PHP extensions commerc...

8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Wild & Crazy Backgrounds

The ability of developers to do amazing things with code never ceases to amaze. Sure, functionality still plays a huge role. But these days, we also see some otherworldly visuals come to life through the help of CSS and JavaScript, among others.

Today, we’re going to focus on an area that is sure to grab your attention: Background patterns. Note that there is no subtlety here. The code snippets we’re about to show you turn up the volume to 11. Some even include far-out animations to enhance the effect.

In that way, they may not be ideal for use on your new portfolio, but they are terrific examples of what is possible with some coding knowledge and a lot of creativity. Enjoy!

Oh, and you may want to put on your sunglasses first.

60’s Wallpaper

This retro-inspired mix of orange and blue was created with a whopping eight lines of SCSS. While it’s not animated, staring at it in just the right way does provide the feeling of movement. Now, if they only made pants with this pattern…

See the Pen Orange &Blue 🧡💙 by Gemma Stiles

Moiré, Please

Here we have another orange and blue example, this time with motion added to the mix. It’s a Moiré (interference) pattern and is quite intense to watch. The noisy look is reminiscent of an old video game played on a cheap television. *Those who have adverse reactions to such visuals may want to avoid this one.

See the Pen Moire pattern orange-blue [p5.js] by Marjel

Sun King

This psychedelic animation looks like it belongs on a huge screen at a rock concert. The JavaScript-powered effects are attractive and intricate. And due to its somewhat tame movement, you might even be tempted to use it in your own project.

See the Pen Promesse dorée by Bailh

The ‘G’ Stands for Generator

SVG is a great tool for creating background patterns and effects, as they’re sharp and flexible. This snippet offers a way to create your own pattern, either randomly or via a settings panel.

See the Pen SVG Background Pattern Generator by Brandon Brule

On Target

Few things get a user’s attention like the combination of movement and color. Here, we have an example that employs this tandem quite effectively. The mesmerizing, ghost-like bullseyes are enhanced with bands of color as they fly past. The result is a pattern that holds your interest rather than scaring you away.

See the Pen Ripples in Time 2 by Liam Egan

It’s All Triangles

Some things are just better when they’re simple. Here’s an example of how a few shapes can be combined to create something that looks entirely more complex than it actually is. This set of variously-hued SVG triangles (check out the white outline on the upper left of the snippet) gives off a 3D vibe that encourages users to keep on staring.

See the Pen SVG triangle pattern by huibvg

Interlock Engaged

Keeping with the theme of simplicity, take a look at this CSS-only pattern. It’s essentially a set of interlocking shapes that repeat across the screen. And, once again, the result looks like something more than the sum of its parts. Especially so when you consider that this snippet is less than 70 lines of code. Repeating this with, say, Photoshop, would be multitudes more time-consuming.

See the Pen CSS Background Pattern by carpe numidium

Thrice the Fun

Multiple animated patterns on the same screen? “Heresy,” you say. In reality, it’s actually pretty cool. Three equal columns, each featuring a different coloring and animation style. They’re loud but also seem to fit together nicely. As a bonus, hover over a column, and it expands. In a way, it’s reminiscent of a TV show with a wall of monitors in the background.

See the Pen Background Pattern Animation by ichimonzi

In most cases, the snippets above are not practical for everyday use (unless you’re into that whole brutalist thing). But that’s part of what makes them fun. Heck, that’s what makes CodePen itself so great. It’s for experimentation and creating things that you might not otherwise attempt.

And sometimes, the knowledge you gain from building something like a colorful pattern might be used again for a more general purpose. Just the experience in itself can be rewarding.

So, while these patterns may stick out like a sore thumb, they do serve an important purpose. Perhaps they fit right in with a web designer’s quest for self-improvement.

The post 8 CSS & JavaScript Snippets for Creating Wild & Crazy Backgrounds appeared first on Speckyboy Design Magazine.

Site News: Blast from the Past – One Year Ago in PHP (10.17.2019)

Here's what was popular in the PHP community one year ago today:

• StarTutorial.com: Modern PHP Developer - Iterator

• TutsPlus.com: Trigonometry, Random Numbers and More With Built-in PHP Math Functions
• Stitcher.io: Laravel domains
• Brandon Savage: Avoiding Setter Injection
• PHP.net: PHP 7.1.12 and 7.2.11 Released
• TutsPlus.com: PHP Control Structures and Loops: if, else, for, foreach, while and More
• Matt Glaman: Running Drupal's PHPUnit test suites on DDEV
• Frederick Vanbrabant: The Integration Operation Segregation Principle

Laravel News: Sign In With Apple for Laravel Socialite

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Empowering Generations of Digital Natives

Technology is changing faster each year. Digital literacy can vary between ages but there are lots of ways different generations can work together and empower each as digital citizens.

No matter whether you’re a parent or caregiver, teacher or mentor, it’s hard to know the best way to teach younger generations the skills needed to be an excellent digital citizen. If you’re not confident about your own tech skills, you may wonder how you can help younger generations become savvy digital citizens. But using technology responsibly is about more than just technical skills. By collaborating across generations, you can also strengthen all your family members’ skills, and offer a shared understanding of what the internet can provide and how to use it to help your neighborhoods and wider society. 

Taking Gen Z Beyond Digital Savvy

Open up the dialogue

Even if you’re not fully confident in your own tech skills, you can help develop digital citizenship skills in others. If you feel comfortable during everyday conversation, you could describe a tech situation you have come across and ask family members if they have ever experienced something similar. You can give them a chance to share how they handled it or how it made them feel. This can help encourage them to think critically and to react with empathy. And being asked for advice can make them feel appreciated and empowered. But opening up the conversation can also be as simple as asking if they’ve seen anything online lately that they found interesting or wanted to talk about.

Share access to free and affordable training

Open source content management systems have made online publishing accessible to a more diverse group of people. Dozens of content platforms offer hands-on training at no or low cost. WordPress.tv, LinkedIn Learning, and others have low-cost video libraries with thousands of recorded talks and workshops and the WordPress Training team have excellent downloadable lesson plans and materials. These platforms not only feature content that helps develop tech and content creation skills but also content around ethics, diversity and community building.  

Find a sense of community and belonging

One of the disadvantages of increased digitalization is that younger generations and us all may spend less time hanging out in-person. Digital time spent with others is no replacement for in-person interactions. The awareness and mutual understanding which comes from back and forth interaction is needed for positive interpersonal skills. This is hard to replace in digital communities and those skills can only be learned with lots of hands-on practice. 

Learn the many benefits of volunteering 

There are WordPress events across the world that provide a great place to learn new skills to share with your families and friends. Some work with schools and colleges to offer special events which are open to all ages. There are also plenty of small ways to volunteer with the WordPress project that can be done at home to practice new skills.

In addition to attending events where you can learn skills and hang out with others with similar interests, the WordPress ecosystem offers countless opportunities to be actively involved. Professionals, hobbyists, and learners all make a difference by contributing to the ongoing creation of the WordPress platform. Together these people, who are known as contributors, form the WordPress open source community. 

WordPress is created by volunteer contributors

Not only are these contributors creating an amazingly flexible platform for all to use, it is an environment where you can continue to improve your skills, both technical and interpersonal. Open-source software projects can introduce you to people you would otherwise not get the chance to meet, locally and internationally. If you have a zest for learning, and for finding others to connect with, WordPress has many ways to meet contributors in person!

WordPress events are organized by volunteers

WordPress community events are volunteer-run. This can be a great way to give back to the project and practice all sorts of skills. Talk to your local event about how you could get involved and if you would like to bring older teenagers and young adults with you. You will not need any pre-existing tech skills to attend these events but they are a great way to discover areas you might want to learn more about. 

Contributor days offer a great opportunity to get involved

These events are specially designed to help you get involved in building the open-source WordPress platform. You can collaborate with other members of its community and find areas that are right for you to use and grow your skills. All of the tasks you will discover at an event can be continued at home and some are easy to get other family members involved in learning and adding in ideas. 

Contributors come from all sorts of backgrounds and locations, some may live near you and others thousands of miles away. Working alongside lots of different cultures and countries can open up new ideas for young people letting them learn new ways of doing things and discover different perspectives. All those different perspectives can cause misunderstandings. But being involved in a global learning community is a great way to practice communicating across cultural boundaries. 

Getting involved can be rewarding in many (unexpected) ways

The most rewarding part of actively taking part in WordPress events is making budding friendships. New connections often turn into long-lasting friendships that are likely to continue for years to come, both online and offline. With a global community, these friendships can potentially lead to lots of international adventures too!

Getting ready for the @WordCampBTN. I’ve got my 5kg backpack and one-way ticket to London in a few days What shall I do after? pic.twitter.com/cdQqeyNWif

— Sabrina Zeidan going to #WCKyiv (@sabrina_zeidan) August 10, 2019

Make our digital world safer and more inclusive

Befriending people from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds can be an enriching experience in itself. It can also help you make us make more informed decisions. The more we interact with a diverse range of people, the more empathic we become. Some of the most valuable learning that can be offered to Gen Z (and probably to all of us at times) is that what we come across in fast-moving digital communities isn’t always the entire view. 

All things considered….

Anyone who is a digital native may not need encouragement to obtain tech skills. But they may not be aware that digital communities are still communities and we need to use the same sorts of people skills for both offline and online locations. Opening up conversations about situations they may experience online that may require them to (re)act responsibly, can encourage them to think critically and act with empathy. Compared to previous generations, digital natives spend substantially more time by themselves while using devices, so encouraging them to join real-life communities, such as WordPress, could be the first step to learning what it means to be a good digital citizen! 

symfony Project Blog: New in Symfony 4.4: PHPUnit Assertions for Email Messages

        Contributed by Fabien Potencier  
        in #32930 
        and #33203. 
     
 
 

The new Mailer and Mime components were introduced in Symfony 4.3 to replace the previous solution based on SwiftMailer. In Symfo...