October 2007 meeting
PHP developers of all levels from the Sydney region are invited to our October 2007 meeting. This month we have two presentations, one hands-on and one more technical.
- Trac, a web-based software project management and bug/issue tracking system with version control integration.
- Advanced Google Maps mash-up construction with PHP
Visualising data using Graphs created with PHP(moved to November 1st)
Date
October 4th 2007, 6.30pm for a 7pm start.
Agenda
6:30 - 7:00 - Networking - meet and greet.
7:00 - 7:30 - Installing and Using Trac - Rich Buggy of Zoombug
Rich will outline Trac - an enhanced wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects, a hands-on demo showing how to install it and use its features to maximise your project.
7.30 - 7:45 - Break
7:45 - ~8:30 - Graphs created with PHP - Brent Knigge (moved to November 1st)
7:45 - ~8:30 - Advanced Google Maps mash-up construction with PHP - Mike Purvis of Google
Mike, co-author of Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax will present an advanced Google Maps mash-up construction, highlighting the following:
- Importing a large dataset from a Shapefile into MySQL (using shp2text and then regex)
- Using PHP to pre-compute nested clusters of points (using k-means or k-means++), and then storing these cluster groups in MySQL
- At request time, deciding what level of granularity is required, and sending appropriate JSON data (individual points, or if there are too many, clusters of pointers) to the browser.
- Using JavaScript to create different markers conveying the groupings to the user.
In Mike’s own words this is a fair amount to cover, but it will give meeting attendees the chance to see how an advanced mash-up can handle massive data sets. Mike will be available for a Q&A session for those more curious about the techniques in use.
Location
CodeGear offices (look for the Borland sign)
Level 12
10 Spring St
Sydney NSW 2000
Many thanks to CodeGear for providing us this meeting place.
Meetings are a great place to network and meet other developers in the Sydney region, possibly find development work and generally discuss tips and tricks in PHP development face to face with your peers.
Interested in presenting to the Group at an upcoming meeting? please contact one of the Administrators for further assistance. A presentation does not have to be technical in nature (e.g just code).
If the elevators are locked, you can contact the nominated contact person for the meeting (to be announced) and they will come and pick you up.
Getting there from out of the city
Spring St is in the north of the city, between Pitt and Bent Sts. Catch a train to Wynyard or Martin Place then use the Google map