Debugging and Profiling PHP Web Applications

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 12 May 2009 19:30:00 -0700

A tour of PHP application debugging and profiling techniques using open source tools such as

- Xdebug [http://www.xdebug.org/]
- Netbeans [http://www.netbeans.org/features/php/]
- cachegrind [http://valgrind.org/info/tools.html]

Presenter: Sam Keen
@samkeen

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PHP Develoment Methods for Producing Modular, Scalable Code

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:30:00 -0700

Michael Scotto Di Carlo will be leading a discussion on a programming pattern for developing PHP applications that are:
Scalable
Quick to produce
Modular / Portable easy to share, implement and customize
Easy AJAX integration
Fully abstracted HTML
Little to no learning curve

Michael Scotto Di Carlo
Professor Clark College www.clark.edu
Developer Supportland LLC supportland.com

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Introduction to Aspen framework

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:30:00 -0700

Aspen is a PHP-based website and application development platform. Not only will you be able to produce quality results in less time, but your work is kept modular for amazing portability.

The team from Trellis Development will give an introduction to the framework, along with a real world use-case scenario. Trellis is a local company that is developing a series of web-based products, and consists of members who currently run programming and design companies.

http://www.aspen-framework.org

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Advanced PHP Data Objects Programming Using MySQL Stored Queries

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:30:00 -0800

This presentation will cover the following topics:

* PHP Data Objects Model and Setup
* PHP Data Objects and Object-Oriented Programming
* MySQL Stored Queries Design and Development
* Calling MySQL Stored Queries in PHP Data Objects Programming
* Advanced PHP Data Objects Programming Tips and Ideas
* Conclusions
* Questions and Answers
* Slides, docs, examples and PHP source code will be provided

presented by
Ernest Bonat, Ph.D.
Visual WWW, Inc.

www.evisualwww.com

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Multi Topic: Concrete5 CMS and Netbeans6.5 PHP IDE

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:00 -0800

The headliner for this meeting will be The folks at Concrete Studios giving us a tour of their CMS product: Concrete5 (c5)

What is c5?

concrete5 is a building material for the web.
Working with a web designer or pre-existing theme, a site owner can create and easily change the content and structure of a website.
Simply use the tool bar to point click and edit.

http://www.concrete5.org/

If time allows we will give a quick demo of setting up the Netbeans 6.5 PHP IDE with Xdebug enabled.

http://www.netbeans.org/features/php/index.html

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Winter Coders Social 2008

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:00:00 -0800

http://calagator.org/events/1250456151

Last December, many of the local software developer User Groups banded
together and had a party (instead of the regular meetings). It was known
as the Winter Coders Social.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pdxcoderssocial/?page=3

In August, we had a Summer Coder’s Social
as the outdoor and sunny successor!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/pdxcoderssocial/

Now, we’re having a second Winter Coders’ Social. Good and geeky times
will be had by all. Come join us.

Bring yourself, games if you have them, and a dish to share.

Food:
Some beverages will be provided.
Potluck signup: http://tinyurl.com/coders-social-potluck-form
Current potluck list: http://tinyurl.com/coders-social-potluck-list

Fun:
We’ll be playing games, like last year, so bring ‘em!

There will be a programming competition! Any language welcome, no
particular toolkits or api skills necessary. These’ll be problems that
just require thought. If enough of you are interested and bring a
language that you’re only vaguely familiar with, we’ll have a separate
league for language newbies. Prizes? Bragging rights! Plus a surprise
or two.

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Using Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR with PHP and Zend Framework

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:30:00 -0700

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Adding SMS to Trimet TransitTracker

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:30:00 -0700

Sam Keen will demonstrate how he took the existing Trimet TransitTracker service and enabled it with SMS access

This involved building a small ‘Translation’ web service to convert between the Trimet web api and the SMS gateway API.

Post meeting will be at Produce Row Cafe.

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Pub Meeting

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 12 Aug 2008 19:30:00 -0700

All my August energy has gone into the Coder’s Summer Social so the Aug pdxphp meeting will convene at the Produce Row pub at 6:30. Look for us on in the outdoor patio.

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PHPUnit in Practice

Meeting Start Time: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:30:00 -0700

Theory and real-world strategies for unit testing using PHPUnit. Moxley Stratton will cover test framework setup, model testing, controller testing, test suite organization, mock objects, and other techniques. Examples will be built within an MVC context using Zend Framework.

Here are the slides from the presentation.

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