[UPHPU] No UPHPU April 2022 - Looking for Speakers May and Beyond

2022-04-19 Thread Mark Niebergall 
Utah PHP Users,

We were unable to line up a speaker for this month, April 2022. The meetup
has been canceled for the month.

We are hoping to schedule users for the next several months. Please respond
back to this email, or message Mark Niebergall or Derek Caswell if you are
interested. This is a great environment to share your experience,
knowledge, or cool things you have learned with others. Topics can be
anything related to PHP development - from soft skills, technical talks, or
related technologies. Attending the meetups is great for networking, career
development and advancement, and staying current with the latest in the PHP
community.

See you in May!

Mark Niebergall
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Re: [UPHPU] Jobs Board

2021-08-05 Thread Mark Niebergall 
If you have a job, you can post it at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/discussions/ instead.

Mark

On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 2:45 PM Matt Gauthier  wrote:

> Ok, thanks for letting me know.
>
> On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 2:30 PM Ray Hunter  wrote:
>
> > I dont think it is working. I have tried to get the mailman to work for
> > the jobs and it has not been working for me.
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 12:02 PM Matt Gauthier 
> wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone know if the Job's Board for this group is still active?  I have
> an
> >> open position at the University of Utah in the College of Engineering
> for
> >> a
> >> Web Developer on my team that I need to fill.
> >> Wordrpess/Laravel/Vue.js/Mysql/Mongo
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Matt Gauthier
> >>
> >> ___
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Thursday, Marcy 18 7pm - Alexa Skills!

2021-03-02 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is Thursday, March 18, at 7pm. Jeff 'Ski' Kinsey will be
talking about Alexa skills created with PHP. Join us ONLINE for a great
talk for this community event. For more details, see:
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/vlfnpryccfbxb/

We'll have some prizes and swag to raffle off afterwards. Thank you to our
sponsors Entrata (https://www.entrata.com/company/careers), Platform.sh,
and JetBrains.

If you have not already done so, please join our Meetup group to receive
future announcements:  https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Feb 20 - Show & Tell, PHP 7.4 & 8, Pizza!

2020-02-19 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is tomorrow, Thursday, February 20, at 7pm. We will be
meeting at Entrata, and will have time for everyone to "Show and Tell"
their favorite tools, frameworks, something they have learned, or give a
lightning talk on a subject they are passionate about. We'll also discuss
current things going on with the PHP language for the recently released PHP
7.4, and for the upcoming PHP 8 later this year. Pizza is being provided by
Entrata, thank you! See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/dzssnrybcdbbc/ for more
details.

We are also looking for speakers for April and on, and have a special
yellow PHP elephpant as a thank you. Please come talk with Derek Caswell or
me, Mark Niebergall, and we'll get you set up to speak.

Hope to see you there,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup at Entrata in Lehi - Mark Niebergall speaking about Middleware

2020-01-14 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

We have a new venue! We will meet this Thursday, January 16, at 7pm, at
Entrata in Lehi. We will be on the first floor on the East side of the
building. Thank you Shaunak and Entrata for hosting!

Entrata
4205 Chapel Ridge Rd
Lehi, UT 84043

Mark Niebergall will be speaking about Middleware - come learn all about
it! We'll raffle off a JetBrains license afterwards and have an afterparty
at a nearby food joint.

See you Thursday,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Oct 17 @ 7pm: Code Smells by Shaunak Sontakke

2019-10-14 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our meetup is this Thursday, October 17, at 7pm. We'll have "Code Smells &
Refactoring Those Smells" by Shaunak Sontakke. Please join us for an
informative night, and an after party at JCW's. More details are online at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/wvcsvqyznbwb/ .

Hope to see you there,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs August 15 @ 7pm: Eloquent by Tom Anderson

2019-08-13 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is THIS Thursday, August 15, at 7pm, "Entity Relationship
Diagrams for Eloquent by Tom Anderson". Please join us at Younique in Lehi!

See https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/wvcsvqyzlbtb/ for
more details.

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU August 15 7pm - Entity Relationship Diagrams for Eloquent by Tom Anderson

2019-08-06 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is coming up next week. Please join us on Thursday, August
15, at 7pm, at Younique in Lehi for Tom Anderson talking about "Entity
Relationship Diagrams for Eloquent". Please see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/wvcsvqyzlbtb/ for more
details about the event.

Afterwards we'll head to JCW's to eat, visit, and network.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tonight July 28 7pm - Mentoring by Olivia Liddell

2019-07-18 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our July meetup is tonight, Thursday, July 18, at 7pm in Lehi. Olivia
Liddell is visiting from out of town and will be speaking on "Becoming an
Effective Mentor". Details can be found at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/nfxdgqyzkbxb/ .

Please spread the word to any other user groups you attend, your peers, and
your co-workers. This will be a great talk that can benefit anyone in the
tech world.

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup: July 18 7pm Mentoring by Olivia Liddell

2019-07-03 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our July meetup is coming up on Thursday, July 18, at 7pm in Lehi. Olivia
Liddell is visiting from out of town and will be speaking on "Becoming an
Effective Mentor". Details can be found at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/nfxdgqyzkbxb/ .

Please spread the word to any other user groups you attend, your peers, and
your co-workers. This will be a great talk that can benefit anyone in the
tech world.

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] Utah PHP Meetup TOMORROW: May 16, 7pm: Database Design by Kyle Waters

2019-05-15 Thread Mark Niebergall 
Utah PHP Users,

Our next meetup is TOMORROW, Thursday, May 16, at 7pm, at Younique in Lehi.
We'll have Kyle Waters talking about "Database Design, Tips, Tricks, and
Standards". Come level up your database expertise! See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/nfxdgqyzhbvb/ for more
details.

Join us afterwards at JCWs for the after party too! If you haven't joined
us there before, it is a great opportunity to network and talk about the
latest things going on in the local and global PHP community.

We'll have a couple of swag items to raffle off at the end, including a
free 1 year JetBrains license.

We are looking for a June talk. Have a talk you'd like to give? Please be
the first to come talk with either me, Mark Niebergall, or Derek Caswell,
at the meetup. There may be a sphpecial bonus item for motivation ;)

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] Utah PHP Meetup - May 16 @7pm Database Design by Kyle Waters

2019-05-07 Thread Mark Niebergall 
Utah PHP Users,

Our next meetup is coming up next week on Thursday, May 16, at 7pm, at
Younique in Lehi. We'll have Kyle Waters talking about "Database Design,
Tips, Tricks, and Standards". Come level up your database expertise! See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/nfxdgqyzhbvb/ for more
details.

Join us afterwards at JCWs for the after party too! If you haven't joined
us there before, it is a great opportunity to network and talk about the
latest things going on in the local and global PHP community.

We'll have a couple of swag items to raffle off at the end, including a
free 1 year JetBrains license.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs April 17 7pm Hacking with PHP by Mark Niebergall; State of PHP Survey

2019-04-11 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Next week on Thursday, April 17, at 7pm at the Younique building in Lehi,
we have our UPHPU meetup on Hacking with PHP by me, Mark Niebergall. Please
bring a laptop if you'd like to try code out. This talk will be more
interactive and people can share code ideas during the talk. See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/nfxdgqyzgbxb/  for more
details.

There is a State of PHP survey from Rogue Wave looking for some feedback.
Please take a few minutes to give your feedback at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2019-state-of-php. They have a few prizes
they are handing out to a few lucky winners.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup November 15 7pm Swoole with Free Food

2018-11-05 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Please join us on Thursday, November 15, at 7pm, for a talk on Swoole by
Matthew Hill, held at the Younique building near Thanksgiving Point in
Lehi. There will be delicious food provided by Jen Wade from PDS; you can
reach her for all your career and hiring needs at 801-769-2083 or email
jw...@pdsinc.com.

For more details please see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/xqlxqpyxpbtb/.

Hope to see you there!

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup TONIGHT 9/20 7pm Xdebug w/ Free Food

2018-09-20 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is TONIGHT, Thursday, September 20, at 7pm. Mark Niebergall
will be presenting on Debugging PHP with Xdebug, and will include slides
and live demos. See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/xqlxqpyxmbbc/ for more
details.

Jen Wade with PDS will be sponsoring food at the beginning of the meetup so
come hungry. You can reach her for all your career and hiring needs at
801-769-2083 or email jw...@pdsinc.com and find her online at
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenniferwade/. PDS Inc., (People, Data and
Solutions) is located in Draper, Utah and is an authorized vendor of
Younique and they work with several clients in the Lehi/Thanksgiving Point
area as well as throughout the US. Thank you Jen!

At the end of the meetup a free 1 year license to any JetBrains product
will be raffled off to one lucky attendee. Then we'll head over to JCW's
for food and to socialize; we hope you'll join us.

Hope to see you there!

Mark Niebergall and Derek Caswell
Co-Organizers of UPHPU

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Tonight 7pm in Lehi - Regular Expressions w/ Free Food, Prizes

2018-07-19 Thread Mark Niebergall 
 UPHPUers,

Please join us TONIGHT, Thursday, July 19, at 7pm, for Hands on with
Regular Expressions by Kyle Waters. We will meet at Younique in Lehi. See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/xqlxqpyxkbzb/ for more
details.

Alex Clark with TEKsystems will be sponsoring free food, thank you Alex!
You can contact her for your employment and career needs at 801-316-6883.
There will also be extra prizes to hand out from Younique.

Hope to see you tonight,

Mark Niebergall and Derek Caswell
Co-Organizers of UPHPU

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs June 21 7pm w/ Free Food - Justin Carmony on Making the Switch to Engineering Management

2018-06-18 Thread Mark Niebergall 
 UPHPUers,

Our June meetup will be Thursday, June 21, at 7pm, at Younique in Lehi.
Please join us for Justin Carmony talking about Making the Switch to
Engineering Management. There will be free food sponsored by Alex Clark
with TEKsystems. See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/xqlxqpyxjbcc/ for more
details.

On Thursday, July 19, we will have Kyle Waters presenting on using regular
expressions.

We are looking for talks for August, September, October, and November.
Please email me or talk with me at the meetup if you are interested.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs June 21 7pm w/ Free Food - Justin Carmony on Making the Switch to Engineering Management; DC4D

2018-06-08 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our June meetup will be Thursday, June 21, at 7pm, at Younique in Lehi.
Please join us for Justin Carmony talking about Making the Switch to
Engineering Management. There will be free food sponsored by Alex Clark
with TEKsystems.

On Thursday, July 19, we will have Kyle Waters presenting on using regular
expressions.

We are looking for talks for August, September, October, and November.
Please email me or talk with me at the meetup if you are interested.

DC4D

Day Camp 4 Developers https://daycamp4developers.com/ is coming up July 20.
This is an online, 1 day conference. Please see details below.


When the machines take over, APIs will be how they speak to each other”
— Keith Casey

Your company either has an API or it is planning to create one; either way,
you have a whole new world of issues to face. You have to design it
securely, design it for scalability, design it for long term use. All the
while keeping the ever important DX in mind. (Developer Experience).

Join other Internet Plumbers from around the world as we discuss the best
(and sometimes the worst) ways to design, deploy, and protect your API. We
have gathered five experts to show you the issues facing you and the best
way to overcome them. Join us as Day Camp 4 Developers presents “Plumbing
the Internet: Proper API Design” (Please add a link to our domain day camp
4 developers dot com. I'd put in in there for you but then the list manager
would reject the email...again).


I hope to see you at UPHPU on June 21!

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[UPHPU] UPHPU CANCELED Tonight for May

2018-05-17 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Unfortunately we need to CANCEL the UPHPU meetup tonight, sorry about the
short notice.

Next month we have OpenWest June 7-9 with discounts for coupon code UPHPU,
plus our regular third Thursday meetup.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tomorrow 7pm - Xdebug by Mark Niebergall, Pizza

2018-05-16 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is tomorrow night at 7pm at Younique in Lehi, Utah. Mark
Niebergall will be presenting on "Debugging PHP With Xdebug". See more
details at https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/xqlxqpyxhbwb/.

There will also be free pizza to eat before we get started sponsored by
Alex Clark with TEKsystems. She has several PHP jobs open from SLC to Provo
so reach out to her if you are looking at alcl...@teksystems.com.

Home to see you tomorrow night,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tonight Younique in Lehi; Extra Prizes, Pizza, and Coding Standards by Tom H Anderson

2018-04-19 Thread Mark Niebergall 
 UPHPUers,

Please join us TONIGHT at 7pm for UPHPU at Younique in Lehi! Younique will
be handing out some gift cards and prizes, pizza will be provided by Alex
Clark with TEKsystems, and we will have a great talk by Tom H Anderson
about Coding Standards.

A big thank you goes out to the Younique team for all their efforts in
welcoming UPHPU to their building. A big thank you also for Mac Newbold at
Vivint for all the excellent hosting he has provided in the past at the old
venue.

NEW LOCATION:

Younique
3400 W. Mayflower Ave.
Lehi, UT 84043

Enter through the front door and immediately turn left and the auditorium
will be right in front of you.

OpenWest is coming up June 7-9 in Sandy. Use the promo code UPHPU for a
discount! https://tickets.openwest.org

Hope to see you at UPHPU tonight,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Next Thurs April 19 7pm Coding Standards by Tom H Anderson; NEW LOCATION, Pizza

2018-04-13 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next UPHPU meetup is Thursday, April 19, at 7pm, at Younique (NEW
LOCATION). Younique will be providing pizza, and we will have Tom H
Anderson talking about Coding Standards. Please join us!

NEW LOCATION:

Younique
3400 W. Mayflower Ave.
Lehi, UT 84043

Enter through the front door and immediately turn left and the auditorium
will be right in front of you.

OpenWest is coming up June 7-9 in Sandy. Use the promo code UPHPU for a
discount! https://tickets.openwest.org

Hope to see you at UPHPU next week,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU April 19 NEW LOCATION Younique - Coding Standards by Tom Anderson

2018-04-02 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our April meetup will be Thursday, April 19, at 7pm at a NEW LOCATION. We
will be meeting at Younique in Lehi. Tom Anderson will be presenting on
Coding Standards. Pizza will be provided by Younique, and there will be a
few prizes to hand out at the end.

A big thank you to Mac Newbold at Vivint for hosting our past meetups!

For more details please see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmyxgbzb/.

Please note upcoming events:

 - May 17 Mark Niebergall will be presenting
 - OpenWest is June 7-9 in Sandy; code UPHPU usually gets you a discount
 - June 21 UPHPU meetup

Hope to see you all at UPHPU April 19!

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tonight 7pm Free Food and TDD by Derek Caswell

2018-03-15 Thread Mark Niebergall 
 UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is TONIGHT, Thursday, March 15, at 7pm at the Vivint
building in Lehi. Please join us for Derek Caswell talking about "TDD in
the Real World". Food will also be provided - a big thank you to Alex Clark
with TEKsystems!

For more details please see https://www.meetup.com/
Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/246036986/.

OpenWest will be held June 7-9 in Sandy. Tickets are scheduled to go on
sale today. See https://openwest.org/ for more details (more updates coming
soon).

Hope to see you there,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs 7pm TDD by Derek Caswell w/ Food

2018-03-13 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is on Thursday, March 15, at 7pm at the Vivint building in
Lehi. Please join us for Derek Caswell talking about "TDD in the Real
World". Food will also be provided - a big thank you to Alex Clark with
TEKsystems!

For more details please see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/246036986/.

Hope to see you there,

Mark Niebergall
UPHPU President

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs March 15 7pm - TDD by Derek Caswell

2018-03-02 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is Thursday, March 15, at 7pm, at the Vivint building in
Lehi. Derek Caswell will be talking about "TDD in the Real World". Please
join us! There will be some prizes to hand out at the end as well,
including a 1 year JetBrains license, some light-up yo-yos from JetBrains,
and ZendCon T-Shirts.

For more details see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmyxfbtb/

We are looking for sponsors for food and prizes. Please reply back if you
or your organization can sponsor a meetup!

In April we'll have Tom Anderson talking about Coding Standards, and in May
I'll be presenting on a topic that is TBD. We need speakers for June and
on, so if you are interested please email me or talk to me at the next
meetup.

Mark your calendars for the OpenWest Conference coming up on June 7-9 at
the South Towne Exposition Center.

I hope to see you on March 15!

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] Reminder: UPHPU Tonight 7pm

2018-02-15 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is TONIGHT, Thursday, February 15, at 7pm in the Vivint
building in Lehi at Thanksgiving Point. Please join us for an excellent
talk by Matthew Hill on ECMAScript 2015. This will be a great opportunity
to learn more about JavaScript, network with other PHP developers in the
area, and a chance to win some swag at the end.

Food will also be provided. Thank you Alex Clark with TEKsystems!

For more details, please see https://www.meetup.com/
Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmyxdbtb/.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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Re: [UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Feb 15 7pm in Lehi - JavaScript by Matthew Hill

2018-02-13 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

We will also have Jimmy Johns sandwiches provided by Alex Clark with
TEKsystems for the meetup this Thursday. She is a great resource to talk
with if you are looking for your next work opportunity. Thank you Alex.

Mark Niebergall


On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Mark Niebergall <mbnieberg...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> UPHPUers,
>
> Our next meetup is this Thursday, February 15, at 7pm in the Vivint
> building in Lehi at Thanksgiving Point. Please join us for an excellent
> talk by Matthew Hill on ECMAScript 2015. This will be a great opportunity
> to learn more about JavaScript, network with other PHP developers in the
> area, and a chance to win some swag at the end.
>
> For more details, please see https://www.meetup.com/
> Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmyxdbtb/.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Niebergall
> UPHPU President
>

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Feb 15 7pm in Lehi - JavaScript by Matthew Hill

2018-02-13 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is this Thursday, February 15, at 7pm in the Vivint
building in Lehi at Thanksgiving Point. Please join us for an excellent
talk by Matthew Hill on ECMAScript 2015. This will be a great opportunity
to learn more about JavaScript, network with other PHP developers in the
area, and a chance to win some swag at the end.

For more details, please see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmyxdbtb/.

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Feb 15 7pm Matthew Hill ECMAScript 2015

2018-02-02 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is on Thursday, February 15, at 7pm at the Vivint building
in Lehi. Please join us for Matthew Hill's talk on "ECMAScript 2015: What
you missed while writing the superhero app".

There are a few prizes to hand out at the end, including ZendCon t-shirts,
some fidget spinners, and a 1 year JetBrains license.

See more details at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmyxdbtb/.

In March we'll have Derek Caswell talking about TDD.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tonight 7pm - Pizza, Prizes, Kyle Waters on OOP with PHP

2018-01-18 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

A reminder that tonight, Thursday, January 18, at 7pm, at the Vivint
building in Lehi, we are having pizza, prizes, and a talk by Kyle Waters on
object oriented programming with PHP. Please join us! More details can be
found at https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/246036910/.

Thank you Alex Clark with TEKsystems for the pizza, pop, and cookie
brownies!

Prizes include a coveted denim elephpant, t-shirts, fidget spinners, and a
1 year license to a JetBrains product.

Coming up we have Matthew Hill in February, Derek Caswell in March, and
then Levi Morrison and myself taking April and May.

OpenWest is June 7-9. Submit talks before January 31 at
https://cfp.openwest.org/.

Hope to see you tonight,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Jan 18 7pm with Kyle Waters, free pizza and prizes

2018-01-16 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is in two days on Thursday, January 18, at 7pm, with pizza
(thanks Alex Clark with TEKsystems)! Kyle Waters will be discussing "An
overview of object oriented programming in PHP". Please join us!
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmyxcbxb/

There will be some extra prizes to raffle out at the end, including a denim
elephpant, ZendCon and php[world] t-shirts, fidget spinners, and a 1 year
JetBrains license.

We are also looking for sponsors for food for upcoming meetups. If your
company is interested please contact me.

Hope to see you there,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Jan 18 7pm; OpenWest CFP

2018-01-04 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

This month on January 18 (in 2 weeks) we will have Kyle Waters presenting
on "An overview of object oriented programming". There will also be an
elephpant and some other extra prizes to hand out at the end of the meetup.
See more details at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmyxcbxb/.

The OpenWest CFP has opened, submit your talks this month at
https://cfp.openwest.org.

Hope to see you there!

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[UPHPU] No December UPHPU Meetup

2017-12-08 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

There will be no UPHPU meetup this month, December, due to the holidays.
Have a great rest of the year and we will see everyone on January 18 for
Kyle Waters talking about object oriented programming in PHP.

The PHP TestFest runs until the end of this month, so if you are looking
for something to spend time on that is a great place. This was a fun event
we participated in with our October meetup. See
https://phptestfest.org/tutorials/writing-tests-for-php-source/ for a
series of videos on how to write tests, or email me back and I can help you
out.

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Tonight 7pm on Big Data using BigQuery w/ Pizza and Prizes

2017-11-16 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Please join us TONIGHT at 7pm for our meetup on "Getting Started with Big
Data using BigQuery & PHP" by Justin Carmony. There will be free pizza at
the beginning, and prizes to hand out at the end, including a 1 year
JetBrains license and ZendCon t-shirts. Come network with other local PHP
developers, learn about a great topic, and enjoy some free food!

See https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/zdkfgmywpbvb for more
details.

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[UPHPU] UPHPU November 16 7pm - BigQuery by Justin Carmony

2017-11-06 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup will be Thursday, November 16, 2017, at 7pm in the Vivint
building in Lehi at Thanksgiving Point. We will have Justin Carmony
speaking about "Getting Started with Big Data using BigQuery & PHP". Please
join us!

https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/242777219/

There will be pizza provided by Alex Clark with TEKsystems. If you are
looking for a new opportunity be sure to talk to her about openings in the
area.

Prize Alert: We will have 3 prizes to hand out to random attendees at the
end of the talk. There will be 2 ZendCon t-shirts and 1 JetBrains year
subscription.

Coming up:

December: No meetup
January: Kyle Waters
February: Matthew Hill
March: Derek Caswell
April: Looking for a speaker
May: Looking for a speaker

We are looking for speakers in April and May. There is a special thank you
for speakers those months - a ZendCon PHP elephpant! Please let me know if
you are interested in speaking.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tonight 7pm - Git by Tom Anderson, Pizza!

2017-10-19 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Tonight at 7pm we'll have Git training by Tom Anderson. Bring a computer
and enjoy some free pizza sponsored by Alex Clark with TEKsystems. More
details at https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428587/ .

Hope to see you there!

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Oct 19 @7pm - Git by Tom Anderson w/ Pizza; Looking for speakers Jan, Feb, Mar 2018

2017-10-11 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

A reminder that next week on Thursday, October 19, at 7pm, we will have our
UPHPU meetup by Tom Anderson teaching us how to use Git for source control.
Bring a laptop and join us! More details are online at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428587/.

Pizza! There will be pizza provided by Alex Clark with TEKsystems. If you
are looking for new employment you can reach out to her for help at
alcl...@teksystems.com.

On November 16 we'll have a talk by Justin Carmony on "Getting Started with
Big Data using BigQuery and PHP", and then no meetup in December.

Looking for a conference to attend? ZendCon is in 2 weeks in Las Vegas, and
using UPHPU as the reference gets us a small elephpant to give away, and
you can use the promo code ZC17FRIEND for $300 off.

Also coming up is php[world] in DC in mid November. This is a great
community-focused conference. Use the promo code UG-LUV-UTHP for 10% off.

If you'd like to speak at UPHPU early next year please email me and we'll
get a day and topic setup.

I hope to see you all next week!

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tomorrow - PHP TestFest 2017 with Pizza

2017-09-20 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our PHP TestFest 2017 event is TOMORROW, Thursday, September 21, at 7pm,
and there will be pizza provided by Alex Clark with TEKsystems. We are
participating in a world-wide community event to add tests to PHP core by
writing tests in PHP for PHP functionality.

To be prepared, please watch these 6 instructional videos produced by Sammy
Powers on how to set up and write the tests. They can be found online at
https://phptestfest.org/tutorials/writing-tests-for-php-source/. Ideally
come ready to start writing tests by having PHP source cloned and the
ability to run tests, which is videos 1 and 2. Please bring a laptop to
work on and a power cord. Even if you are unable to watch all the videos
and do the setup, still please join us and you can do some pair programming!

As part of my preparation, I built a new very basic Ubuntu VM using
https://puphpet.com/ (doesn't even need PHP) and then followed Sammy's
videos running the commands. The abbreviated commands version to go from
that bare VM to running PHP tests is (after extracting zip from puphpet, cd
into that directory, and make sure to have vagrant and virtualbox
installed):

---
vagrant up
vagrant ssh
sudo apt-get update

cd /var/www/html
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git
cd php-src

sudo apt-get install autoconf -y
./buildconf

sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev -y
sudo apt-get install valgrind -y
./configure --enable-maintainer-zts --enable-debug --enable-cli-sapi
make
sapi/cli/php run-tests.php -P tests/basic/001.phpt
---

Please feel free to email me or message me on utos.slack.com with any and
all setup questions.

We are all in this together, learning and participating. Please join us
whether you are new to PHP, have some experience, or have even already
written tests for PHP core. There are prizes for user groups and individual
prizes to be won as well, just be sure to include a '--CREDIT--' with your
name and UPHPU (similar to this PR https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/
141f26e9a9b6633a317742d1c0696b2cfdd8c1cf) and reference UPHPU on the PR.

If you do have experience writing tests and would like to help out please
email me!

Some helpful links:
 - TestFest site: https://phptestfest.org
 - Example PR: https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/
141f26e9a9b6633a317742d1c0696b2cfdd8c1cf
 - PHP test coverage: http://gcov.php.net/PHP_HEAD/lcov_html/

I hope to see you all tomorrow!

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU TestFest - Thurs Sept 21 @ 7pm with Pizza; Preparation Instructions

2017-09-13 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our PHP TestFest 2017 event is coming up next week on Thursday, September
21, at 7pm, and there will be pizza provided by Alex Clark with TEKsystems.
We are participating in a world-wide community event to add tests to PHP
core by writing tests in PHP for PHP functionality.

To be prepared, please watch these 6 instructional videos produced by Sammy
Powers on how to set up and write the tests. They can be found online at
https://phptestfest.org/tutorials/writing-tests-for-php-source/. Ideally
come ready to start writing tests by having PHP source cloned and the
ability to run tests, which is videos 1 and 2. Please bring a laptop to
work on and a power cord.

As part of my preparation, I built a new very basic Ubuntu VM using
https://puphpet.com/ (doesn't even need PHP) and then followed Sammy's
videos running the commands. The abbreviated commands version to go from
that bare VM to running PHP tests is (after extracting zip from puphpet, cd
into that directory, and make sure to have vagrant and virtualbox
installed):

---
vagrant up
vagrant ssh
sudo apt-get update

cd /var/www/html
git clone https://github.com/php/php-src.git
cd php-src

sudo apt-get install autoconf -y
./buildconf

sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev -y
sudo apt-get install valgrind -y
./configure --enable-maintainer-zts --enable-debug --enable-cli-sapi
make
sapi/cli/php run-tests.php -P tests/basic/001.phpt
---

Please feel free to email me or message me on utos.slack.com with any and
all setup questions.

We are all in this together, learning and participating. Please join us
whether you are new to PHP, have some experience, or have even already
written tests for PHP core. There are prizes for user groups and individual
prizes to be won as well, just be sure to include a '--CREDIT--' with your
name and UPHPU (similar to this PR
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/141f26e9a9b6633a317742d1c0696b2cfdd8c1cf
).

If you do have experience writing tests and would like to help out please
email me!

Some helpful links:
 - TestFest site: https://phptestfest.org
 - Example PR:
https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/141f26e9a9b6633a317742d1c0696b2cfdd8c1cf
 - PHP test coverage: http://gcov.php.net/PHP_HEAD/lcov_html/

I hope to see you all on Thursday next week!

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Sept 21 7pm - PHP TestFest 2017 with Pizza, Prizes

2017-09-06 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is Thursday, September 21, at 7pm. We will be participating
in the world-wide PHP TestFest 2017. This will be an opportunity to learn
about writing tests in PHP for PHP core and actually submit tests to PHP
core.

There is some prep work, please see
https://phptestfest.org/tutorials/writing-tests-for-php-source/ for 6
videos by Sammy Powers so you can come prepared and ready to write tests
for PHP.

There are also prizes from sponsors of the event. Please make sure to
indicate your tests are associated with UPHPU to help with group prizes.

This is a great opportunity for both new and experienced developers to
contribute to PHP. Please join us! See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/240489898/ for more
details.

I hope to see you there,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU TONIGHT 7pm with Pizza - Double Header

2017-08-17 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Reminder that TONIGHT, Thursday, August 17, at 7pm, is our meetup. This
will be a double header with two talks that are about 30 minute each. We'll
meet at Vivint in Lehi at 3401 Ashton Blvd.

First I, Mark Niebergall, will present "Defensive Coding Crash Course",
which is a ZendCon preview. Second we'll have Brian Rogers present "Coding
Standards and Unit Testing - Why, When, and A Little Bit of How". See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/240607831/ for more
details.

There will be pizza provided by Alex Clark with TEKsystems. Thank you Alex!
We'll also have a free JetBrains product license for one lucky attendee.

Coming up this year we have:
 - September: PHP TestFest 2017
 - October: Git by Tom Anderson
 - November: Justin Carmony
 - December: No meetup

I hope to see you tonight!

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tomorrow 8/17: Pizza, Double Header on Defensive Coding and Coding Standards/Unit Tests

2017-08-16 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, August 17, at 7pm is our next meetup.
This will be a double header with two talks that are about 30 minute each.
We'll meet at Vivint in Lehi at 3401 Ashton Blvd.

First I, Mark Niebergall, will present "Defensive Coding Crash Course",
which is a ZendCon preview. Second we'll have Brian Rogers present "Coding
Standards and Unit Testing - Why, When, and A Little Bit of How". See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/240607831/ for more
details.

There will be pizza provided by Alex Clark with TEKsystems. Thank you Alex!
We'll also have a free JetBrains product license for one lucky attendee.

Coming up this year we have:
 - September: PHP TestFest 2017
 - October: Git by Tom Anderson
 - November: Justin Carmony
 - December: No meetup

I hope to see you tomorrow!

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs Aug 17 7pm - 2 Talks

2017-08-03 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

We now have 2 talks slated for the upcoming meetup on Thursday, August 17,
at 7pm. Each talk will be about 30 minutes long. They are:

 - Defensive Coding Crash Course by Mark Niebergall
 - Coding Standards and Unit Testing - Why, When, and A Little Bit of How
by Brian Rogers

This will be an excellent night to level up your skills, please join us!
There will be pizza provided by TEKsystems and swag at the end as well.

See https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/240607831/ for more
details.

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs 5:15-6 after OpenWest

2017-07-12 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

A quick reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, July 13, from 5:15-6pm we will
meet at the South Town Expo Center in room 300A to share things learned at
OpenWest and to give lightening talks. No ticket to the conference is
required, and there is a free community night with games and activities
immediately following our meetup.

Please join us!

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] UPHPU CHANGE OF DATE: Thurs, July 13 @5:15-6

2017-07-05 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Sorry for the late change in the meetup date!

To align with the other community events being hosted by OpenWest, we are
moving the UPHPU meetup to be *Thursday, July 13, from 5:15-6pm*. We'll
meet in room *300A *and do a review of things learned from talks at
OpenWest. We'll also open up the time to any short lightning talks that you
would like to give. If you attend a track and really like it, invite the
speaker to come and give a very condensed version at UPHPU!

See https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428575/ for more
details.

No OpenWest ticket is require for the UPHPU meetup or for the community
night activities so please join us whether you are attending the conference
or not.

After the meetup the community night will kick off. There will be "music,
Nerf, board games, fun".

We will also have our swag and a few extra items to hand out (that I forgot
to bring last month, extras from php[tek]).

Please join us on Thursday, July 13, at 5:15pm!

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU July: Talk Reviews after OpenWest on Friday July 14 6pm

2017-06-29 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

A little different day and time than other months, we will be meeting on
Friday, July 14, at 6pm at the South Towne Expo Center following the talks
at OpenWest. Please come ready to share what you learned from sessions.
There are so many tracks and good talks there is no way to catch them all.
This will help bridge that gap. For more details see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428575/.

You do not need to attend OpenWest to join us! There is still time though
to get tickets for OpenWest, see http://openwest.eventbrite.com/ for
registration and https://www.openwest.org/ for more info about the
conference.

We'll head over to Crown Burgers for the after party, which is right across
the street from the South Towne Expo center, immediately following our
meetup.

Mark your calendars for upcoming meetups:

 - August 17: Git by Tom Anderson
 - September 21: PHP TestFest (write tests for PHP core using PHP; this is
a world-wide event!)
 - October 19: Defensive Coding Crash Course by Mark Niebergall (ZendCon
preview)

Please join us!

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tonight 6/15 @ 7pm - Impostor Syndrome with Pizza, Dessert, and Swag

2017-06-15 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is TONIGHT at 7pm in Lehi on Impostor Syndrome by Mark
Niebergall. Invite your co-workers and friends and join us for pizza, pop,
cookie brownies, and a talk that is relevant across the IT world. There
will be some extra swag on top of the usual JetBrains license so be sure
not to miss out.

We meet at Vivint in Lehi at Thanksgiving Point:

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, UT

We'd like to thank our sponsors Microsoft Technical Communities for food,
JetBrains for a free license to raffle off, Vivint for the venue, and
php[tek] for some extra swag (t-shirts, 1 year php[architect] digital,
socks, tote bag, etc.).

For more information please see https://www.meetup.com/
Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428564/.

Hope to see you tonight,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Thursday June 15 7pm "Impostor Syndrome" with Extra Swag, Pizza, Pop, Dessert

2017-06-13 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is this week on Thursday, June 15, at 7pm on Impostor
Syndrome by Mark Niebergall. Invite your co-workers and friends and join us
for pizza, pop, cookie brownies, and a talk that is relevant across the IT
world. There will be some extra swag on top of the usual JetBrains license
so be sure not to miss out.

We'd like to thank our sponsors Microsoft Technical Communities for food,
JetBrains for a free license to raffle off, Vivint for the venue, and
php[tek] for some extra swag (t-shirts, 1 year php[architect] digital,
socks, tote bag, etc.).

For more information please see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428564/.

If you are attending ZendCon in October, please indicate you were referred
by UPHPU. This will get us some extra elephpants to hand out at our
meetups. You can also use coupon codes ZC17UGUC or ZC17UGUCT for discounts
(first for conference, second for conference plus tutorials).

Hope to see you Thursday,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Thurs June 15 7pm in Lehi on Impostor Syndrome; Free food, extra swag! Looking for Speakers

2017-06-02 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is in 2 weeks on *Thursday, June 15, at 7pm*. I, Mark
Niebergall, will be speaking on Impostor Syndrome. There will be pizza,
pop, dessert (cookie brownies), a free JetBrains license to give away, and
some extra swag that was picked up at php[tek] (coupon code for 1 year of
php[architect] magazine, rocket socks, t-shirts, magnetic word pads, etc.).
Invite your co-workers to come discuss impostor syndrome too since this is
an issue that many people in the tech world experience. Please join us! See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428564/ for more
details.

In July we will meet on *Thursday, July 14, at 6pm* in Sandy at the
OpenWest conference venue after the sessions are done for the day for
OpenWest. If you would like to speak, please let me know!

We are *looking for speakers* for UPHPU in July (as noted above) and
August. Please email me back if you would like to speak on a PHP or related
topic.

Hope to see you at UPHPU and OpenWest!

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Thurs May 18 @7pm - Contributing to PHP; Pizza, pop, dessert provided

2017-05-12 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is Thursday, May 18, at 7pm in Lehi. Please join us for
pizza, pop, dessert, and a talk by Levi Morrison on "Contributing to
Official PHP Projects". One lucky random attendee will win a free 1 year
license to any JetBrains product (think PhpStorm, DataGrip, etc).

We meet in Lehi at Vivint at Thanksgiving point:

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

Form more details see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428513/.

Thanks to our sponsors Microsoft Technical Communities for the food and
JetBrains for the free license!

Hope to see you there,

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[UPHPU] PHP Unicorn Discount Code - May 4th Online

2017-04-27 Thread Mark Niebergall 
I'm forwarding this message on - details about the PHP Unicorn conference
and a discount code.

---

Hi Everyone,

As you may or may not have heard, there is a new PHP Conference happening
next Thursday, May 4, called PHP Unicorn.

This is an online conference which will be streaming live, so you can watch
from the comfort of your office, home or anyplace else you may be. Even if
you can’t watch live, your ticket also gives you access to view the
recordings any time you like.

If you’ve been to a conference before you know they are an excellent place
to learn new techniques and get a sense of what other people are doing with
PHP.

There is a pretty impressive lineup of speakers and tickets are just $100
USD.

In addition, the organizers of the conference have extended a 20% discount
to our members. To get the discount, simply go to the registration page at
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/php-unicorn-conference/register <
https://www.crowdcast.io/e/php-unicorn-conference/register>
click the “Use Coupon” link and enter the following code
phpug

You can find more info about the conference at:
http://www.phpunicorn.com

Hope to see you there!!

Thanks

Peter Meth (Organizer GTAPHP, Burlington PHP) & Mike Classic (Organizer
Burlington PHP)

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tonight 7pm

2017-04-20 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

A quick reminder that we are meeting TONIGHT, Thursday, April 20, at 7pm in
Lehi. Please join us for "Implementing a Restful API with Lumen" by Kyle
Waters. There will be pizza, drinks, dessert, and a raffle.

https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428484/.

Thanks,
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Next Thursday April 20th @7pm; Paid teaching opportunity this summer

2017-04-14 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is next week on Thursday, April 20, at 7pm in Lehi. There
will be Dominos pizza, drinks, dessert, and a raffle for a free 1 year
license for a JetBrains product. Kyle Waters will be presenting on
"Implementing a Restful API with Lumen". Please join us for a great
presentation! See more details at:

https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/237428484/.

If anyone has a masters degree and would be interested in teaching a night
class at a local university please reply back. The class is Thursday nights
and is PHP specific with a lesson plan already prepped for you.

Mark your calendars - coming up we have:

May 16: Levi Morrison on "Contributing to Official PHP Projects"
June 15: Mark Niebergall, talk TBD
July 12-15: OpenWest Conference in Sandy

If you are interested in speaking in August or later please let me know!

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Thurs March 16 @7pm: H Hatfield presenting on Traits; Pizza, drinks, and desserts!

2017-03-16 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is Thursday, March 16, at 7pm in Lehi. H Hatfield will be
presenting on "Traits: When, Where, Why, and How". Please join us! See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/236989606/ for more
details.

There will be pizza, drinks, and desserts!

One lucky random attendee will win a 1 year free license to any JetBrains
product at the end of the presentation. Thanks JetBrains!

Vivint is the venue. It is located at 3401 Ashton Blvd, Lehi, UT. Thanks
Vivint!

OpenWest call for papers deadline has been moved back to April 2. Please
submit your talk ideas at https://cfp.openwest.org/.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup on March 16 @7pm

2017-03-02 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPers,

This month we will be having H Hatfield speak on "Traits: When, Where, Why,
and How" on Wednesday, March 16, at 7pm in Lehi. Please join us! For more
details see https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/236989606/.

The OpenWest call for papers is open until March 19. Talk ideas can be
submitted at https://cfp.openwest.org/. With the conference being local, it
is a great opportunity to speak about a topic you love while getting to
attend a great conference with other open source users who live near you.
Please submit!

JetBrains has extended their group sponsorship another year, which means we
will have a free 1 year license to raffle off at the end of each UPHPU user
group meetup to one lucky random attendee. Thank you JetBrains!

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Great meetup last night, Upcoming meetups, Conferences, and Call for Papers

2017-02-17 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

We had a great turnout and some good discussions regarding security last
night, thanks for all those who were able to attend!  Slides from the
presentation are posted at:

https://www.slideshare.net/MarkNiebergall/security-php

Upcoming UPHPU meetups:

March 16: H Hatfield
April 20: Levi Morrison
May 18: Kyle Waters
June 15: Looking for a speaker, probably an OpenWest preview talk
July 20: TBD (OpenWest is the week before)

OpenWest is July 12-15 this year at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy.
The CFP is open now at https://cfp.openwest.org/ please submit! Speaking at
OpenWest is a great way to share your knowledge, get a foot into conference
speaking, learn more about a topic, and get involved in the community. Plus
you get into the conference for free and have a great excuse to attend!

Now is a great time to plan out upcoming conference attendance for the
year. OpenWest is here in Utah in July and great to attend or speak at for
everyone local. If traveling is an option, consider Lonestar PHP in April
in Dallas, php[tek] in Atlanta in May, ZendCon in October in Las Vegas, and
a handful of other great PHP conferences. You can get all the latest
conference details at http://www.php.net/conferences/.

Remember, please join our Meetup.com group for the latest meetup details
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/.

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Thursday February 16 @7pm Security in PHP

2017-02-03 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Mark your calendars for Thursday, February 16, at 7pm for "Security in PHP
Applications: An Absolute Must!" by me, Mark Niebergall. We'll dive into
current news and trends in security and learn how to write secure code.
Please join us! See
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/236649642/ for more
details.

Looking further ahead we have an exciting line up with H Hatfield speaking
on March 16 and Levi Morrison on April 20.

Hope to see you all on February 16!

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup TOMORROW Thursday January 19 @ 7pm in Lehi; Sponsors Needed; php[tek] Registration

2017-01-18 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is *tomorrow, Thursday, January 19, at 7pm in Lehi*. Steve
Meyers will be presenting "Websockets and Event-driven Programming with
ReactPHP". Please come join us!

Venue:

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, UT 84043

*Swag alert!* One lucky random attendee will win a free 1 year license to
any JetBrains product at the end of the presentation.

Meeting details can be found at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447213/.  Please check
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/ for all the latest meetup
details and join the group if you haven't already.

Sponsors

We are looking for sponsors for meetups to provide food and swag. Sponsors
can be recruiters, the company you work for or run, or individuals. Swag
can be as simple as stickers or as amazing as new laptops. Please contact
me if you are interested in sponsoring the group,

Register for php[tek]

For anyone going to php[tek] in Atlanta in May, please register with this
link https://tek.phparch.com/?paref=mn675a_campaign=mn675a
<http://mandrillapp.com/track/click/30926539/tek.phparch.com?p=eyJzIjoiWnhNMTVIRDNEb1VJczlwclVVMVpLQTJtVUVjIiwidiI6MSwicCI6IntcInVcIjozMDkyNjUzOSxcInZcIjoxLFwidXJsXCI6XCJodHRwczpcXFwvXFxcL3Rlay5waHBhcmNoLmNvbVxcXC8_cGFyZWY9bW42NzVhJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1tbjY3NWFcIixcImlkXCI6XCI1OTFmYzg1MDBkNjc0ZDRjYmE1NjZhNjA2M2FjZmQyZFwiLFwidXJsX2lkc1wiOltcIjczOGU2NGMwNjdmYmIzY2I0MjliYzVmZDdjNzA3NzVhYzVjZWNkMDNcIl19In0>
to help me earn some swag. It is one of the biggest and best PHP
conferences, is a great professional development opportunity, and has a
great community focused atmosphere.

Hope to see you all tomorrow night!

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Jan 19 7pm in Lehi

2017-01-09 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Out next UPHPU meetup is coming up on Thursday, January 19, at 7pm in Lehi,
Utah. Steve Meyers will present "Websockets and Event-driven Programming
with ReactPHP". Please join us!

Venue: https://goo.gl/maps/UH7K7E6AM9q

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, UT

Meeting details can be found here:
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447213/ including the
abstract, speaker bio, and after party details. Please join our meetup
group for the latest information and notices of upcoming meetups.

Swag alert! One random lucky attendee will win a free 1 year JetBrains
license to any of their products.

Hope to see you all next week!

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Re: [UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup with Pizza Tomorrow Thurs December 15 7pm Lehi "CSS Magic"

2016-12-15 Thread Mark Niebergall 
Reminder, UPHPU is TONIGHT with pizza and one lucky winner of a JetBrains
product. Hope to see you there starting at 7!

Mark

On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Mark Niebergall <mbnieberg...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> UPHPUers,
>
> Our next meetup is *tomorrow*, Thursday, December 15, at 7pm in Lehi at
> Vivint on "CSS Magic - The art of declarative styles" by Travis Barney. *There
> will be pizza* sponsored by UTOS (http://utos.org/) - thanks UTOS! Come
> learn and discuss some CSS tricks with us. For more details see
> https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447192/
>
> *Swag Alert!* One lucky random attendee will receive a free one year
> license to any JetBrains product at the end of the presentation. Is it your
> lucky night?
>
> Join us afterwards at JCW's for the after party.
>
> We meet at the Vivint building at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah.
>
> Vivint
> 3401 Ashton Blvd
> Lehi, Utah 84043
>
> Hope to see you all there! UPHPU meetups are a great way to meet other PHP
> developers in the area, talk about current news in the PHP community,
> expand your skill set, build out your resume, and network.
>
> We are *looking for speakers* for next year. Please reply back or talk to
> me tomorrow if you would like to speak at a future UPHPU meetup. Topics can
> be technical, PHP frameworks, security, APIs, architecture, soft skills, or
> any other PHP related topic.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark Niebergall
> UPHPU President
>

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup with Pizza Tomorrow Thurs December 15 7pm Lehi "CSS Magic"

2016-12-14 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our next meetup is *tomorrow*, Thursday, December 15, at 7pm in Lehi at
Vivint on "CSS Magic - The art of declarative styles" by Travis Barney. *There
will be pizza* sponsored by UTOS (http://utos.org/) - thanks UTOS! Come
learn and discuss some CSS tricks with us. For more details see
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447192/

*Swag Alert!* One lucky random attendee will receive a free one year
license to any JetBrains product at the end of the presentation. Is it your
lucky night?

Join us afterwards at JCW's for the after party.

We meet at the Vivint building at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, Utah.

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

Hope to see you all there! UPHPU meetups are a great way to meet other PHP
developers in the area, talk about current news in the PHP community,
expand your skill set, build out your resume, and network.

We are *looking for speakers* for next year. Please reply back or talk to
me tomorrow if you would like to speak at a future UPHPU meetup. Topics can
be technical, PHP frameworks, security, APIs, architecture, soft skills, or
any other PHP related topic.

Thanks,

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[UPHPU] Meetup December 15 7pm; Looking for Sponsors and Speakers; Meetup.com group

2016-12-06 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPUers,

Our November meetup was a blast with Stephen Godfrey - thanks for a very
useful and enlightening presentation last month!

Our next meetup is *Thursday, December 15, at 7pm* at Vivint in Lehi, Utah.
Travis Barney, a master of UI development, will be discussing "CSS Magic",
something all developers need to know how to do at some point. You can find
the talk abstract, speaker bio, venue information, and swag alerts at
https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447192/. Please come
join us for the last meetup of the year!

We are always *looking for sponsors*!  If you would like to have your
company sponsor a meeting please let me know. We would love to have food
and prizes so please ask if your company can sponsor our meetup. It is a
great way for companies to build connections with local developers, find
new hires, and be recognized by the local PHP community.

We are *in need of speakers* for pretty much all of next year. I will
present in January so from February on there are openings. Please email
back or come talk with me at the next meetup if you are interested. Topics
can be anything related to PHP, from soft skills, PHP frameworks,
architecture, security, databases, design principles, APIs, testing, best
practices, tools, and more. Presenting at UPHPU is a great way to learn
more about a topic you love, build your presentation skills, fill out your
resume, and get a foot into speaking at conferences.

Remember to *join our Meetup.com* group at
http://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/ to get all the latest
information about upcoming UPHPU meetups.

Hope to see you at our next meetup!

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[UPHPU] Reminder: UPHPU Meetup TOMORROW Thurs Nov 17 7pm in Lehi

2016-11-16 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPU Members,

Please join us at our meetup TOMORROW, *Thursday, November 17, at 7pm*, at
Vivint in Lehi, Utah.

https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447178/

This is going to be a great talk for any developer, PHP or other languages,
about pitching and charging for freelance work. Whether you've attended
meetups recently, or you've been thinking about attending UPHPU meetups in
the past but haven't, or perhaps you used to attend but haven't for a
while, please come!

*Talk: Freelancing and Money: How to Pitch, How to Charge, And Make More
Money*

Money is one of the primary reasons for freelancing, but most of us are
doing it wrong. As a result, we lose out on some of the things that money
can buy. Some of these are freedom, security, and peace of mind. So let’s
fix that. In this seminar, we’ll cover some key lessons that will change
the way you look at side projects and freelance gigs.

Specifically, we’ll cover:


   - Why time has little correlation with value (and the Wizard of
   Schenectady).


   - The different ways of billing (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, fixed,
   and value).


   - Proposing different options, and giving customers reasons to pay you
   more.


   - Finding out the value of a project by using NDA’s.


   - What other people are charging (an interactive group activity), and
   why that doesn’t have to matter.


   - Becoming a top-tier consultant and beyond.


   - The mind-shifts that will get you there.


   - Any random questions you might have.

And as you implement these lessons a number of things will happen: You’ll
make more on projects. You’ll be able to work less. You’ll have more time
to spend with your family to do the things that you want to do. Most of
all, you’ll become more than just a developer. You’ll become a high-end
consultant who just happens to use a computer to solve business problems.
And though it’s just a label, it’s an important label that comes with a
high price-tag.

*Presenter: Stephen Godfrey*

Stephen Godfrey is full-time freelancer who runs Mountain Fresh Media. He
specializes in full-stack development (PHP), and making wickedly fast
websites. He recently bought Freelancecollege.com, and is in the process of
turning it into a hub for teaching college students how to freelance. He
blogs on the side, writes novels, and loves to fix things up around the
house. He’s happily married, has two kids, 11 chickens, and a half-acre
homestead. Life for him is simply good.

*Swag Alert*

At the end of the presentation, one random lucky winner will win a free 1
year individual subscription to any single JetBrains Toolbox product.
Choices includes PhpStorm, WebStorm, DataGrip, or others seen at
https://www.jetbrains.com/products.html. Thanks JetBrains!

*Venue*

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

*How to get there*

The address is 3401 Ashton Blvd, though some mapping tools put that a
little far down the street (if so, try 2719 Ashton Blvd instead). It's the
first office building south of the intersection, nearest to the Dickeys BBQ
on the corner.

Just come in the front door and we'll be on the first floor, to the right.

The front door will be locked, but there's a guard on duty right inside
that can let folks in, and we're really close to the front door, so we
should be able to help people get in pretty easily.

If you can't get in, call 801-391-8249 and we'll get you in!

*The After Party*

We will be going to JCW's for the After Party. Come check it out with us.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday, November 17, at 7pm!

*December Meetup*

In December we will be having Travis talking about "CSS Magic".

*Looking for Speakers*

We are always looking for speakers for UPHPU meetups. Please reply back if
you can talk starting in January next year. All months next year are
currently available.

Thanks,
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[UPHPU] Reminder: UPHPU Meetup Next Week Thurs Nov 17 7pm in Lehi; Looking for speakers

2016-11-10 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPU Members,

Please join us at our meetup next week on *Thursday, November 17, at 7pm*,
at Vivint in Lehi, Utah.

https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447178/

This is going to be a great talk for any developer, PHP or other languages,
about pitching and charging for freelance work. Whether you've attended
meetups recently, or you've been thinking about attending UPHPU meetups in
the past but haven't, or perhaps you used to attend but haven't for a
while, please come!

*Talk: Freelancing and Money: How to Pitch, How to Charge, And Make More
Money*

Money is one of the primary reasons for freelancing, but most of us are
doing it wrong. As a result, we lose out on some of the things that money
can buy. Some of these are freedom, security, and peace of mind. So let’s
fix that. In this seminar, we’ll cover some key lessons that will change
the way you look at side projects and freelance gigs.

Specifically, we’ll cover:


   - Why time has little correlation with value (and the Wizard of
   Schenectady).


   - The different ways of billing (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, fixed,
   and value).


   - Proposing different options, and giving customers reasons to pay you
   more.


   - Finding out the value of a project by using NDA’s.


   - What other people are charging (an interactive group activity), and
   why that doesn’t have to matter.


   - Becoming a top-tier consultant and beyond.


   - The mind-shifts that will get you there.


   - Any random questions you might have.

And as you implement these lessons a number of things will happen: You’ll
make more on projects. You’ll be able to work less. You’ll have more time
to spend with your family to do the things that you want to do. Most of
all, you’ll become more than just a developer. You’ll become a high-end
consultant who just happens to use a computer to solve business problems.
And though it’s just a label, it’s an important label that comes with a
high price-tag.

*Presenter: Stephen Godfrey*

Stephen Godfrey is full-time freelancer who runs Mountain Fresh Media. He
specializes in full-stack development (PHP), and making wickedly fast
websites. He recently bought Freelancecollege.com, and is in the process of
turning it into a hub for teaching college students how to freelance. He
blogs on the side, writes novels, and loves to fix things up around the
house. He’s happily married, has two kids, 11 chickens, and a half-acre
homestead. Life for him is simply good.

*Swag Alert*

At the end of the presentation, one random lucky winner will win a free 1
year individual subscription to any single JetBrains Toolbox product.
Choices includes PhpStorm, WebStorm, DataGrip, or others seen at
https://www.jetbrains.com/products.html. Thanks JetBrains!

*Venue*

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

*How to get there*

The address is 3401 Ashton Blvd, though some mapping tools put that a
little far down the street (if so, try 2719 Ashton Blvd instead). It's the
first office building south of the intersection, nearest to the Dickeys BBQ
on the corner.

Just come in the front door and we'll be on the first floor, to the right.

The front door will be locked, but there's a guard on duty right inside
that can let folks in, and we're really close to the front door, so we
should be able to help people get in pretty easily.

If you can't get in, call 801-391-8249 and we'll get you in!

*The After Party*

We will be going to JCW's for the After Party. Come check it out with us.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday, November 17, at 7pm!

*December Meetup*

In December we will be having Travis talking about "CSS Magic".

*Looking for Speakers*

We are always looking for speakers for UPHPU meetups. Please reply back if
you can talk starting in January next year. All months next year are
currently available.

Thanks,
Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Meetup Thurs November 17 7pm at Vivint in Lehi

2016-11-01 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPU Members,

Happy November!

Last month we had a great meetup presented by Patricia Witt on how to get
promoted and career development. Thanks Patricia for a great presentation
and to all those who attended!

Our next meetup is *Thursday, November 17, at 7pm*, at Vivint in Lehi, Utah.

*Talk: Freelancing and Money: How to Pitch, How to Charge, And Make More
Money*

Money is one of the primary reasons for freelancing, but most of us are
doing it wrong. As a result, we lose out on some of the things that money
can buy. Some of these are freedom, security, and peace of mind. So let’s
fix that. In this seminar, we’ll cover some key lessons that will change
the way you look at side projects and freelance gigs.

Specifically, we’ll cover:


   - Why time has little correlation with value (and the Wizard of
   Schenectady).


   - The different ways of billing (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, fixed,
   and value).


   - Proposing different options, and giving customers reasons to pay you
   more.


   - Finding out the value of a project by using NDA’s.


   - What other people are charging (an interactive group activity), and
   why that doesn’t have to matter.


   - Becoming a top-tier consultant and beyond.


   - The mind-shifts that will get you there.


   - Any random questions you might have.

And as you implement these lessons a number of things will happen: You’ll
make more on projects. You’ll be able to work less. You’ll have more time
to spend with your family to do the things that you want to do. Most of
all, you’ll become more than just a developer. You’ll become a high-end
consultant who just happens to use a computer to solve business problems.
And though it’s just a label, it’s an important label that comes with a
high price-tag.

*Presenter: Stephen Godfrey*

Stephen Godfrey is full-time freelancer who runs Mountain Fresh Media. He
specializes in full-stack development (PHP), and making wickedly fast
websites. He recently bought Freelancecollege.com, and is in the process of
turning it into a hub for teaching college students how to freelance. He
blogs on the side, writes novels, and loves to fix things up around the
house. He’s happily married, has two kids, 11 chickens, and a half-acre
homestead. Life for him is simply good.

*Swag Alert*

At the end of the presentation, one random lucky winner will win a free 1
year individual subscription to any single JetBrains Toolbox product.
Choices includes PhpStorm, WebStorm, DataGrip, or others seen at
https://www.jetbrains.com/products.html. Thanks JetBrains!

*Venue*

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

*How to get there*

The address is 3401 Ashton Blvd, though some mapping tools put that a
little far down the street (if so, try 2719 Ashton Blvd instead). It's the
first office building south of the intersection, nearest to the Dickeys BBQ
on the corner.

Just come in the front door and we'll be on the first floor, to the right.

The front door will be locked, but there's a guard on duty right inside
that can let folks in, and we're really close to the front door, so we
should be able to help people get in pretty easily.

If you can't get in, call 801-391-8249 and we'll get you in!

*The After Party*

We will be going to JCW's for the After Party. Come check it out with us.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday, November 17, at 7pm!

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
UPHPU President

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Tonight 7pm

2016-10-20 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPU Members,

Reminder we have a meetup tonight, Thursday, October 20, at 7pm at Vivint
in Lehi. Patricia Witt will be talking about "How to Get Promoted". One
random lucky attendee will win a free 1 year JetBrains license to any of
their products as well. For more details see:

https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447120/

UPHPU now has a meetup.com group, please join the group (if you haven't
already) to see up to date information about meetups and communicate with
the group:

http://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/

Afterwards we will head over to JCW's for the after party. Hope you see you
tonight!

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] Meetup Thurs Oct 20 @7pm; Looking for Speakers Nov, Dec

2016-10-12 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPU Members,

Our next meetup is next week on Thursday, October 20, at 7pm at Vivint in
Lehi. Patricia Witt will be talking about "How to Get Promoted". One random
lucky attendee will win a free 1 year JetBrains license to any of their
products as well. For more details see:

https://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/events/234447120/

UPHPU now has a meetup.com group, please join the group (if you haven't
already) to see up to date information about meetups and communicate with
the group:

http://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/

Hope you see you all next week on Thursday!

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
UPHPU President

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[UPHPU] New Meetup.com group; Oct 20 Meetup; Looking for Speakers Nov, Dec; Looking for Sponsors

2016-09-27 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPU Members,

UPHPU now has a meetup.com group, please join the group to see up to date
information about meetups and communicate with the group:

http://www.meetup.com/Utah-PHP-User-Group/

Our next meetup is Thursday, October 20, at 7pm at Vivint in Lehi. Patricia
Witt will be talking about "How to Get Promoted". One random lucky attendee
will win a free 1 year JetBrains license to any of their products as well.
Hope to see you all there!

We are in need of speakers for November 17 and December 15. If you are
interested please email me back, message me on slack/IRC, or talk to me at
the next meetup.

We are always looking for sponsors. If your company is interested please
get in contact with me. Sponsorship can come in the form of food, swag, and
more. It is a great way to be involved with the PHP community right here in
Utah.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] Reminder: Sept Meetup TONIGHT Thurs Sept 15 at 7pm in Lehi; October 20 "How to Get Promoted"

2016-09-15 Thread Mark Niebergall 
*Reminder: Meetup is TONIGHT, Thursday, September 15, 2016, at 7pm at
Vivint at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi*

This is a great presentation for all levels of PHP users to hit the basics
on PHP data types and learn something new.

http://uphpu.org/meeting/2016/september-meeting/

*Data Types in PHP by Mark Niebergall*

Correctly understanding the eight data types in PHP is essential to a solid
foundation in development. Come refresh your knowledge of the scalar types,
compound types, and special data types used in PHP, and learn about proper
usage of each. Review type juggling, learn some common data type traps to
avoid, and how to code defensively to prevent having the data type of a
variable change unexpectedly. Finally learn how unit tests can help verify
that code is handling data types correctly.

*Swag Alert*

A free 1 year personal license to any JetBrains product will be given away
to one randomly selected attendee at the end of the presentation. Must be
present to win!

*Mark Niebergall*

Mark Niebergall is a passionate PHP software engineer with over a decade of
hands-on experience working on PHP projects. He is the Utah PHP Users Group
President and often speaks at user groups and conferences. Mark leads a
team working on an occupational health screening project that is
revolutionizing drug testing. Mark has a Masters degree in Management
Information Systems, is SSCP and CSSLP certified, and volunteers for (ISC)2
exam development. Mark is an expert drone pilot, casual gamer, and proudly
teaching his kids how to push buttons and use technology.

*Venue: Vivint*

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

How to get there:

The address is 3401 Ashton Blvd, though some mapping tools put that a
little far down the street (if so, try 2719 Ashton Blvd instead). It's the
first office building south of the intersection, nearest to the Dickeys BBQ
on the corner.

Just come in the front door and we'll be on the first floor, to the right.

*After Party*

We will head over to JCW's afterwards. They have excellent burgers, cheese
fries, and shakes.

*October Meetup*

Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 20 when Patricia Witt will be
speaking in October on "How to Get Promoted".  See
http://uphpu.org/meeting/2016/october-meeting/ for more details.

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[UPHPU] September Meeteup: Thursday this week 7pm; Swag Free License from JetBrains

2016-09-12 Thread Mark Niebergall 
*Meetup THIS THURSDAY September 15, 2016, at 7pm at Vivint at Thanksgiving
Point in Lehi*

This is a great presentation for all levels of PHP users to hit the basics
on PHP data types and learn something new.

*Data Types in PHP by Mark Niebergall*

Correctly understanding the eight data types in PHP is essential to a solid
foundation in development. Come refresh your knowledge of the scalar types,
compound types, and special data types used in PHP, and learn about proper
usage of each. Review type juggling, learn some common data type traps to
avoid, and how to code defensively to prevent having the data type of a
variable change unexpectedly. Finally learn how unit tests can help verify
that code is handling data types correctly.

*Swag Alert*

A free 1 year personal license to any JetBrains product will be given away
to one randomly selected attendee at the end of the presentation. Must be
present to win!

*Mark Niebergall*

Mark Niebergall is a passionate PHP software engineer with over a decade of
hands-on experience working on PHP projects. He leads a team working on an
occupational health screening project that is revolutionizing drug testing.
Mark has a Masters degree in Management Information Systems, is SSCP and
CSSLP certified, and volunteers for (ISC)2 exam development. Mark is an
active UPHPU member and often speaks at user groups and conferences. Mark
is an expert drone pilot, casual gamer, and proudly teaching his kids how
to push buttons and use technology.

*Venue: Vivint*

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

How to get there:

The address is 3401 Ashton Blvd, though some mapping tools put that a
little far down the street (if so, try 2719 Ashton Blvd instead). It's the
first office building south of the intersection, nearest to the Dickeys BBQ
on the corner.

Just come in the front door and we'll be on the first floor, to the right.

*After Party*

We will head over to JCW's afterwards. They have excellent burgers, cheese
fries, and shakes.

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[UPHPU] Looking for Speakers - Sept, Oct, Nov

2016-08-24 Thread Mark Niebergall 
Hey Everyone,

I'm looking for speakers for the upcoming UPHPU meetups in September,
October, and November. Please email me at mbnieberg...@gmail.com if you
would like to speak.

Speaking at UPHPU is a great opportunity to sharpen your skills, share
something you have learned, and get involved in the local PHP community.
Also, many conferences look for speakers with previous speaking experience,
so speaking at the local user group is a great way to increase your chances
of speaking at a conference.  Presenting can also be added to your resume
to help you stand out from other candidates when you are looking for a job,
plus gives you networking opportunities with developers at other PHP shops
in the area.  If you've considered speaking in the past but haven't done so
we would love to hear from you!

Meetups are held the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7pm at Vivint in Lehi:

Thursday, September 15
Thursday, October 20 (may change to October 13 due to UEA)
Thursday, November 17

Please email me if you are interested in speaking at an upcoming UPHPU
meetup.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
UPHPU President
mbnieberg...@gmail.com

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[UPHPU] Reminder: THIS THURSDAY Aug 18 UPHPU at 7pm - ORM and APIs by Tom Anderson plus Swag

2016-08-16 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPU for August is THIS Thursday, August 18, at 7pm at Vivint in Lehi we
will be having Tom Anderson present:

http://uphpu.org/meeting/2016/august-meeting/

New this month one lucky random attendee will win a 1 year license to any
JetBrains product.  See below for details.

*Object Relational Mapping and it's place in APIs*

Object Relational Mapping has proven superior to SQL query based
applications. Advantages include building your database from the ORM
metadata and the ability to traverse the database using objects. An
overview of why ORM is better then specific aspects of ORM such as the
Query Builder will give the attendee a realistic understanding of the
technology.

*Tom Anderson*

Tom is Zend Certified PHP and a certified Zend Framework 2 Engineer. He has
worked in PHP since 1999 and began programming on the Commodore 128. Tom is
an open source contributor. Among his open source contributions Tom has
contributed heavily to the Apigility project by Zend.

*Swag Alert*

We have a new sponsor: JetBrains! At the end of the presentation, one
random lucky winner will win a free 1 year individual subscription to any
single JetBrains Toolbox product. Choices includes PhpStorm, WebStorm,
DataGrip, or others seen at https://www.jetbrains.com/products.html. Thanks
JetBrains!

*Venue: Vivint*

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

How to get there:

The address is 3401 Ashton Blvd, though some mapping tools put that a
little far down the street (if so, try 2719 Ashton Blvd instead). It's the
first office building south of the intersection, nearest to the Dickeys BBQ
on the corner.

Just come in the front door and we'll be on the first floor, to the right.

The front door will be locked, but there's a guard on duty right inside
that can let folks in, and we're really close to the front door, so we
should be able to help people get in pretty easily.

If you can't get in, call 801-391-8249 and we'll get you in!

*The After Party*

We will be going to JCW's for the After Party. Come check it out with us.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] Aug UPHPU - 8/18 7pm - Swag, ORM and APIs by Tom Anderson

2016-08-01 Thread Mark Niebergall 
UPHPU for August is Thursday, August 18, at 7pm at Vivint in Lehi we will
be having Tom Anderson present:

http://uphpu.org/meeting/2016/august-meeting/

New this month one lucky random attendee will win a 1 year license to any
JetBrains product.  See below for details.

*Object Relational Mapping and it's place in APIs*

Object Relational Mapping has proven superior to SQL query based
applications. Advantages include building your database from the ORM
metadata and the ability to traverse the database using objects. An
overview of why ORM is better then specific aspects of ORM such as the
Query Builder will give the attendee a realistic understanding of the
technology.

*Tom Anderson*

Tom is Zend Certified PHP and a certified Zend Framework 2 Engineer. He has
worked in PHP since 1999 and began programming on the Commodore 128. Tom is
an open source contributor. Among his open source contributions Tom has
contributed heavily to the Apigility project by Zend.

*Swag Alert*

We have a new sponsor: JetBrains! At the end of the presentation, one
random lucky winner will win a free 1 year individual subscription to any
single JetBrains Toolbox product. Choices includes PhpStorm, WebStorm,
DataGrip, or others seen at https://www.jetbrains.com/products.html. Thanks
JetBrains!

*Venue: Vivint*

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

How to get there:

The address is 3401 Ashton Blvd, though some mapping tools put that a
little far down the street (if so, try 2719 Ashton Blvd instead). It's the
first office building south of the intersection, nearest to the Dickeys BBQ
on the corner.

Just come in the front door and we'll be on the first floor, to the right.

The front door will be locked, but there's a guard on duty right inside
that can let folks in, and we're really close to the front door, so we
should be able to help people get in pretty easily.

If you can't get in, call 801-391-8249 and we'll get you in!

*The After Party*

We will be going to JCW's for the After Party. Come check it out with us.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall
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[UPHPU] UPHPU Reminder: TOMORROW Thurs July 21 7pm Vivint - Mob Programming

2016-07-20 Thread Mark Niebergall 
Reminder: TOMORROW Thursday, July 21, at 7pm at Vivint in Lehi we will have
H Hatfield presenting on Mob Programming:

http://uphpu.org/meeting/2016/july-meeting/

Intro to Mob Programming

If you feel like your team could be more efficient in getting work
delivered and out the door, take a look at Mob Programming. Woody Zuill
coined the term Mob Programming as "a software development approach where
the whole team works on the same thing, at the same time, in the same
space, and at the same computer.” We’ll talk about the principles and
techniques used in Mob Programming and how to get started with your team.
We’ll also do a short hands-on example to help you get a feel for if you’d
like to try it with your team.

H Hatfield has been programming in PHP since it was Personal Home Page and
almost remembers which order needle and haystack are in. He is currently a
Senior Developer for Rain Retail building a SaaS Point-of-Sale system. When
he isn’t working, he likes playing board games, studying software
craftsmanship and playing with his wife and 3yr old twins.

Venue:

Vivint
3401 Ashton Blvd
Lehi, Utah 84043

How to get there:

The address is 3401 Ashton Blvd, though some mapping tools put that a
little far down the street (if so, try 2719 Ashton Blvd instead). It's the
first office building south of the intersection, nearest to the Dickeys BBQ
on the corner.

Just come in the front door and we'll be on the first floor, to the right.

The front door will be locked, but there's a guard on duty right inside
that can let folks in, and we're really close to the front door, so we
should be able to help people get in pretty easily.

Hope to see everyone there!  Afterwards we will go over to JCW's in Lehi
for the after-party.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall

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[UPHPU] UPHPU Reminder: Thursday July 21 7pm Vivint - Mob Programming

2016-07-16 Thread Mark Niebergall 
Reminder: next week on Thursday, July 21, at 7pm at Vivint in Lehi we will
have H Hatfield presenting on Mob Programming:

Intro to Mob Programming

If you feel like your team could be more efficient in getting work
delivered and out the door, take a look at Mob Programming. Woody Zuill
coined the term Mob Programming as "a software development approach where
the whole team works on the same thing, at the same time, in the same
space, and at the same computer.” We’ll talk about the principles and
techniques used in Mob Programming and how to get started with your team.
We’ll also do a short hands-on example to help you get a feel for if you’d
like to try it with your team.

H Hatfield has been programming in PHP since it was Personal Home Page and
almost remembers which order needle and haystack are in. He is currently a
Senior Developer for Rain Retail building a SaaS Point-of-Sale system. When
he isn’t working, he likes playing board games, studying software
craftsmanship and playing with his wife and 3yr old twins.

Hope to see everyone there!  Afterwards we will go over to JCW's in Lehi
for the after-party.

Thanks,

Mark Niebergall

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Re: [UPHPU] Wednesday the 18th meeting

2016-05-19 Thread Mark Niebergall 
Tom,

The UPHPU meetup is tonight, Thursday, May 19, at 7pm at the Vivint
building in Lehi.  Justin Carmony is presenting - he can provide more
details.

Mark


On Wed, May 18, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Tom Anderson 
wrote:

> Hello UPHPU,
>
> Is there a meeting tonight?  The web site lists Wednesday the 19th but
> that'll never happen.
>
> Do you need a presenter?  I've refined my Doctrine in Apigility talks to
> three distinct slide presentations and recently gave them to San Diego PHP.
>
> Tom
>
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>
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