Atlanta PHP 11/08 Meeting

Mon, 3 Nov 2008 20:41 UTC

I usually don’t announce Atlanta PHP meetings from my blog, but given the short notice, I figured that greater exposure would be best, so here we go…

When: Thursday, November 6, 2008—7pm-9pm
Where: Consulate General of Canada

November Topic: Got a problem? We’ve got answers!

Got a bug that’s been nagging you for hours? How about a feature that you just can’t seem to implement? This month at Atlanta PHP, we’re diverging from our usual presentation format and opening the floor for a “round table” discussion about development problems you are facing.

So, feel free to bring your coding problems to us, and as a group, we’ll come up with the solutions. Bring your laptop or a thumb drive containing snippets/samples of your code or application, so we can look at it as a group. This is sure to be a learning experience for us all.

Our meeting takes place at the Consulate General of Canada at 100 Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta (at the corner of Peachtree and 14th Streets). Click here for directions. You will need to see the concierge in order to gain access to the 17th floor.

PHP Basics at the Atlanta Web Design Group Meetup on November 11

On November 11 at 7:00pm, Matthew Turland will speak to the Atlanta Web Design Group about PHP, covering basics of the language and best practices from a designer’s perspective. This will include basic output, variables, conditional branches, loops, output modularization using includes, coding style, and escaping output for security purposes.

Matthew is the Lead Programmer for a Web application service provider, is Zend PHP Certified, and works with PHP and MySQL on a daily basis. He’s also a member of the PHP Community organization and serves as an organizer for the Acadiana Open Source Group. You can also read his blog at http://ishouldbecoding.com/.

There will be a 30-40 minute presentation followed by Q&A and discussion.

You must RSVP at Meetup.com for this meeting.

php|works and PyWorks in Atlanta November 12-14!

Atlanta PHP invites you to join us at php|works and PyWorks in Atlanta, GA November 12 through 14!

Atlanta PHP user group members receive $100 off the price of registration!

The publishers of php|architect and Python Magazine, are proud to invite you to php|works and PyWorks, two great conferences that will take place in Atlanta, GA, USA, between November 12 and November 14.

With over 65 talks in 5 tracks, 10 tutorials and great networking events and parties, php|works and PyWorks represent a unique opportunity to not only hone your technical skills, but also meet and interact with members of a vibrant community of developers from all walks of life. And remember—your attendance fee covers access to both conferences!

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PHP Groups Mailing List Moves To PHP.net

Tue, 9 Sep 2008 19:55 UTC

After a long hiatus and a very quiet mailing list and forum, I am delighted to announce that the main communication channel for PHP Groups is moving to the official PHP project at php.net!

You may recall PHP Groups being created over a year ago for the purpose of networking together the leaders and organizers of PHP user groups around the world. I’ve been very bad about keeping things moving on this front, but I want to pick things back up and get us talking again. I also want to get us back on track for the mission of this group:

PHP Groups networks PHP user groups into a tighter community, provides a means to share information and resources among its community members, and aids in the formation of new PHP user groups.

In the near future, we’ll have more discussion about what we can do to progress toward fulfilling this mission.

In the meantime, if you help with the organization of your local PHP user group in any way, feel free to join the ug-admins mailing list or subscribe to the ug.admin news group at php.net:

ug-admins-subscribe [ at ] lists.php.net
news://news.php.net/ug.admins

Also, look to this list for announcements about meet-ups of user group leaders and organizers at upcoming conferences!

And, as always, I’m lurking in #phpgroups on Freenode IRC, so feel free to join me, if you like.

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Congrats Costa Rica PHP!

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:33 UTC

Last night, Costa Rica PHP held their first user group meeting. A whopping 37 developers attended! While I’m excited to see any new PHP user group form and be successful, I’m especially ecstatic about Costa Rica PHP because it’s headed up by two of my colleagues from Schematic: Pablo Viquez and Karolina Hidalgo.

It sounds like they have a very active and vibrant PHP developer community in Costa Rica, and they’ve found two very supportive universities that have offered to host their meetings and events. I wish that every PHP user group could find sponsors willing to provide computer labs and even bring in outside speakers!

Pablo writes the following about their first meeting:

I’m very pleased to announce that we had a great response from the PHP developers here in Costa Rica. We held our first meeting in the University of Costa Rica (UCR), with a total of 37 developers of different backgrounds and skills. At the end of the meeting everyone was very excited and happy with the initiative of the Costa Rica group, and willing to contribute.

We’ve received support from two universities who want to host our monthly meetings, they offered the opportunity to not just do monthly meetings but use their labs to have workshops and even offered the support to bring speakers from other countries.

Congratulations, Costa Rica PHP on a successful first meeting, and here’s to many more successful meetings!

Check out the Costa Rica PHP website at http://www.costaricaphp.org/.

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