NYCPHP Meetup

[New York PHP]

[ IMPORTANT NOTE:  This is a change-up from our original April
  Meeting and you'll need to RSVP again - Justin will be in
  May and we thank him for his flexibility! ]

April General Meeting:
HipHop for PHP
Exploring Facebook's Hip New Version of PHP
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         Date: April 27th, 2010 at 6:30PM (sharp)
     Location: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, New York, NY (12th Floor)
RSVP Required: http://www.nyphp.org/RSVP/170 (all attendees MUST RSVP)
 Post-Meeting: TGI Fridays at Lexington and 56th (about 8pm)

This April, we're pleased to welcome special guest and Facebook Open Source
Advocate Scott MacVicar speak on what could be one of the more significant
developments in PHP in recent memory - HipHop for PHP. HipHop is a
specialized and highly optimized version of PHP that serves the massive
traffic of the very hip Facebook.  So yes - hop over to this meeting and
stay hip with the latest PHP trends.

HipHop transforms PHP source code into highly optimized C++ and then
compiles it using g++. It allows developers to continue writing complex
logical directly with PHP but leverages the speed benefits of C++. HipHop is
more than just a theoretical exercise and currently powers the majority of
Facebook servers. This session will cover using HipHop and some of the code
changes required to use it.

Scott MacVicar has contributed various extensions and improvements to the
PHP core over the past few years. If something is wrong with fileinfo, JSON
or SQLite3 it's likely something he did. He is also the current President of
the PHP London Usergroup and presents frequently at conferences on
databases, caching and scaling.

Scott is also the admin for the Google Summer of Code program and has
written numerous PHP articles. When not connected to the internet, Scott
runs marathons and cooks!

Read the full description and RSVP at http://www.nyphp.org/

Thank you to IBM for providing a great presentation space in Midtown
Manhattan. As a service to our community, New York PHP Community meetings
are always free and open to the public.

         Date: April 27th, 2010 at 6:30PM (sharp)
     Location: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, New York, NY (12th Floor)
RSVP Required: http://www.nyphp.org/RSVP/170 (all attendees MUST RSVP)
 Post-Meeting: TGI Fridays at Lexington and 56th (about 8pm)

You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend - that means RSVP
now!

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New York PHP User Group Community
http://www.nyphp.org/