Adam Culp (Zend Technologies) Interview - OSCON 2014
summary
Refactoring means altering existing code to improve readability and structure without changing behavior, using object‑oriented techniques to enable safer restructures; claims that developers spend about 70% reading code justify investing time to refactor. Tools and history cited: moved from ColdFusion and Visual Basic to PHP, highlights namespaces and composer (autoloading) from PHP 5.3 as game changers. Community impact: runs a 650-member user group and a 250-attendee conference.
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