As promised, here are the slides from last night’s talk:
Since the code in the presentation is taken somewhat out of context, I’m including the full code sample as well.
Even though it ended in a tie, it may not be as bad as “kissing your sister”. Both are great libraries that provide functionality that was never possible for us when writing PHP code. Choosing the right one is a matter of personal preference – right now, our preference is Mocha.
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