From noreply at nyphp.org Sat Aug 19 18:36:10 2006 From: noreply at nyphp.org (New York PHP) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:36:10 -0400 Subject: [nycphp-announce] next@nyphp: NYPHP Talk Live at the August Meeting Message-ID: <006601c6c3df$f05cba50$690aa8c0@MobileZ> Submit or suggest a presentation - either for online presentation or in-person: http://www.nyphp.org/presentations.php August General Meeting: NYPHP Talk Live ----------------------- When: Tuesday, August 22nd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! As the dog-days of summer draw to a close, New York PHP Community will be trying something new for our August General Meeting. The NYPHP Talk Mailing List is regarded as one of the premier technical and non-technical discussion lists for the PHP and open source communities. This month, we bring the mailing list to life by opening the meeting floor to those with engaging questions and insightful viewpoints. The format of this meeting will be quite different from the usual. Rather than a single presentation, we're asking community members to come and speak for no more than 5 minutes. These short "lighting talks" will be the basis for further audience participation, discussion and Q&A. No slides or formal presentation material is required, and we encourage everyone to come and start a discussion. Discussions will be moderated, and capped at 30 minutes, at which point another lighting talk will be presented. Here are some tips for asking the right questions: * Viewpoint and experience based questions and discussions are best * Feel free to come prepared with a couple of URLs or other online material to help demonstrate your discussion points * Don't ask How-To questions: These are best left for the mailing list itself * NYPHP Talk Live isn't an easy way to get technical help - don't come with a list of homework questions. Think of broader, more engaging question and discussion points * Technical discussion is encouraged, but think high school debate club or model UN - not physics class or a spelling bee No prior registration is required (except to RSVP), and we encourage everyone to come with their questions and discussion starters. Laptops and Internet access will be available to aid in discussion and for short demonstrations. Please join us this August as we break new ground, and help shape what could be a regular occurrance for NYPHP Community meetings. Thanks to IBM for providing a great presentation space with seating for plenty. As a service to our community, New York PHP Community meetings are always free and open to the public. Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles. When: Tuesday, August 22nd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! New York PHP Fall Training Schedule ----------------------------------- Fall 2006's Training has been set, including our Combo package, providing 4 days of the industry's premier PHP training for professionals. Early-bird specials are available. Learn more and sign-up: http://www.nyphp.com/training/indepth.php --- New York PHP Community http://www.nyphp.org From noreply at nyphp.org Mon Aug 21 10:17:50 2006 From: noreply at nyphp.org (New York PHP) Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 10:17:50 -0400 Subject: [nycphp-announce] next@nyphp: NYPHP Talk Live at the August Meeting Message-ID: <004301c6c52c$96057210$670aa8c0@MobileZ> Submit or suggest a presentation - either for online presentation or in-person: http://www.nyphp.org/presentations.php August General Meeting: NYPHP Talk Live ----------------------- When: Tuesday, August 22nd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! As the dog-days of summer draw to a close, New York PHP Community will be trying something new for our August General Meeting. The NYPHP Talk Mailing List is regarded as one of the premier technical and non-technical discussion lists for the PHP and open source communities. This month, we bring the mailing list to life by opening the meeting floor to those with engaging questions and insightful viewpoints. The format of this meeting will be quite different from the usual. Rather than a single presentation, we're asking community members to come and speak for no more than 5 minutes. These short "lighting talks" will be the basis for further audience participation, discussion and Q&A. No slides or formal presentation material is required, and we encourage everyone to come and start a discussion. Discussions will be moderated, and capped at 30 minutes, at which point another lighting talk will be presented. Here are some tips for asking the right questions: * Viewpoint and experience based questions and discussions are best * Feel free to come prepared with a couple of URLs or other online material to help demonstrate your discussion points * Don't ask How-To questions: These are best left for the mailing list itself * NYPHP Talk Live isn't an easy way to get technical help - don't come with a list of homework questions. Think of broader, more engaging question and discussion points * Technical discussion is encouraged, but think high school debate club or model UN - not physics class or a spelling bee No prior registration is required (except to RSVP), and we encourage everyone to come with their questions and discussion starters. Laptops and Internet access will be available to aid in discussion and for short demonstrations. Please join us this August as we break new ground, and help shape what could be a regular occurrance for NYPHP Community meetings. Thanks to IBM for providing a great presentation space with seating for plenty. As a service to our community, New York PHP Community meetings are always free and open to the public. Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles. When: Tuesday, August 22nd at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! New York PHP Fall Training Schedule ----------------------------------- Fall 2006's Training has been set, including our Combo package, providing 4 days of the industry's premier PHP training for professionals. Early-bird specials are available. Learn more and sign-up: http://www.nyphp.com/training/indepth.php --- New York PHP Community http://www.nyphp.org From noreply at nyphp.org Tue Aug 29 21:57:04 2006 From: noreply at nyphp.org (New York PHP) Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 21:57:04 -0400 Subject: [nycphp-announce] next@nyphp: The CakePHP Framework at the September meeting Message-ID: <00fc01c6cbd7$a9a7ee40$640aa8c0@MobileZ> Submit or suggest a presentation - either for online presentation or in-person: http://www.nyphp.org/presentations.php September General Meeting: The CakePHP Framework -------------------------- When: Tuesday, September 26th at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! Fall is here and with it comes a look at another active PHP framework. With feedback from the New York PHP Talk Mailing List, core developer Nate Abele will be answering community questions at this September meeting. Join us as we chew on MVC concepts and learn the CakePHP framework. CakePHP is an MVC framework based on the principles of convention over configuration and "Don't Repeat Yourself" (DRY). Distributed under the MIT license, Cake is flexible not only in terms of IP but also deployment: being compatible with PHP 4.3.2 and higher, Cake runs out-of-the-box under most PHP installations/web servers, including Apache, LightTPD, and IIS. Cake sports "pretty" URL's with or without mod_rewrite (or equivalent), and it's simple, array-based ActiveRecord enables easy implementation of complex database logic. Nate Abele has been a core developer of the CakePHP project for almost a year and a half. He considers himself one of the few developers out there who actually has the patience to deal with clients... sometimes. When not coding, sleeping, or watching the Red Sox lose--again, Nate enjoys writing about himself in the third person, snowboarding, and... well... snowboarding. Thanks to IBM for providing a great presentation space with seating for plenty. As a service to our community, New York PHP Community meetings are always free and open to the public. Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles. When: Tuesday, September 26th at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend! New York PHP Fall Training Schedule ----------------------------------- Fall 2006's Training has been set, including our Combo package, providing 4 days of the industry's premier PHP training for professionals. Early-bird specials are available. Learn more and sign-up: http://www.nyphp.com/training/indepth.php --- New York PHP Community http://www.nyphp.org