Hello all the next PHP meetup is next Tue, 20 Oct 09, 6pm with the topic "Debugging PHP". There are currently 12 places left, so please RSVP if you are intending to come.
We will also have streamed video and a video recording for this meetup here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/phpug-meetup-new-zealand Please RSVP at the bottom of the page, if you are intending to view the stream. Jochen Daum will be speaking on debugging techniques for PHP programmers and pizza, beer and juice will be provided thanks to our sponsor. Let me introduce our sponsor: Northcrest Insurance: http://www.northcrest.co.nz Ever wiped our your customers data on their web server? Ever wondered what would happen if they sue you? who would defend your claim in court? This is a case where a professional indemnity insurance would protect you from the clients lawyers and claims. Gerard Tilleyshort from Northcrest insurance is an expert adviser and broker in business insurance matters including professional indemnity protection. He will be giving a small overview of how professional indemnity works and will be available for questions from any group members. Presentation overview Topic: Debugging techniques for PHP programmers Speaker: Jochen Daum Speaker background: Jochen started his PHP career when building a "web server on a CD" system for Wella AG in Germany in 2001. Since coming to New Zealand in 2002 he has worked in several roles as a programmer and software architect with PHP. Since 2004 he offers his services of website system development, maintenance and consulting through his company Automatem Ltd. Throughout these years, Jochen has come across a wide variety of off-the-shelf CMS and E-Commerce applications as well as build a number of website himself from scratch. He has also build his own CRUD framework phpdbedittk. "Being a to debug PHP and analyse a problem fast has always been a business requirement throughout my career. The presentation will not so much focus on using debugging to provide or deepen an understanding of a php application, but rather to be able to analyse and fix a problem quickly." The presentation will cover the following areas: - My code guidelines in light of debugging - PHP debugging facilities: functions, error logging - Common debugging methods: divide an conquer, backtracing - Comparison between text editor and IDE as a debugging environment - Human behaviours and debugging - Other outside debugging facilities overview: Firebug, Wireshark, Fiddler Please RSVP for the next PHP meetup: 20 Oct 2009, 6:00pm here: http://php.meetup.com/10/calendar/11454400/ This meetup will be held at Auckland University, Tamaki Campus: Building to be confirmed cnr Morrin Road & Merton Road Glen Innes Auckland There is plenty of parking available. Please use the map link for directions: http://bit.ly/4s5YwV To get there by train, take the train from Britomart station at 5:10pm or 5:28pm: http://bit.ly/CKU3N There are various ways to get there by bus, please use the MAXX website to get a bus connection: http://bit.ly/Fc7cO More detailed instructions on how to get there: => From South Auckland: >From Southern MW exit at Mt. Wellington and turn right at the bottom of the offramp. Go straight for about 2 km (Mt Wellington Highway) until you hit a T-intersection. Turn right there. When you get to the Panmure Roundabout, turn "soft left" (into 10 o'clock direction, 2nd road off the roundabout) and mind the traffic light immediately after the roundabout exit. Go straight for another 500 m until you can turn left via a bridge that crosses the railway line. Turn and follow this road through the industrial area until you get to another roundabout. Hang right there and you should see Tamaki Campus ahead of you on the right. Take the gate on the right that is next to the big satellite dishes - this may not be the closest but it is the gate through which you must exit later. Go straight until you hit a fence, turn right there and work your way down to the road at the bottom by following the fence. Continue until you see a bus stop on the left, then go and find yourself a car park in the large car park to the right. Turning back towards the buildings from the car park, you see a building with a curved facade. We're in building 731 to the left of this, on the middle floor, in room 203, which is at the far end of the building from the elevator shaft. Doors should be open either end of the building. => From East Auckland (Howick./Pakuranga): Cross via the old Panmure bridge and drive up to the Panmure roundabout. Turn right there (about a 4 o'clock turn) and follow the directions above. => From the city / North Shore: Take the Southern Motorway and exit at Greenlane. Hang left at the exit and go straight up the hill towards Remuera. At the T-intersection at the top, turn right. Continue along Remuera Rd. (which then turns into St. Johns Rd.) through Upland Village Remuera, down the ditch, up the hill to Meadowbank and down again past the Meadowbank shops, straight on past Purewa Cemetery and eventually St. Johns College to the St. Johns roundabout - the first one you'll come across. Turn right there and continue to the next roundabout. Turn left there and head down the hill past the university sports fields on the right to the next roundabout. Turn right here. You could now shortcut through the first gate on the left (which closes at night) but the safe option if you're unfamiliar with the campus is to continue another 200 m to the gate with the satellite dishes and follow the directions above. => By public transport: Train: Take the Eastern Line to Glen Innes. Assuming you're coming from the city, continue along the platform in the direction of travel, then cross the tracks at the crossing at the end of the platform. After another 100 m you'll get to Merton Rd., and Tamaki Campus is ahead to your right. Turn right, cross the road where it's convenient, and find the first campus gate that's open. You'll either end up on the big cark park (from where you can follow the directions above) or, worst-case, at the gate with the satellite dishes, from where you can walk back to building 731 inside. Buses: Lines 625, 635, and 655 as well as 007 run past the campus. Your cue is the bus going down steeply through a residential area after the St. Johns roundabout. You'll emerge opposite the uni sports fields - hit the button as soon as the bus turns. As you get off, you see the campus ahead on your right. Turn right at the roundabout and find yourself the first gate to get in. There are also Howick & Eastern buses that stop close to the gate with the satellite dishes. Kind Regards, Jochen Daum Chief Automation Officer Automatem Ltd Phone: 09 630 3425 Mobile: 021 567 853 Email: [email protected] Skype: jochendaum Website: www.automatem.co.nz http://twitter.com/automatem http://www.xing.com/go/invite/3425509.181107 http://php.meetup.com/10 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
