MiniConf Schedule

PHP HipHop - Whats new and why is it so good

Timothy Chandler - SydPHP Community Organiser

Wondering what Hip Hop for PHP is all about? This talk will discuss what HIpHop is and why so many people are talking about it.     hiphopphp.org

PHP 5.4 - Begin your love affair with traits

Graham Weldon - Cake PHP Evangelist

With some of the changes coming in PHP 5.4, such as traits, there is a range of new possibilities and implementation solutions for problems becoming available to PHP developers. This talk will overview one of the most anticipated features: Traits. Simplify your development with flexible and portable traits, following this interactive example.   php.net/manual/traits

Morning Tea Break

The Abstraction Machine

Chris Skene - Drupal.org Contributor

Ever stood on the edge of an Open Source project wanting to contribute but just did not know where to start? Started playing with Drupal and don’t know how to start contributing? Chris will discuss his experience with becoming a Drupal module contributor. The talk will cover, What kinds of development will you encounter, The developer experience, Coding patterns, Contributing to Drupal, Quick start: How to fast-track your skills, Useful modules, Useful resources, Getting help. The talk is targeted at people who have prior PHP development experience, and may done some work with Drupal already, but haven't yet made the leap into contributing back to the community.     Drupal.org

An Open Source Framework for OData Servers in PHP

Nick Hodge - Microsoft

The Open Data Protocol (OData.org) is a Web protocol for querying and updating data by applying and building upon HTTP, AtomPub, REST and JSON. Recently, a PHP Producer framework has been released under the BSD license (http://odataphpproducer.codeplex.com/) In this session, I will show you why & how to use this code to create an OData producer. Also client-side applications including mobile applications will be shown.   OData.org

Mod_PHP and FastCGI

Aimee Maree Forsstrom - Learning Drupal Sydney

A look into Mod_PHP and FastCGI, how they came about and the architectural differences. When setting up a webserver for a PHP project sooner or later you will come across the need to make the decision between FastCGI and Mod_PHP. This talk aims to present an overview of the two architectures and presents some core differences in how they process web requests. A look into Mod_PHP and FastCGI, how they came about and the architectural differences.

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