PHP Users Group Meeting (10/28)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday, October 28, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Burlington Free Press, 191 College St, Burlington, VT PHP Security Protect your data and website. René Churchill (http://www.astutecomputing.com/) will provide a don't do this tutorial on bad security practices and how the black-hats will exploit them to gain access to your website and data. Bad code examples and associated fixes will be provided. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2010-10.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting (9/23)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday, September 23, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Found Line, 7 Kilburn St, Burlington, VT Object-Oriented PHP === Matthew Weier O'Phinney (http://weierophinney.net/matthew/) will cover the basics of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) in PHP from the ground up, including: class definition, class property and method definitions, visibility operators and their use cases, extending classes, creating interfaces and abstract classes, and more. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2010-09.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (7/22)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday, July 22, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Burlington Free Press, 191 College St, Burlington, VT Embracing Distributed Version Control = How to Drastically Improve Collaboration, Experimentation, Productivity, Freedom, Flexibility and Data Integrity At this month's meeting we will take a look at the current landscape of Version Control Systems (VCS), such as Subversion and CVS, and Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS), such as Git and Mercurial. We will explore what problems DVCS aims to solve, the differences in workflow between traditional VCS and DVCS, and the branching models of each system. You will learn strategies for migrating from VCS to DVCS, see examples of real world collaboration using DVCS, and see a demonstrations of DVCS in action. Nowell Strite and Matthew Weier O'Phinney will be presenting. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2010-07.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (6/24)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday, June 24, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Office Squared, 106 Main St, 1st Floor West, Burlington, VT Document Databases == NoSQL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NoSQL) has become a new buzzword in web development—but what is it, exactly? We'll look at the big picture to identify what types of NoSQL solutions exist, what sorts of problems they solve, and go into some specifics on CouchDB (http://couchdb.apache.org/) and MongoDB (http://www.mongodb.org/) usage so that you can see how you might use these new tools within your PHP development. Matthew Weier O'Phinney (http://weierophinney.net/matthew/) will be presenting. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2010-06-24.eventbrite.com/ Sorry for the short notice!
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (6/3)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday, June 03, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Propeller Media Works, 208 Flynn Avenue, Studio 2i, Burlington, VT Magento Roundtable == Over the last year, Magento has increased in popularity as a viable open source eCommerce platform for the mid to large scale online retailer. This rapid growth has lead to many questions on what has been fixed, what continues to be a problem, and how complex a system an eCommerce engine needs to be. Have you used Magento? Are you considering using it for an upcoming project? Do you have a specific problem that Magento solves for you and would like to share your story? Join the roundtable and compare notes with others who have experience with Magento. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2010-06-03.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (4/22)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Where: Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET), 210 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05401 Resource-Oriented Web Services == This month Bradley Holt will discuss how the Representational State Transfer (REST) architectural style can be applied to the design of your web services. You will learn how to use HTTP methods and status codes properly and we will discuss how to use Hypermedia As The Engine Of Application State (HATEOAS). The principles of REST and HATEOAS will be demonstrated through the Atom Publishing Protocol (AtomPub) using the Google Data APIs and other AtomPub implementations as examples. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2010-04.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (3/27)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Saturday, March 27, 2010 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Where: Found Line, 7 Kilburn St, Burlington, VT 05401 Hackathon == Have a thorny problem you've been trying to solve? Want to see how other local PHP developers work and what tools they use? Do you work on a free/open source project and you'd like to encourage others to help out? Maybe you have a non-coding related question (e.g. how to deal with clients) that you'd like to ask. This month Found Line will be hosting a mini hackathon. Bring your laptop, a project, and some questions with you to the meeting and let's see what happens! The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2010-03.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (1/28)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday January 28th, 2010, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Office Squared, 106 Main St, 1st Floor West, Burlington, VT 05401 Zend Framework Introduction === This month Bradley Holt will walk us through creating a basic Zend Framework web application. You will learn how to use several of Zend Framework's components including its MVC and database components. Code examples will be provided that you can use as a reference for your own Zend Framework web application. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2010-01.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (12/17)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday December 17th, 2009, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Burlington Free Press, 191 College St, Burlington, VT 05401 Birthday Party == The Burlington, VT PHP Users Group is two years old! Come join us for a birthday celebration as we discuss whatever PHP related topics come up. There will be no presentation this month but come prepared to talk about what you've been working on and/or any unique challenges you have encountered lately. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2009-12.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (11/19)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday November 19th, 2009, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Office Squared, 106 Main St, 1st Floor West, Burlington, VT 05401 Bug Hunting === Each third Thursday and Friday of the month, Zend Framework has Bug Hunt Days in which the community helps triage issues and resolve them. These efforts include everything from fixing typos in documentation to creating reproduce cases and capturing them in unit tests to actual creation of patches resolving reported bugs. Since this month's meeting falls on the third Thursday, Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Project Lead for Zend Framework, thought we could join in on this effort or help contribute to other projects. He will be providing a short presentation on effective bug reporting and triage, after which we will jump into some actual bug hunting on projects you, the attendees, are interested in. So come with your laptops ready, and let's fix some bugs! The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2009-11.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (9/24)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday September 24th, 2009, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Madera's Restaurante Cantina, 3 Main St, Burlington, VT Social Event = This month's Burlington, VT PHP Users Group meeting will be a casual get-together instead of a formal meeting and presentation. We'd like to extend a special invitation to other technology and user groups to join us for this social event. So, if you're from the Vermont.NET User Group, the Vermont Ruby On Rails User Group, the Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts (VAGUE), the Green Mountain Oracle Users Group, the New England Adobe User Group, the VT SQL Server Users Group, the Vermont Software Developers' Alliance (vtSDA), or any other technology or user group in the area then we'd love to see you there! Meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please be sure to be there as close to 6pm as possible to assure that our group can get tables together. You can register here: http://btvphpug-2009-09.eventbrite.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (8/27)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday August 27th, 2009, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Vermont Community Access Media (VCAM), 208 Flynn Avenue, Suite 2G, Burlington, VT 05401 Unit Testing Crash Course = This month Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Project Lead for Zend Framework, will give a unit testing crash course, showing the theory and basics around unit testing, including strategies for testing existing codebases, testing bugfixes, and Test Driven Development (TDD). Much of the material will be done in a hands-on approach, so feel free to bring your laptop so you can follow along! There will be time for free-form discussion, so please come prepared with your PHP topics. You will also have a chance to network and connect with fellow PHP developers. The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. Meeting details here: http://groups.google.com/group/burlington-vt-php/web/meeting-2009-08-27
PHP Users Group Meeting Announcement (7/23)
What: Burlington, VT PHP Users Group Meeting When: Thursday July 23rd, 2009, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Where: Burlington Free Press, 191 College Street, Burlington, VT 05401 Play-Doh: Modeling Your Domain Objects == Matthew Weier O'Phinney, Software Architect for Zend Framework, will discuss design patterns to use when creating models for MVC applications, as well as topics surrounding when to choose an ORM and what criteria to use. We will discuss the free ZendCon pass contest and there will also be time for free-form discussion, so please come prepared with your PHP topics! The PHP Users Group meetings are open to the public via RSVP. Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. Meeting details here: http://groups.google.com/group/Burlington-VT-PHP/web/meeting-2009-07-23
PHP Users Group Meeting this Thursday
The local PHP Users Group will be meeting this Thursday, April 23rd from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm at Found Line in Burlington, Vermont. Rob Riggen will be giving a talk about web site performance optimization. Meeting details available here: http://groups.google.com/group/Burlington-VT-PHP/web/meeting-2009-04-23 Please pass this information on to others who may be interested. Thanks, Bradley -- http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting
Just a quick note that the Burlington, VT PHP Users Group will be meeting next Thursday, August 28th and 6pm. Details can be found here: http://groups.google.com/group/Burlington-VT-PHP/web/meeting-2008-08-28 Special guest Lee Brimelow, a Platform Evangelist with Adobe and an award-winning interactive designer, will discuss the various ways in which you can integrate PHP with Flash and Flex to create Rich Internet Applications. We will start by covering simple XML exchange and then move on to more high-performance options like AMFPHP. The new proposed support for Adobe's AMF in the Zend Framework will also be discussed. Free software will also be raffled off. Thanks, Bradley P.S. I believe the free above means gratis, not libre ;-) -- http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/
PHP Users Group Meeting
Just a quick note that the Burlington, VT PHP Users Group will be meeting next Thursday, August 28th and 6pm. Details can be found here: http://groups.google.com/group/Burlington-VT-PHP/web/meeting-2008-08-28 Special guest Lee Brimelow, a Platform Evangelist with Adobe and an award-winning interactive designer, will discuss the various ways in which you can integrate PHP with Flash and Flex to create Rich Internet Applications. We will start by covering simple XML exchange and then move on to more high-performance options like AMFPHP. The new proposed support for Adobe's AMF in the Zend Framework will also be discussed. Free software will also be raffled off. Thanks, Bradley P.S. I believe the free above means gratis, not libre ;-) -- http://bradley-holt.blogspot.com/
