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| No Meeting for October 2008 [message #1499] |
Mon, 29 September 2008 22:13 |
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Due to the gas shortage in Atlanta, Atlanta PHP has decided to cancel its
regularly scheduled October meeting. We apologize for the short notice, but we
felt this was the right decision to make given the current situation.
We will resume our regularly scheduled meetings on Thursday, November 6th. We
hope to see you there!
http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/87
Now, for a few announcements:
BarCamp is returning to Atlanta this year. BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born
from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an
intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants. BarCamp
Atlanta will take place on October 17-18, 2008 in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia
Tech ATDC in Midtown. There is only space for 300 participants, so be sure to
sign up early!
http://www.barcampatlanta.com/
Atlanta PHP invites you to join us at php|works and PyWorks in Atlanta, GA
November 12 through 14!
*Atlanta PHP user group members receive $100 off the price of registration!*
The publishers of php|architect and Python Magazine, are proud to invite you to
php|works and PyWorks, two great conferences that will take place in Atlanta,
GA, USA, between November 12 and November 14.
With over 65 talks in 5 tracks, 10 tutorials and great networking events and
parties, php|works and PyWorks represent a unique opportunity to not only hone
your technical skills, but also meet and interact with members of a vibrant
community of developers from all walks of life. And remember -- your attendance
fee covers access to both conferences!
http://phpworks.mtacon.com/
--
Ben Ramsey
Atlanta PHP
http://www.atlantaphp.org/
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| | Topic: Join Us at php|works and PyWorks 2008! |
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| Join Us at php|works and PyWorks 2008! [message #1480] |
Tue, 09 September 2008 12:01 |
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Atlanta PHP invites you to join us at php|works and PyWorks in Atlanta, GA November 12 through 14!
Atlanta PHP user group members receive $100 off the price of registration!
Sign up for any conference + tutorial day package before September 27 and receive complimentary access to one of php|architect's training classes free of charge—a $900 value yours completely free!
http://phpworks.mtacon.com/
Attached is a forwarded message from the folks at php|architect...
Join Us at php|works and PyWorks 2008!
Free training when you sign up!
Sign up for any conference + tutorial day package before September 27 and receive complimentary access to one of our training classes free of charge—a $900 value yours completely free!
For more information, visit our Specials Page
The publishers of php|architect and Python Magazine, are proud to invite you to php|works and PyWorks, two great conferences that will take place in Atlanta, GA, USA, between November 12 and November 14.
With over 65 talks in 5 tracks, 10 tutorials and great networking events and parties, php|works and PyWorks represent a unique opportunity to not only hone your technical skills, but also meet and interact with members of a vibrant community of developers from all walks of life. And remember—your attendance fee covers access to both conferences!
Here's a brief, partial selection of some of the great talks that will be presented at php|works and PyWorks:
- Matthew Weier O'Phinney: Rich UIs with Zend Framework and Dojo
- Sebastian Bergmann: Lambdas, closures and traits in PHP
- Sara Golemon: Simple scaling every developer should know
- Travis Swicegood: Introduction to Git
- Mark Ramm: Building Web Applications with TurboGears
- Michael Foord: IronPython: Python on .NET
- Morgan Tocker: Performance Tuning MySQL
- Chris Shiflett: Security-Centered Design
- D. Keith Casey, Jr.: Mobilizing the Web
You can find the complete schedule for both conferences here.
With attendance fees starting as low as $499 per person, special hotel deals and a location that is just minutes by one of the most accessible international airports in the world, php|works and PyWorks are your chance to be part of a unique learning experience!
Sign up today—don't miss out!
[Updated on: Thu, 11 September 2008 13:54]
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| September 2008 Meeting [message #1460] |
Fri, 22 August 2008 19:08 |
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When: Thursday, September 4, 2008 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details:
<http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/85>
<http://php.meetup.com/336/calendar/8547222/>
<http://www.new.facebook.com/event.php?eid=28609651956>
PRESENTATION: Rickroll To Go With PHP, WURFL, and Other Open Source Tools
Want to get that wallpaper on your iPhone or that Rick Astley video on your
Nokia N95? In a world where mobile content is becoming more prevalent by the
day, how can we enhance the experience of gathering images, audio and video for
consumption on mobile devices?
Brian will demonstrate how you can leverage the Wireless Universal Resource File
(WURFL), PHP, ImageMagick, ffmpeg, and other open source tools to optimize
content for consumption on mobile devices.
Our own Brian DeShong to present.
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square
in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need
to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
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| IMPORTANT AUGUST MEETING DATE CHANGE - moved to the 14th [message #1451] |
Thu, 31 July 2008 18:22 |
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Hi everybody!
IMPORTANT – We will NOT be meeting on August 7th. Our next meeting has been rescheduled to August 14th to accommodate our special speaker, Jay Pipes from MySQL.
When: Thursday, August 14, 2008 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details:
<http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/83>
<http://php.meetup.com/336/calendar/8273700/>
<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=23881675770>
PRESENTATION: Join-Fu: The Art of SQL
Jay Pipes, the North American Community Relations Manager at MySQL and co-author of Pro MySQL (Apress, 2005), joins us this month to present “Join-Fu: The Art of SQL.”
Join-fu is the art of performance-tuning your application’s SQL. Join Jay in a fun, irreverent look at the common ways application developers misuse and abuse their database.
Topics covered include:
* Schema optimization and vertical partitioning
* SQL Coding style guidelines
* Set-wise problem solving in SQL (and why it kicks for-loop-fu’s ass.)
o Rewriting correlated subqueries into joins
o Using derived tables or subqueries in the FROM clause
* Working with N:M or “mapping” tables
o Dealing with OR conditions
o Dealing with AND conditions
o Combatting filesorts using Cross-join-fu
* Understanding Left-join-fu
* Handling Heirarchical Data
o Adjacency Lists
o Nested Sets
* Doing GIS calculations in SQL
o Without using user variables, the spatial extensions or stored functions
o Calculating distance between two points
o Doing radius searches in spherical geometries
* Reporting techniques in SQL
o Calculating running sums and aggregates
o Calculating rank of results
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
[Updated on: Fri, 01 August 2008 12:36]
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| | Topic: TestFest 2008 Workshop |
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| TestFest 2008 Workshop [message #1405] |
Wed, 21 May 2008 17:41 |
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When: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 -- 6pm-10pm
Where: Schematic Atlanta
Details:
<http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/80>
<http://php.meetup.com/336/calendar/7986429/>
<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=15313173714>
TestFest 2008 Workshop
We are hosting an additional workshop in May for the PHP TestFest! This is a
BYOL (bring your own laptop) workshop. WiFi, food, and drinks will be provided.
Please RSVP at meetup.com, so we can get an accurate head count:
<http://php.meetup.com/336/calendar/7986429/>
Ever wanted to get involved in the PHP development team but were unsure of where
to start? Perhaps you're not exactly a great C developer, so you weren't even
aware that your help could be valuable? Well, you don't need to be a C developer
to aid the PHP development team, nor do you need to do any fancy compiling or
building. You can write phpt tests!
The month of May has been designated as TestFest 2008 for PHP user groups around
the world. This month, PHP user groups will work to improve the code coverage of
the test suite for the PHP language itself. Aside from having the opportunity to
help in improving the language itself, PHP.net will also raffle off 10
elePHPants to submitters. Every submission (phpt test) that is considered
helpful receives one entry into the raffle. Furthermore, people that show they
are capable of writing tests entirely on their own may be given official PHP.net
accounts with direct commit access to cvs.php.net and an @php.net email address.
LOCATION
TAKE NOTE: We are meeting in a different location for this workshop! Our meeting
takes place at the Schematic Atlanta offices at the Millennium in Midtown
building (at the corner of 10th and West Peachtree streets). You will need to
sign in with security in the lobby.
See our website for more details and directions:
<http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/80>
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| | Topic: Drupal workshop, May 6th |
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| Drupal workshop, May 6th [message #1392] |
Sun, 04 May 2008 14:50 |
cspruck
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Hi everyone!
Here's the info we received about the upcoming Drupal workshop. You can RSVP and get further info on their Meetup group at http://drupal.meetup.com/4/calendar/7851803/. The main user group site is http://drupalatlanta.com/.
Chris
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Because of scheduling conflict with other open source and web
development meetings, the first Drupal Atlanta Workshop was changed from May 1st to May 6th (a Tuesday).
In the following months, we plan on having the meetings on the second Tuesday of the month. That wasn't possible for May because all rooms were already booked on that day, but the June meeting has been planned for June 10th (2nd Tuesday).
Please find below a revised copy of the original announcement, with directions to Manuel's Tavern:
Drupal Atlanta is adding to its regular meetings a new monthly workshop. The workshops will be held on a different day than the regular meetings and will focus on a hands-on approach to learning Drupal and sharing tips.
The first meeting will be held on Thursday, May 6th at Manuel’s
Tavern in Atlanta, in the Eagle’s Nest meeting room (to the right and upstairs, from the back entrance) at 7:30 pm.
Manuel’s Tavern is located at:
602 N Highland Ave NE, at the corner of North Avenue and North
Highland Avenue.
Directions:
http://MANUELSTAVERN.COM/location.html
Mapquest:
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/602+N+Highland+Ave+NE+Atlanta+G A/
There are two large parking lots in the back and on the side.
We’ll start the meeting by working on a consensus on the best way to do these workshops:
- Location, day, and time:
Manuel's Tavern has been chosen because it is centrally located, but all suggestions will be welcome.
- The most efficient way to work together:
The group has different levels of Drupal users. Some are new
users, while some are very experienced. Some experienced users are willing to help the less experienced. We’ll plan on organizing the workshops so everybody can benefit from them.
So please come on time if you want your voice heard.
Manuel’s Tavern has two meeting rooms. The Eagle’s Nest is the
smallest with a capacity of about 30 people. If we decide to keep
the meetings there and enough of us show-up, we can use the larger room where we could potentially divide into smaller groups by proficiency level or interest.
See you there!
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| | Topic: May 2008 Meeting |
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| May 2008 Meeting [message #1384] |
Tue, 29 April 2008 17:01 |
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When: Thursday, May 1, 2008 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details:
<http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/79>
<http://php.meetup.com/336/calendar/7668786/>
<http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=19221070378>
TOPIC: TestFest 2008
Ever wanted to get involved in the PHP development team but were unsure of where to start? Perhaps you're not exactly a great C developer, so you weren't even aware that your help could be valuable? Well, you don't need to be a C developer to aid the PHP development team, nor do you need to do any fancy compiling or building. You can write phpt tests!
The month of May has been designated as TestFest 2008 for PHP user groups around the world. This month, PHP user groups will work to improve the code coverage of the test suite for the PHP language itself. Aside from having the opportunity to help in improving the language itself, PHP.net will also raffle off 10 elePHPants to submitters. Every submission (phpt test) that is considered helpful receives one entry into the raffle. Furthermore, people that show they are capable of writing tests entirely on their own may be given official PHP.net accounts with direct commit access to cvs.php.net and an @php.net email address.
The Atlanta PHP May meeting will be dedicated to TestFest 2008, introducing the concept of phpt tests and how to write them.
MINI-TALK: Easy Loader Generation
We've all seen those nifty animated loading images on Ajaxified Web 2.0 sites, but how do we create them? Eric Stewart shows us how with "a neat little tool for making a quick little AJAX loading gif."
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
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| April 2008 Meeting [message #1354] |
Mon, 31 March 2008 13:34 |
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When: Thursday, April 3, 2008 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: <http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/77>
PRESENTATION: I'm a PHP dev! Why should I care about Microsoft?
There are a host of technologies and tools from Microsoft that can add value to
your PHP solutions, save you time, and are just plain cool. This presentation
will cover server technologies like FastCGI, IIS and the PHP SQL Server Driver,
client technologies like the ASP.NET AJAX Library and Silverlight, as well as
developer tools. This is not a sales pitch - it's a technical walkthrough with
demos, and will give you pointers to lots of resources for digging deeper.
Glen Gordon is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft who presents free .NET
developer training around the Southeast. You can reach Glen through his blog
<http://blogs.msdn.com/glengordon>
MINI-TALK: Bug Tracking
Kevin Roberts will do a short presentation about bug tracking.
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square
in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need
to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
For more information, see <http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/77>
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| First ATL PostgreSQL User Group Meeting Tonight [message #1351] |
Tue, 18 March 2008 13:59 |
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When: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 -- 6:30pm
Where: Buckhead Borders
Details: <http://pugs.postgresql.org/node/366>
Tonight is the first meeting of the newly-formed Atlanta PostgreSQL User Group.
Michael Brewer, the organizer of the PostgreSQL user group, posted these details
about the first meeting:
"Let's have the first meeting [...] Tuesday, March 18th, at 6:30 PM in the
Buckhead Borders (in the upstairs coffee lounge). At the meeting, we'll look at
a pair of PostgreSQL LiveCDs, discuss organization of the Atlanta-Area
PostgreSQL User Group, talk about upcoming conferences (PostgreSQL Conference
EAST and PGCon 2008), and generally geek out over the world's most advanced open
source DB. ;)
"Leave a comment or drop an email to atlpug@postgresql.org if you're planning on
attending; I look forward to seeing all of y'all next week! :)"
--
Ben Ramsey
Atlanta PHP
http://www.atlantaphp.org/
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| | Topic: March 2008 Meeting |
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| March 2008 Meeting [message #1340] |
Mon, 03 March 2008 10:50 |
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When: Thursday, March 6, 2008 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: <http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/76>
PRESENTATION: Robust Batch Processing with PHP
Brian DeShong will present on robust batch processing with PHP, a talk he will
also give in May at php|tek in Chicago.
Offline processing is a common practice used in building scalable web
applications. Dedicating machines to perform expensive processes, such as video
transcoding, image transformation, and sending of emails, helps keep front end
webserver resources available to serve requests.
How do you make developers aware of problems with these processes? How do you
ensure that your batch processing system can scale to multiple machines? How do
you handle failure in a responsible manner? Brian will use real-world examples
while illustrating how to build a robust batch processing system.
MINI-SERIES: PHP IDEs
Alex Peterson will present the Eclipse IDE and the PHP plugin for Eclipse.
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square
in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need
to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
For more information, see <http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/76>
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| February 2008 Meeting [message #1315] |
Tue, 29 January 2008 21:37 |
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When: Thursday, February 7, 2007 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/75
PRESENTATION: The Tao of MVC
George Jempty demonstrates how to leverage his own BareBonesMVC (Model View
Controller) engine, to balance simplicity against over-reliance on CMS and/or
MVC frameworks. Mr. Jempty has successfully delivered professional software to
prominent multi-national clients using BareBonesMVC, which he made publicly
available at http://code.google.com/p/barebonesmvc-php/ in July 2007, and which
has been downloaded over 1000 times since.
MINI-SERIES: Eclipse
Bill Hertz is slated to give a mini-presentation on using the Eclipse IDE as an
editor for PHP.
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square
in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need
to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
For more information, see http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/75
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| January 2008 Meeting [message #1305] |
Thu, 03 January 2008 12:35 |
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When: Thursday, January 3, 2007 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/74
PRESENTATION: Sphinx Full-text Open Source Search Engine
Zack Huston and Robert Swarthout will present an overview of the capabilities of
Sphinx search.
Hear how PaperBackSwap.com used Sphinx to replace MySQL full text searches and
run approximately 100 times faster. Also, hear how Sphinx is used on
SwapaDVD.com to create suggested searches -- similar to Google Suggest.
Key features include:
* The ability to interface with a MySQL database, PostgreSQL database or any XML
feed.
* Search any combination of text fields and weight each field differently on the
fly.
* Sphinx is published with APIs for PHP, Python, Perl and Ruby.
More information can be found at www.sphinxsearch.com
MINI-SERIES: TBA
We will announce the new mini-series topic soon. It will either continue with
our IDE series or start a new series on frameworks.
PHP YEAR IN REVIEW
Ben Ramsey will lead a discussion about the many decisions made -- and those
left to be made -- over the course of 2007 that will impact the future direction
of PHP. Topics will include PHP 5.3 and 6, namespaces, late static binding,
garbage collection, Unicode support, etc. What are these features? How will they
affect you? Are they important to you? As 2008 begins, we will look ahead to see
what lies on the horizon for PHP. This promises to be an interesting discussion
that will likely bleed over into our after-meeting dinner/drinks.
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square
in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need
to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
For more information, see http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/74
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| December 2007 Meeting [message #1271] |
Mon, 03 December 2007 11:05 |
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When: Thursday, December 6, 2007 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/73
PRESENTATION: Zend Framework 101
Cal Evans, Editor of Zend Developer Zone, will present a beginner's introduction
to the Zend Framework.
MINI-SERIES: PHP IDEs
We will showcase the features of another IDE for developing PHP applications. TBD.
LIGHTNING TALKS
We'll round out the meeting with two lightning talks from anyone who'd like to
share. Either be prepared with a 3-5 minute presentation, or simply stand up and
talk for a few minutes about anything you wish related to PHP or related
technologies. (Please, no product pitches, rebuttals, questions, or job inquiries.)
See the lightning talk Wikipedia page for resources on how to give a successful
lightning talk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square
in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need
to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
For more information, see http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/73
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| Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, November 16 [message #1256] |
Wed, 21 November 2007 21:53 |
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* Michael Httermann at Java User Group
Karlsruhe<https://jug-ka.dev.java.net/>
* * Nov 23, 2007 * Karlsruhe, Germany Author Michael Httermann (*Agile
Java-Entwicklung in der Praxis*<http://www.oreilly.de/catalog/agileentwger/>)
is presenting "Testing Java Rich UI Swing applications."
* Dynamic Learning Series Authors & the AGI Creative Team Host "Mastering
the Adobe Creative Suite
3"<http://www.agitraining.com/cs3/cs3seminar/index.html>
* * Nov 27-29, 2007 * Crowne Plaza Norwest Sydney, 1 Columbia Court
Sydney, Australia Learn from the team of authors and instructors that
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* Derrick Story Teaches a Workshop at the Santa Rosa Junior
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* * Dec 1, 2007 * Santa Rosa Junior College
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Guide*<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digphotopg3/index.html>and
*iPhoto 6: The Missing Manual*<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/digphotopg3/l>)
will be holding a workshop titled "I've Taken Great Photos, Now What?"at the
Santa Rosa Junior College Community Education program."
* James Shore Will Be Presenting at the Orlando Agile Development Practices
Conference <http://www.sqe.com/agiledevpractices/> * [image: The Art of
Agile Development] <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/>
*Dec 3-6, 2007
* Shingle Creek Resort
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Development*<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/>)
will be leading two different sessions at the Orlando Agile Development
Practices Conference. His two sessions, entitled "Maximizing ROI with Agile
Release Planning" and "That's Not Right! Using Fit to Prevent Business Rule
Defects" are sure to be instructive and applicable for all in attendance.
* Adobe Presents Colin Moock's ActionScript 3.0 From the Ground Up
Tour<http://www.adobeas3tour.com/>
* * Dec 3, 2007 * Chicago, IL Join author Colin Moock (*Essential
ActionScript 3.0* <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596526948/>) for a
packed day of *free* ActionScript 3.0 training. Presented by Adobe, this
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event is sure to fill up quickly, so register early!
* Eddie Tapp at the Institute of Visual
Arts<http://www.eddietapp.com/seminars.html>
* * Dec 5, 2007 * Oahu, Hawaii Author Eddie Tapp (*Photoshop Workflow
Setups* <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/photoworkflow/index.html> and
*Practical
Color Management* <http://www.oreillynet.com/catalog/colormgmt/>) is
presenting Photoshop.
* Author Steve Feuerstein Gives Seminar on Oracle and PL/SQL Best
Practices<http://www.ukoug.org>
* * Dec 6, 2007 * Birmingham, UK Author Steve Feuerstein (*Oracle PL/SQL
Language Pocket Reference, 4th
Ed.*<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514044/index.html>and
*Oracle PL/SQL Best Practices, 2nd
Ed.*<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596514105/index.html>)
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UKOUG annual conference.
* Jesse Liberty at The Software Association of New
Hampshire<http://www.swanh.org/>
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3.0*<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527433/>and
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be delivering a talk on Microsoft Silverlight.
* James Shore Will Be Leading a Workshop at San Francisco
BayAPLN< http://bayapln.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid =1>
* * Dec 11, 2007 * San Francisco, CA Author James Shore (*The Art of
Agile Development* <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527679/>) will be
leading a workshop entitled "Agile Planning in Action" at San Francisco
Bay's APLN. This popular and novel workshop introduces participants to agile
planning by allowing them to plan their own tutorial. Participants learn the
basics of agile planning, then use those lessons to create a tutorial
covering the agile topics they're most interested in. When they're done,
James will deliver the tutorial on the spot! This is a great session that
exposes participants to the benefits and challenges of real agile planning.
Plus, participants get a second tutorial on the subjects they care about
most.
* Jesse Liberty at "The Day of
Silverlight"<http://www.onetug.org/dayofsilverlight/>
* * Dec 15, 2007 * Heathrow, FL Author Jesse Liberty (*Programming C# 3.0
* <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527433/> and *Programming
ASP.NET<http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/progaspdotnet3/>
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to allow the local group members to get to know each other a bit better.
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In November David Pollak presented lift <http://liftweb.net/>, his
Scala-based web framework. David's talk followed HAppS <http://happs.org/>,
a Haskell web framework, talk in October. BayFP finishes the series with
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Ubuntu is arguably the most popular desktop Linux distribution out today. On
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Bre shows off a High Speed Photography Hack in this video on the new PBS
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*Yahoo's Web Performance Guru: 14 Tenets for Speeding Up
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In seven years at Yahoo!, Steve Souders had focused most of his effort on
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charged with improving the user experience for visitors to Yahoo! Web sites,
he expected it would mean doing more of the same.
*Google Calling: Inside Android, the gPhone
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Google has finally unwrapped the gPhone, and rather than a product, it's a
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Few use raw JavaScript anymore if they can possibly avoid it, in the same
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*Rick Sammon's Travel Tips for
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Seasoned travel photographer Rick Sammon sits down with Derrick Story in the
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Learn how to make 5.1-channel Dolby Digital DVDs at home without pricey pro
software. Plus a sneaky way to hook multiple speakers to a stock Mac.
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| ApacheCon-Atlanta volunteer opportunity [message #1248] |
Thu, 08 November 2007 22:45 |
cspruck
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Hi everyone - you might have heard us mention at our meetings that
ApacheCon is in Atlanta this year at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. It's
coming up next week! Ben got us in touch with one of the conference
producers and I spoke with her tonight. I'll be acting as "coordinator
of Atlanta PHP volunteers" (although you don't have to be a member or
have been to a meeting to be involved - feel free to spread the word).
Starting mid-morning on Sunday the 11th, they'll need volunteers for
some initial wifi setup, then the rest of the week would involve
things like putting together the "conference bag", helping with
registration, proctoring session rooms, and so on. The rest of the
schedule consists of early registration and "tutorial days" on the
12th and 13th (Mon-Tue) and regular days of talks, "birds of a
feather" sessions, lightning talks, and so on from the 14th through
the 16th (Wed-Fri). While most of the talks are about various projects
in the Apache ecosystem, there are a number of PHP, security, and
general development sessions as well as a few different keynotes. It's
been several years since they've held an ApacheCon on the East Coast,
so this is a great chance to catch one right in our backyard.
What *you* get is entrance to the conference on days you're helping
out, with the ability to attend sessions when possible. Having enough
extra hands around will allow the conference staff a chance to take a
break and actually see some of their own conference, so they'd really
appreciate it. Monday is usually the day they figure out who's around
on which days, so they can coordinate who'll be manning the session
rooms based on what talks you want to see, so if you have a strong
interest in anything, Monday is the day to be there to get your name
on the list.
They'd like about a half a dozen extra people around on each day, but
you don't have to commit to the entire week. Registration will
probably be the busiest time where they need the most people. There
are still a few final details to be worked out like the exact start
time on Sunday, but I'll hopefully have those by mid or late tomorrow.
If you're interested, email me directly with your cell (or most
reachable) number and I'll keep everyone informed (by email initially,
then by phone once on-site) as things develop.
http://us.apachecon.com/ - main site, tons of details here
http://us.apachecon.com/us2007/program/schedule - full schedule
Hope to see you there!
Chris
(If you're reading this in the forum, you can email me directly from
my profile link)
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| | Topic: December 2007 Preview |
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| December 2007 Preview [message #1244] |
Fri, 02 November 2007 21:16 |
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Our November meeting with SugarCRM <http://www.sugarcrm.com/> presenters
Steve "Kaz" Kasinetz and David Gearhart was a smash success! We could have
easily gone for another hour or two asking Kaz questions about SugarCRM's
features and how things work behind the scenes. Thank you, Kaz and David,
for a great presentation!
For our December 6th meeting, we are privileged to have Cal Evans,
Editor-in-Chief of Zend Developer Zone <http://devzone.zend.com/>, travel
from his home base in Nashville to give a presentation entitled "Zend
Framework 101." This presentation is certain to pique the interest of any
and all who are interested in frameworks. Plus, Cal is looking for articles
and podcasts <http://devzone.zend.com/article/2046> for Zend Developer Zone.
If you've got an idea for an article or podcast, come and bounce it off him
after the meeting.
I'd also like to take this opportunity to point you to a few sites of
interest. Atlanta PHP is featured in many different places on the Web, and
there are many ways to keep up-to-date with our meetings, events, and news:
http://www.atlantaphp.org/ -
Our main website, filled with information on each meeting and serving as a
portal our other sites
http://forum.atlantaphp.org/ -
Our community forums, ask the local community questions, check the job
listings, or just shoot the bull
http://php.meetup.com/336/ -
We have a meetup.com presence for those looking for a meetup group in the
area; you can also RSVP for our meetings here (though it's not a
requirement)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4207251077 -
Our Facebook group is brand new and serves as a place for Facebook users to
congregate and keep up-to-date on Atlanta PHP
http://twitter.com/atlantaphp -
Atlanta PHP is now on Twitter; you can follow us and receive instant notices
on any news or meeting updates
irc://irc.freenode.net/atlphp -
The #atlphp channel on Freenode IRC is our IRC presence; join us here daily
to chat and build community
I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on December 6th!
-Ben
--
Ben Ramsey
Atlanta PHP
http://www.atlantaphp.org/
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| | Topic: November 2007 Meeting |
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| November 2007 Meeting [message #1236] |
Mon, 29 October 2007 14:07 |
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When: Thursday, November 1, 2007 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/72
PRESENTATION: SugarCRM
Steve "Kaz" Kasinetz and David Gearhart of SugarCRM will present on
SugarCRM, providing an overview of the new features in version 5.0 and
offering insight into the technical changes. There will be plenty of
time for Q&A following the presentation.
MINI-SERIES: PHP IDEs
We will showcase the features of another IDE for developing PHP
applications. TBD.
LIGHTNING TALKS
We'll round out the meeting with two lightning talks from anyone who'd
like to share. Either be prepared with a 3-5 minute presentation, or
simply stand up and talk for a few minutes about anything you wish
related to PHP or related technologies. (Please, no product pitches,
rebuttals, questions, or job inquiries.)
See the lightning talk Wikipedia page for resources on how to give a
successful lightning talk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100
Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th
Streets). You will need to see the concierge in order to gain access
to the 17th floor.
For more information, see http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/72
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| | Topic: October 2007 Meeting |
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| October 2007 Meeting [message #1219] |
Wed, 03 October 2007 19:26 |
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When: Thursday, October 4, 2007 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/71
PRESENTATION:
Brian DeShong will present "The Grown-Up Company's Guide to Development:"
Speaking from first-hand experience, the challenges and pitfalls of
growing your dot-com into a mature software development shop, or your
little agency into a multi-office organization with a large
development team will be explored. The benefits of coding standards
and best practices will be touted, along with the implementation of
code reviews, accountability, and the methods used to increase quality
of deliverables across a software development team. Avoiding the
reinvention of the wheel leads to common code bases across projects,
and the adoption/authoring of frameworks and toolkits, thus leading to
a more efficient, nimble development team. Common development mistakes
are eliminated with proper planning and the availability of tools
allowing developers to dig deeper into their work. Quality products
and successful, on-time delivery are the end result. How can this be
brought to your organization?
MINI-SERIES: PHP IDEs
We will showcase the features of another IDE for developing PHP
applications. TBD.
LIGHTNING TALKS
We'll round out the meeting with two lightning talks from anyone who'd
like to share. Either be prepared with a 3-5 minute presentation, or
simply stand up and talk for a few minutes about anything you wish
related to PHP or related technologies. (Please, no product pitches,
rebuttals, questions, or job inquiries.)
See the lightning talk Wikipedia page for resources on how to give a
successful lightning talk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100
Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th
Streets). You will need to see the concierge in order to gain access
to the 17th floor.
For more information, see http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/71
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| | Topic: Conference roundup and Sept. meeting links |
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| Conference roundup and Sept. meeting links [message #1196] |
Fri, 07 September 2007 21:33 |
cspruck
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At the September meeting, we reeled off a number of links for upcoming conferences and events, so I wanted to post them here.
php|works - Atlanta - Sept. 12-14. The first day is for tutorial sessions that cost extra. Ben mentioned a special discount for Atlanta area developers, so if you haven't signed up yet, use the "Alumni" registration or contact Ben. At least Ben, Kevin and myself will be there, so keep your eyes open for us.
ZendCon - Oct. 8-11, Burlingame, CA.
BarCampAtlanta - Oct. 12-13 at the Georgia Tech ATDC. Only 18 slots left as of the time of this post. This is a free, open-format "unconference". http://barcamp.org/BarCampAtlanta has well out-dated info, but can give you a better idea of what this kind of event is like.
ApacheCon US (Atlanta) - Nov. 12-16 at the Peachtree Westin.
We also mentioned MS Silverlight (basically, Microsoft's cross-browser, cross-platform competitor to Flash - http://silverlight.net/) and Glen Gordon from Microsoft happened to come to the meeting and gave us a short demo. It can definitely be used with PHP behind the scenes, so we'll try to have Glen back eventually for a more detailed look.
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| | Topic: Atlanta PHP Welcomes php|works |
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| Atlanta PHP Welcomes php|works [message #1188] |
Fri, 24 August 2007 11:42 |
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ramsey
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Atlanta PHP is proud to welcome php|works to Atlanta, GA on September 12-14!
php|architect invites you to Harness the Power of PHP, at this year's php|works conference:
http://works.phparch.com/
This year's edition of php|works will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, home of the Braves and of the Atlanta PHP user group, on September 13th and 14th, with an extra tutorial day on September 12th.
The conference once again promises to be an excellent event for PHP developers of all levels, with talks from top PHP experts such as Derick Rethans, Chris Shiflett, Andrei Zmievski, Sara Golemon, and many more (and plenty of new faces, as well).
Sign up today before the conference sells out!
http://works.phparch.com/c/p/register
*Shhhh... Members of Atlanta PHP and the local open source community can sign up at a discounted rate. See me for more details.*
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| | Topic: September 2007 Meeting |
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| September 2007 Meeting [message #1187] |
Thu, 23 August 2007 19:48 |
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When: Thursday, September 6, 2007 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/69
PRESENTATION: Web Hosting Buyer's Guide
This month, Randall will be presenting a crash course on web hosting services:
* What types of services are in the market place?
* How much server power do you need?
* What does it cost, and how can you make it cheaper?
* How do you evaluate a facility?
* Compliance issues in a HIPPA/SOX/CISP world.
40 minute run time + brief Q/A. Extended Q&A available after the meeting at the restaurant.
MINI-SERIES: PHP IDEs
We will showcase the features of another IDE for developing PHP applications. TBD.
LIGHTNING TALKS
We'll round out the meeting with two lightning talks from anyone who'd like to share. Either be prepared with a 3-5 minute presentation, or simply stand up and talk for a few minutes about anything you wish related to PHP or related technologies. (Please, no product pitches, discussion rebuttals, or job inquiries.)
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
For more information, see http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/69
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| August 2007 Meeting [message #1172] |
Sun, 29 July 2007 17:57 |
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When: Thursday, August 2, 2007 -- 7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Details: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/68
PRESENTATION: Web Accessibility for... Developers?!?
Callie Carroll will be presenting this month about Web accessibility considerations developers should keep in mind. Callie's description follows:
Almost everyone involved in the planning, designing, coding, or testing of a web application has heard of "accessibility", or even the cryptic "ADA / Section 508". Whatever your level of understanding of accessibility you may not know how to support it during development. Web applications, in fact, seem to be getting less and less accessible by default, through increased inclusion of Web 2.0 / AJAX functionality to sites. In this talk, I will cover the following, with the PHP developer in mind:
* What is accessibility? (The quick answer: It's not just making sites work for "blind people"; It's supporting modem users, cellphones, ancient browsers, non-standard user agents, non-mouse input methods, people who hate pop-ups, your coworker with carpal tunnel, and Grandma.)
* Corporate implications: What it actually means when your boss says, "Make it accessible."
* Personal site implications: What it means when you're the project manager, information architect, graphic designer, developer, QA department, and usability team, all wrapped up into one.
* What's wrong with my site? (accessibility testing tools, reports)
* How do I fix it, quickly?
* How do I design accessible applications, and develop to support accessibility?
* Where do I go for help?
MINI-SERIES: PHP IDEs
We will showcase the features of another IDE for developing PHP applications. TBD.
LIGHTNING TALKS
We'll round out the meeting with two lightning talks from anyone who'd like to share. Either be prepared with a 3-5 minute presentation, or simply stand up and talk for a few minutes about anything you wish related to PHP or related technologies. (Please, no product pitches, discussion rebuttals, or job inquiries.)
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.
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| June 2007 Meeting [message #1143] |
Tue, 05 June 2007 10:27 |
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When: Thursday, June 7, 2007—7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada
Meeting Post: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/63
Directions: http://www.atlantaphp.org/directions-canadian-consulate/
MINI-SERIES: PHP IDEs
We'll continue our mini-series on IDEs for PHP this month as Robert Swarthout showcases the features of the Zend Studio IDE.
OPEN DISCUSSION & LIGHTNING TALKS
This month, we'll take a break from more formal presentations to open up the floor for anyone who has PHP-related questions or would like to share about a PHP-related technology. The discussion will be free-form and may lead to break-out discussion groups if there is enough interest in several different topics.
We'll also allow our open discussion to spark a few lightning talks. Either be prepared with a 3-5 minute presentation, or simply stand up and talk for a few minutes about anything you wish related to PHP or related technologies.
LOCATION
Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). You will need to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor. Go here for directions: http://www.atlantaphp.org/directions-canadian-consulate/
[Updated on: Wed, 06 June 2007 10:19]
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| April Meeting Slides [message #1087] |
Tue, 10 April 2007 11:28 |
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APRIL MEETING SLIDES
The slides for the April meeting presentations are now available on the Atlanta PHP website on the presentations page: http://www.atlantaphp.org/presentations/
For your convenience, here are direct links to the presentations:
Monthly IDE Demo: PHP Designer 2007, Kevin Roberts
http://media.atlantaphp.org/slides/2007-04-kroberts.pdf
Designing for Scalability, Brian DeShong
http://media.atlantaphp.org/slides/2007-04-bdeshong.pdf
MAY MEETING DETAILS
The May 2007 meeting will take place on Thursday, May 3 at 7pm at the Consulate General of Canada.
Ben Ramsey will follow-up our recent discussions on scalability with his "Give Your Site a Boost With memcached" presentation, illustrating a practical, hands-on approach to implementing the memcache daemon and using PHP to interface with it. He will provide plenty of ready-to-use code samples.
We'll also continue our PHP IDEs mini-series with a look at another IDE (TBD). In addition, there will be time for 2-3 lightning talks (if interested, please be prepared to present on a topic related to PHP development).
Full details available at http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/62
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| | Topic: April 2007 Meeting (NEW LOCATION!!!) |
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| April 2007 Meeting (NEW LOCATION!!!) [message #1076] |
Wed, 04 April 2007 21:38 |
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ATTENTION: MEETING LOCATION CHANGED!!!
When: Thursday, April 5, 2007—7pm-9pm
Where: Schematic
Meeting Post: http://www.atlantaphp.org/archive/59
Directions: http://www.atlantaphp.org/directions/schematic/
PRESENTATION: Designing for Scalability
This month, Brian DeShong is visiting Atlanta and will continue our scalability discussions with his "Designing for Scalability" presentation. Here's Brian's description of the presentation:
"I'll focus on what I believe to be the three cornerstones for scaling an application: caching, denormalization of data, and queues/batch jobs. I'll be presenting some basic examples of each in order to illustrate why these are good practices, and how they lead to a site that both performs and scales well. Designing an application from the start so that it both performs and scales well is a great practice, of course."
MINI-SERIES: PHP IDEs
Kevin Roberts will also kick off a new mini-series reviewing various PHP IDEs with his demo of MPSoftware’s PHP Designer.
LIGHTNING TALKS
We'll round out the meeting with a couple of lightning talks from anyone who'd like to share. Either be prepared with a 3-5 minute presentation, or simply stand up and talk for a few minutes about anything you wish related to PHP or related technologies.
NEW LOCATION!
This month, our meeting takes place at Schematic at the Promenade II (across the street from the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square) in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 15th Streets). Park at Colony Square and cross the street at Peachtree and 15th. The Promenade II is the tall building behind Norfolk Southern and directly across from the Arts Cente | |
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