September Group meeting
The next Sydney PHP Group meeting is on for September 4th 2008, 6:30pm at CodeGear office, Sydney.
For this meeting, we’ll kick off our series introducing the new features available in the upcoming PHP 5.3 release. and take a look at PHP integration with IIS7.
Read on below for presentation details.
Meetings are a great place to network with (bring your business cards) 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. We currently have upwards of 30 attendees per meeting so please make sure you RSVP prior to coming so that adequate food and drinks can be provided.
Upcoming Presentations
We are looking for presenters for 2009 - don’t be shy!
Presentations
1. PHP integration with IIS7 - Jorke Odolphi and Nick Hodge (Microsoft)
Jorke and Nick will provide some insight into recent improvements in IIS support of PHP, including:
- quick overview of IIS7.0
- recent performance improvements for PHP on IIS7
- Configuring PHP on IIS7
- Improving PHP performance plus tuning and extending it on IIS7
2. PHP 5.3 - What to expect - Part 1 - Timothy Chandler
Tim will kick off our 3 part look at the important upcoming release of PHP 5.3 - which is looking to be one of the biggest releases feature-wise in PHP history.
Part 1 will provide an overview of what to expect from 5.3, covering minor changes and important gotchas. Finally, Tim will provide a quick overview of the major 5.3 changes being covered in parts 2 and 3, including Lambda functions, Closures, Namespaces, Internationalisation and Phar.
Date
September 4th 2008 at 6.30pm.
RSVP
Please email the “rsvp” mailbox at sydphp.org to allow an estimation of numbers of people attending, or register with our blog and add a comment to this post.
Agenda (presentation times may vary on the night)
6:30 - 6:40 - Introductions & Announcements
6:40 - 7:15 - PHP and IIS7
7:15 - 7:30 - Pizza/Drinks kindly provided by CodeGear (or possible second presentation)
7:30 - 8:30 - PHP 5.3 - What to expect - Part 1
Location
CodeGear offices (look for the Borland sign)
Level 12
10 Spring St
Sydney NSW 2000
(map)
If the elevators are locked, please phone the CodeGear line on 8226 8888. This number should only be called on the evening of the presentation as CodeGear cannot assist with any other Sydney PHP Group related questions.
Many thanks to CodeGear for providing us this meeting place.
1james September 3rd, 2008 15:39
For those trying to RSVP and getting bounces, never fear, we just have a problem with one of our forwarding addresses. Your RSVPs are coming through and you are all most welcome to attend!