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next@nyphp: OWASP 3.0, You, Joomla!, and 40 Million Page Views

2009-01-05T07:23:11Z

January General Meeting:
OWASP 3.0, You, Joomla!, and 40 Million Page Views
--------------------------------------------------

When: Tuesday, January 27th 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

Welcome to 2009! We're kicking off the new year first with an introduction
to the hugely successful OWASP, and then good old Joomla! and Mitch Pirtle.
While we don't have any flying cars or vacations on Mars, we do have
mind-numbing web traffic so what better than to have Mitch review his
experiences pairing Joomla! and MTV with 40 million page views.

OWASP 3.0 - Where we are, what we do and where we are going in 2009

PHP is the number one language on the web, and security is often the number
one topic. It's only natural then that OWASP and NYPHP work together to
enhance and support the ever critical world of web security. As a first
step, we're pleased to have Tom Brennan, Global Board Member for the OWASP
Foundation, chat with us about the current appsec ecosystem and OWASP's
state of the union.

You, Joomla!, and 40 Million Page Views

Ever had to build a social website that had to scale to ridiculous extremes?
Chances are then that your experiences were consistent with other
high-traffic social website projects - difficulties dealing with all that
personalized content, file storage, caching systems, and choosing the right
platform up front. Hear what it felt like to collect requirements, translate
to a meaningful architecture, select the technologies, and then lead
development up through launch with Mitch Pirtle.

Included is the annual "State of the Joomla" speech, where the project
co-founder names names and outlines the shenanigans of the Joomla project
and team. There may be special guests, pending travel commitments.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book and software raffles.

When: Tuesday, January 27th 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 - RSVP Now!

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

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http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

Merry PHPmas - And a new SIG

2008-12-17T10:48:01Z

All,

As another year at NYPHP draws to a close, a new one, thankfully, is right
around the corner. Great how that always works out...

Anyway, during this thoughtful time of year, Slashdot perhaps has found the
best article:

http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/12/17/1329209

We're also pleased to announce a new SIG at NYPHP. The Sahana Project
(http://www.sahana.lk/) develops disaster management software that's in use
by countries worldwide, and right here at home.

Of course the platform of choice is AMP and we're looking forward to
building a vibrant community in cooperation with academics, governments and
corporations.

Subscribe to this low volume list - as traffic gets heavy, we're planning on
spawning additional lists and web space for the community.

As a bookkeeping note, there is no meeting in December. We're looking
forward to Mitch in January and a great line-up for the new year.

Happy Holidays to all, and to all - a good night-of-coding.

---
New York PHP User Group Community

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Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

TOMORROW@nyphp: Coding Secure with PHP and Enterprise LAMP Security

2008-11-24T10:37:14Z

November General Meeting:
Coding Secure with PHP and Enterprise LAMP Security
---------------------------------------------------

When: Tuesday, November 25th 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

What would another November meeting be without cliche turkey jokes? Security
isn't just gravy for web developers, but trying to understand all the latest
buzzwords will make you feel like you're running around without a head. This
month, New York PHP Managing Member Hans Zaunere provides a cornucopia of
best practices and simple security fundamentals that will prevent you from
being the turkey. Given originally at OWASP's AppSec Conference, join NYPHP
and get the buckshot you need to knock the stuffing out of that wiley script
kiddie.

Anyone involved in web application development over the last five years
should be aware of the security ecosystem surrounding PHP. Often overhyped,
sometimes dramatic, and always interesting, the topics of PHP and security
are usually linked at the hip, and a favorite comedy topic for those
involved with other languages.

While PHP has made some security mistakes in the past, the focus of
criticism is often misguided. The applicable codebase for the security
notices - whether it be the PHP core, an extension, or an application - is
forgotten and PHP as a whole gets one more strike.

PHP also provides great power and flexibility. But with it, comes great
responsibility. As with any application living on the internet, it's the
entire support staff's responsibility architect, developer, and
administrator - to ensure an application meets organization security
requirements.

In this talk, Hans Zaunere, Managing Member, New York PHP, provides tips,
tricks, and fundamental best practices from the trenches for ensuring your
code and LAMP deployment isn't caught off guard. He'll then review the PHP
security ecosystem and available resources, debunk myths, and reveal some
surprising facts that could leave you thinking PHP is one of the most secure
languages available today.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book and software raffles.

When: Tuesday, November 25th 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 - RSVP Now!

---
New York PHP Community
http://www.nyphp.org

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

next@nyphp: Coding Secure with PHP and Enterprise LAMP Security

2008-11-17T12:02:05Z

TONIGHT@nyphp: Writing a HIGH PERFORMANCE Social Application with PHP/MySQL

2008-11-12T08:51:32Z

We're stuffing November with another great presentation. This time we're
pleased to host Sun/MySQL with Duleepa Wijayawardhana and Giuseppe Maxia on
two of the hottest topics - as in pumpkin pie - social applications and
performance.

Join this special event at the Suspenders Bar and Restaurant for a great
talk from the technical leaders at Sun/MySQL.

NOTE: This meeting is NOT at IBM and on 11/12/08. RSVP is not required, but
arrive early
as space is limited.

When: Wednesday, November 12th at 6:30pm sharp

Where: Suspenders Bar and Restaurant (www.suspendersnyc.com)
111 Broadway at Thames Street, back meeting room

-- Writing a Social Application with PHP/MySQL
And what happens when a million people show up on opening day

Imagine you've decided to create a social application for the web. Imagine
that contrary to popular belief amongst all your peers, you've managed to
find the secret missing ingredient to social networking and a million people
show up, 990,000 more than you thought would actually bother. We'll discuss
real life scenarios where that actually happened to me and all the lessons
learned "on the job".

Some of what we will go into:

- Creating Social Applications with PHP/MySQL and how it's changed over the
years.

- The difference between High Performance and High Availability in an
application and database.

- Identifying the pain points in an application.

- Using MySQL features to scale an application.

- Building the ability into your application and database to scale including
the use of memcached.

- Some details and/or introduction to using XDebug, Explain and monitoring.

Consider this a fun interactive talk filled with many horror stories of the
amazing things that go wrong in real life when you've thought you've planned
well.

This talk can cover as much technical detail as needed!

Duleepa Wijayawardhana (Dups) is MySQL's newly minted North American
Community Relations Manager and was plucked from the clutches of MySQL Web
Team where he has worked for the last 1.5 years. The Web Team manages the
external web sites of MySQL which draw a considerable amount of web traffic.

Before joining MySQL, Dups worked for game developer BioWare Corp. in
Edmonton, Canada where he helped develop and run the extremely popular
BioWare Community Site (Neverwinter Nights Community), BioWare Store, and
various other web properties as well as Manager for BioWare's Application
Support Team.

NOTE: This meeting is NOT at IBM and on 11/12/08. RSVP is not required.

When: Wednesday, November 12th at 6:30pm sharp

Where: Suspenders Bar and Restaurant (www.suspendersnyc.com)
111 Broadway at Thames Street, back meeting room

Post-Meeting: Enjoy food, drink and discussion after the presentation at the
Suspenders Bar and Restaurant

---
New York PHP Community

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

WEDNESDAY@nyphp: Writing a Social Application with PHP/MySQL

2008-11-10T11:06:26Z

special@nyphp: Writing a Social Application with PHP/MySQL

2008-11-07T12:55:26Z

TOMORROW@nyphp: Lighten RIA with Adobe AIR, Flex & AMF (NOV 4TH)

2008-11-03T09:35:01Z

NOTE: This meeting is TOMORROW, NOVEMBER 4th.

October General Meeting:
Lighten RIA with Adobe AIR, Flex & AMF
--------------------------------------

When: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 4th, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

Scared of complex RIA applications and the brain eating zombie army of
acronyms like Ajax, AIR, Flex and AMF? For our October meeting, NYPHP and
Adobe stand together to cover all the ghoulish details of RIA, so you don't
lose your head this Halloween.

NOTE: This meeting is on NOVEMBER 4th.

AND stick around after the presentation for complimentary drinks and hors
d'oeuvres at TGI Fridays, thanks to Adobe.

Rich Internet applications (RIAs) are everywhere. With Web businesses like
Google and Yahoo! and brick and mortar companies like Harley Davidson and
Sherwin Williams embracing RIAs for their online presence, the media buzz is
giving way to the reality of a better Internet.

Adobe has recently contributed AMF support to the Zend Framework, allowing
PHP developers to easily build Rich Internet Applications using Flex and
Adobe AIR that interact with a PHP backend.

Kevin Hoyt, a technical evangelist with Adobe, will give an introduction to
Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR, and will walk through how to create a Flex
application powered by PHP and the Zend Framework. Working with Zend Studio
for Eclipse, and Flex Builder (an Eclipse plugin), Kevin will demonstrate
how to build, debug and deploy applications built with Adobe Flex, and how
to have these same applications run on the desktop using the Adobe AIR
runtime.

With this knowledge, developers will be able to easily build rich Internet
applications that combine data from PHP and rich media like audio and video
into a compelling application.

About Kevin:
I'm a Platform Evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc. and I like lines.
Specifically, I like moving them, breaking them, blurring them and jumping
over them. If the lines form a box, that's even better because then I get to
think outside of them. Pushing the envelope of what technology can do, and
how people perceive and interact with it, is the name of my game.

I am a frequent traveler who enjoys meeting with developers, programmers,
architects, managers and anybody else involved with technology. Most of the
time you'll find me somewhere in the United States speaking at conferences,
user groups, or anywhere else they'll give me time in front of an audience.
The rest of the time I enjoy spending with my family at home in Parker, CO.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book and software raffles from
Adobe.

When: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 4th, 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 Community
http://www.nyphp.org

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

TOMORROW@nyphp: Lighten RIA with Adobe AIR, Flex & AMF (NOV 4TH)

2008-11-03T08:12:18Z

Nov4@nyphp: Lighten RIA with Adobe AIR, Flex & AMF (NOV 4TH)

2008-10-27T15:05:07Z

NOTE: There is NO MEETING TOMORROW
NOTE: This meeting is on NOVEMBER 4th.

October General Meeting:
Lighten RIA with Adobe AIR, Flex & AMF
--------------------------------------

When: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 4th, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

Scared of complex RIA applications and the brain eating zombie army of
acronyms like Ajax, AIR, Flex and AMF? For our October meeting, NYPHP and
Adobe stand together to cover all the ghoulish details of RIA, so you don't
lose your head this Halloween.

NOTE: This meeting is on NOVEMBER 4th.

AND stick around after the presentation for complimentary drinks and hors
d'oeuvres at TGI Fridays, thanks to Adobe.

Rich Internet applications (RIAs) are everywhere. With Web businesses like
Google and Yahoo! and brick and mortar companies like Harley Davidson and
Sherwin Williams embracing RIAs for their online presence, the media buzz is
giving way to the reality of a better Internet.

Adobe has recently contributed AMF support to the Zend Framework, allowing
PHP developers to easily build Rich Internet Applications using Flex and
Adobe AIR that interact with a PHP backend.

Kevin Hoyt, a technical evangelist with Adobe, will give an introduction to
Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR, and will walk through how to create a Flex
application powered by PHP and the Zend Framework. Working with Zend Studio
for Eclipse, and Flex Builder (an Eclipse plugin), Kevin will demonstrate
how to build, debug and deploy applications built with Adobe Flex, and how
to have these same applications run on the desktop using the Adobe AIR
runtime.

With this knowledge, developers will be able to easily build rich Internet
applications that combine data from PHP and rich media like audio and video
into a compelling application.

About Kevin:
I'm a Platform Evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc. and I like lines.
Specifically, I like moving them, breaking them, blurring them and jumping
over them. If the lines form a box, that's even better because then I get to
think outside of them. Pushing the envelope of what technology can do, and
how people perceive and interact with it, is the name of my game.

I am a frequent traveler who enjoys meeting with developers, programmers,
architects, managers and anybody else involved with technology. Most of the
time you'll find me somewhere in the United States speaking at conferences,
user groups, or anywhere else they'll give me time in front of an audience.
The rest of the time I enjoy spending with my family at home in Parker, CO.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles.

When: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 4th, 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 Community
http://www.nyphp.org

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

Nov4@nyphp: Lighten RIA with Adobe AIR, Flex & AMF (NOV 4TH)

2008-10-13T06:50:02Z

October General Meeting:
Lighten RIA with Adobe AIR, Flex & AMF
--------------------------------------

NOTE: This meeting is on NOVEMBER 4th.

When: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 4th, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

Scared of complex RIA applications and the brain eating zombie army of
acronyms like Ajax, AIR, Flex and AMF? For our October meeting, NYPHP and
Adobe stand together to cover all the ghoulish details of RIA, so you don't
lose your head this Halloween.

NOTE: This meeting is on NOVEMBER 4th.

AND stick around after the presentation for complimentary drinks and hors
d'oeuvres at TGI Fridays, thanks to Adobe.

Rich Internet applications (RIAs) are everywhere. With Web businesses like
Google and Yahoo! and brick and mortar companies like Harley Davidson and
Sherwin Williams embracing RIAs for their online presence, the media buzz is
giving way to the reality of a better Internet.

Adobe has recently contributed AMF support to the Zend Framework, allowing
PHP developers to easily build Rich Internet Applications using Flex and
Adobe AIR that interact with a PHP backend.

Kevin Hoyt, a technical evangelist with Adobe, will give an introduction to
Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR, and will walk through how to create a Flex
application powered by PHP and the Zend Framework. Working with Zend Studio
for Eclipse, and Flex Builder (an Eclipse plugin), Kevin will demonstrate
how to build, debug and deploy applications built with Adobe Flex, and how
to have these same applications run on the desktop using the Adobe AIR
runtime.

With this knowledge, developers will be able to easily build rich Internet
applications that combine data from PHP and rich media like audio and video
into a compelling application.

About Kevin:
I'm a Platform Evangelist with Adobe Systems, Inc. and I like lines.
Specifically, I like moving them, breaking them, blurring them and jumping
over them. If the lines form a box, that's even better because then I get to
think outside of them. Pushing the envelope of what technology can do, and
how people perceive and interact with it, is the name of my game.

I am a frequent traveler who enjoys meeting with developers, programmers,
architects, managers and anybody else involved with technology. Most of the
time you'll find me somewhere in the United States speaking at conferences,
user groups, or anywhere else they'll give me time in front of an audience.
The rest of the time I enjoy spending with my family at home in Parker, CO.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles.

When: Tuesday, NOVEMBER 4th, 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 Community
http://www.nyphp.org

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

next@nyphp: NYCBSDCon 2008 Begins at the End of the Week!

2008-10-06T05:56:27Z

FYI, from our good friends at NYCBUG (www.nycbug.org), coming up this weekend. Certainly one of the finest technical line-ups for all things security, networks, and BSD. Yet they still manage to make the measly $95 registration fee go back to the open source projects in donations.

Sign-up: www.nycbsdcon.org

See you there,

---
Hans Zaunere / Managing Member / New York PHP
www.nyphp.org / www.nyphp.com

> NYCBSDCon is an annual BSD Unix technical conference organized by the
> New York City *BSD User Group (NYC*BUG at www.nycbug.org).
>
> Don't miss this great opportunity to expand your network amid the
> tumultuous economic environment.
>
> The conference schedule is packed with some of the best and brightest of
> the *BSD projects, with topics ranging from file systems to the portable
> C compiler, not to mention an array of developer and systems
> administrator related meetings.
>
> Registration is only $95 and is available at
> http://www.nycbsdcon.org/2008/register.html. Full-time students and
> Columbia University affiliates receive the discounted rate of $50 with
> proper identification.
>
> Please note that early registration now ends on Thursday at noon, when
> the conference price jumps to $145. Registering at the conference on
> Saturday will cost $195.
>
> The conference kicks off Friday night, October 10th at 6 pm with an
> informal social at Havanna Central at 2911 Broadway between 113th and
> 114th Streets across from Columbia University. We encourage all
> attendees, speakers and sponsors to join us that evening.
>
> The Havanna Central will also host our social on Saturday evening, which
> will feature an open bar. The event requires your conference badge for
> entry.
>
> Attendees will have an opportunity to take the BSD Certification exam by
> registering at:
>
> https://register.bsdcertification.org//register/events/nycbsdcon
>
> Two exams will take place over the course of the weekend, and several
> Unix cram sessions will be conducted on Saturday.
>
> We have also received the just released BSD Magazine for free
> distribution at the conference.
>
> The conference registration table opens at 8 am on Saturday. Breakfast
> and lunch will be provided to attendees on both Saturday and Sunday.
>
> A special thanks for all of our sponsors, particularly the premier
> sponsors New York Internet, DataPipe and Sun Microsystems.

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

TONIGHT@nyphp: WISP or Why a PHP Developer Should Care About Microsoft

2008-09-23T07:34:03Z

September General Meeting:
WISP or Why a PHP Developer Should Care About Microsoft
-------------------------------------------------------

When: Tuesday, September 23rd, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

The crispness of Fall is here and NYPHP promises an equally refreshing
line-up as 2009 (where's my rocket car?) is on the horizon. We kick things
off in September with Microsoft Developer Evangelist Peter Laudati, and why
the WISP stack (Windows, IIS, SQL Server, PHP) could whisk you away with its
very own crisp clarity.

And join us at TGI Fridays after the presentation for complimentary drinks
and hors d'oeuvres, thanks to Microsoft.

There are a host of technologies and tools from Microsoft that can add value
to your PHP solutions, save you time, and are just plain cool. This
presentation will cover server technologies like FastCGI, IIS and the PHP
SQL Server Driver, client technologies like the Microsoft AJAX Library and
Silverlight, as well as developer tools. This is not a sales pitch - it's a
technical walkthrough with demos, and will give you pointers to lots of
resources for digging deeper.

Peter Laudati is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft. In his current role,
Peter works with the developer community in New York and New Jersey to
support area user groups, code camps, and other events. Previously, he
worked as a consultant in Microsoft's services division. As a consultant, he
worked on several application development projects and provided
architectural guidance for large customers throughout the NY & NJ metro
area. He lives with his family in central New Jersey and loves kayaking and
biking at the Jersey Shore.

You can reach Peter through his blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/peterlau

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles.

When: Tuesday, September 23rd, 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 Community
http://www.nyphp.org

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

TOMORROW@nyphp: WISP or Why a PHP Developer Should Care About Microsoft

2008-09-22T06:18:02Z

next@nyphp: WISP or Why a PHP Developer Should Care About Microsoft

2008-09-18T07:24:29Z

next@nyphp: WISP or Why a PHP Developer Should Care About Microsoft

2008-09-02T06:58:21Z

September General Meeting:
WISP or Why a PHP Developer Should Care About Microsoft
-------------------------------------------------------

When: Tuesday, September 23rd, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

The crispness of Fall is here and NYPHP promises an equally refreshing
line-up as 2009 (where's my rocket car?) is on the horizon. We kick things
off in September with Microsoft Developer Evangelist Peter Laudati, and why
the WISP stack (Windows, IIS, SQL Server, PHP) could whisk you away with its
very own crisp clarity. And join us at TGI Fridays after the presentation
for complimentary drinks and hors d'oeuvres, thanks to Microsoft.

There are a host of technologies and tools from Microsoft that can add value
to your PHP solutions, save you time, and are just plain cool. This
presentation will cover server technologies like FastCGI, IIS and the PHP
SQL Server Driver, client technologies like the Microsoft AJAX Library and
Silverlight, as well as developer tools. This is not a sales pitch - it's a
technical walkthrough with demos, and will give you pointers to lots of
resources for digging deeper.

Peter Laudati is a Developer Evangelist with Microsoft. In his current role,
Peter works with the developer community in New York and New Jersey to
support area user groups, code camps, and other events. Previously, he
worked as a consultant in Microsoft's services division. As a consultant, he
worked on several application development projects and provided
architectural guidance for large customers throughout the NY & NJ metro
area. He lives with his family in central New Jersey and loves kayaking and
biking at the Jersey Shore.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles.

When: Tuesday, September 23rd, 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 Community
http://www.nyphp.org

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

august@nyphp: NO MEETING

2008-08-25T13:28:26Z

Hello all,

Just to remind everyone there will be no meeting this coming Tuesday, August
26th, but we have a very full and exciting Fall lineup. Keep an eye on
http://www.nyphp.org for the latest and RSVP for the September meeting after
Tuesday.

Have a great remaining Summer, Labor Day, and we'll see you in the Fall.

---
Hans Zaunere / Managing Member / New York PHP
www.nyphp.org / www.nyphp.com

_______________________________________________
New York PHP Community Announce Mailing List
http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online
http://www.nyphpcon.com

Show Your Participation in New York PHP
http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

education@nyphp: NYPHP Partners with CUNY on PHP Course

2008-07-28T04:37:24Z

New York PHP is pleased to partner with CUNY SPS to offer New York's premier
PHP/MySQL professional studies course.

The course will run 4 days starting October 22nd at CUNY's IT Professional
Studies Lab.

Full details are available as a PDF:
http://www.nyphp.org/content/NYPHP-CUNY-PHP-Fall-Course.pdf

NYPHP's In-Depth and Enterprise training is still available.

Details and schedule for the Fall PHP training are available:

http://www.nyphp.com/Training

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TOMORROW@nyphp: Ajax for PHP Developers (LOCATION CHANGE)

2008-07-21T08:13:40Z

NOTE: Location change (NOT AT IBM) - see below.

July General Meeting:
Ajax for PHP Developers
-----------------------

When: Tuesday, July 22nd, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: Suspenders, 111 Broadway at Thames Street, back meeting room
http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php

This July, don't sweat Ajax. We're pleased to have Ajax/UI extraordinaire
and Central Florida PHP Founding Member, Michael Girouard, cover the
technical details of the Ajax/PHP relationship, and uncover the hype.

Ajax is a powerful tool that all web developers (front-end or back-end)
should be well versed in. Ajax applications are rich, responsive, and can
dramatically enhance the user experience. This talk will survey Ajax as a
technology for rich web applications and also will provide several practical
examples -- all from a PHP developer's perspective.

Mike Girouard is a front-end web developer living in New York City. As the
Sr. Developer at the creative agency Magnani Caruso Dutton, Mike takes pride
in his ability to introduce web-standards and beautiful code to industry
giants such as Discover and AT&T. In his off-time, he goes right back to his
editor and codes toward his latest open-source baby, Panda PHP Components.
You can read more about him and his other projects on his blog,
lovemikeg.com/blog.

NOTE: Location change - no need to RSVP.

When: Tuesday, July 22nd, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: Suspenders, 111 Broadway at Thames Street, back meeting room
http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php

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next@nyphp: Ajax for PHP Developers (LOCATION CHANGE)

2008-07-19T14:57:28Z

NOTE: Location change - see below.

July General Meeting:
Ajax for PHP Developers
-----------------------

When: Tuesday, July 22nd, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: Suspenders, 111 Broadway at Thames Street, back meeting room
http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php

This July, don't sweat Ajax. We're pleased to have Ajax/UI extraordinaire
and Central Florida PHP Founding Member, Michael Girouard, cover the
technical details of the Ajax/PHP relationship, and uncover the hype.

Ajax is a powerful tool that all web developers (front-end or back-end)
should be well versed in. Ajax applications are rich, responsive, and can
dramatically enhance the user experience. This talk will survey Ajax as a
technology for rich web applications and also will provide several practical
examples -- all from a PHP developer's perspective.

Mike Girouard is a front-end web developer living in New York City. As the
Sr. Developer at the creative agency Magnani Caruso Dutton, Mike takes pride
in his ability to introduce web-standards and beautiful code to industry
giants such as Discover and AT&T. In his off-time, he goes right back to his
editor and codes toward his latest open-source baby, Panda PHP Components.
You can read more about him and his other projects on his blog,
lovemikeg.com/blog.

NOTE: Location change - no need to RSVP.

When: Tuesday, July 22nd, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: Suspenders, 111 Broadway at Thames Street, back meeting room
http://www.suspendersbar.com/location.php

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next@nyphp: Ajax for PHP Developers

2008-07-14T05:37:33Z

July General Meeting:
Ajax for PHP Developers
-----------------------

When: Tuesday, July 22nd, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

This July, don't sweat Ajax. We're pleased to have Ajax/UI extraordinaire
and Central Florida PHP Founding Member, Michael Girouard, cover the
technical details of the Ajax/PHP relationship, and uncover the hype.

Ajax is a powerful tool that all web developers (front-end or back-end)
should be well versed in. Ajax applications are rich, responsive, and can
dramatically enhance the user experience. This talk will survey Ajax as a
technology for rich web applications and also will provide several practical
examples -- all from a PHP developer's perspective.

Mike Girouard is a front-end web developer living in New York City. As the
Sr. Developer at the creative agency Magnani Caruso Dutton, Mike takes pride
in his ability to introduce web-standards and beautiful code to industry
giants such as Discover and AT&T. In his off-time, he goes right back to his
editor and codes toward his latest open-source baby, Panda PHP Components.
You can read more about him and his other projects on his blog,
lovemikeg.com/blog.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles.

When: Tuesday, July 22nd, 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!

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TOMORROW@nyphp: Postgres Plus at the June Meeting

2008-06-23T08:44:56Z

June General Meeting:
Postgres Plus
---------------------

When: Tuesday, June 24th, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

It may be hot outside, but that's nothing compared to PostgreSQL and this
month's talk. We welcome back PostgreSQL core developer and EnterpriseDB
Senior Database Architect Bruce Momjian to discuss the latest about that
"other" open source database and what EnterpriseDB is doing to keep everyone
on their toes.

EnterpriseDB has produced a fully open source version of Postgres, called
Postgres Plus. Postgres Plus includes not just the database server but most
of the add-on packages that users need to use Postgres effectively in an
enterprise environment. This talk will focus on those additions and how they
are designed to increase Postgres adoption. The talk will also briefly cover
EnterpriseDB's Advanced Server, which adds Oracle compatibility to Postgres.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles.

When: Tuesday, June 24th, 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!

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next@nyphp: Postgres Plus at the June Meeting

2008-06-16T05:28:57Z

next@nyphp: Postgres Plus at the June Meeting

2008-06-13T05:33:57Z

ThisWeek@nyphp: PHP Meetup - PHP and the Mobile Internet

2008-06-02T07:14:54Z

Tuesday -

On the 1st Tuesday of every month (6/3/08) at 6:30pm, we'll be getting
together at Pound and Pence for an informal gathering of PHP and web
technologists.

Details are at http://php.meetup.com/430/

These meetup are the informal networking events to compliment our continued
monthly general meetings at IBM.

Wednesday -

We have a special invitation from Zend to attend "Using PHP to Build a
Mobile Internet Platform" at the upcoming Internet Week NY.

Free food and drink will be available.

Details:

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/708886/

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TONIGHT@nyphp: Ruby on Rails for PHP Developers

2008-05-27T09:14:47Z

May General Meeting:
Know thy Enemy: Ruby on Rails for PHP Developers
------------------------------------------------

When: Tuesday, May 27th, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

The birds and the bees are back once again, as is the droning buzz of Ruby
on Rails. Join us this month as we welcome back Avity LLC and RoR/PHP
developer Stephen Robinson.

Looking for a reality check on all that Ruby on Rails hype? What exactly is
it and how does it stack up to PHP? When should it be used, when not, what
should you tell your boss? If you're fed up of re-reading the same flame
bait blogs and want a cold headed detail rich understanding, this talk is
for you. We'll cover issues of performance, real world usage, interface
capabilities, architecture, scaling, deployment issues and more.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles.

When: Tuesday, May 27th, 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!

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special@nyphp: PHP and the Mobile Internet

2008-05-26T12:38:29Z

We have a special invitation from Zend to attend "Using PHP to Build a
Mobile Internet Platform" at the upcoming Internet Week NY.

Free food and drink will be available.

Details:

http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/708886/

Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

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TOMORROW@nyphp: Ruby on Rails for PHP Developers

2008-05-26T11:02:42Z

next@nyphp: Ruby on Rails for PHP Developers

2008-05-19T10:12:38Z

TOMORROW@nyphp: PHP Meetup, by NYPHP

2008-05-05T08:37:04Z

Hi all,

I'd like to let everyone know about our PHP Meetup organization efforts.

On the 1st Tuesday of every month, at 6:30pm, we'll be getting together at
Pound and Pence for an informal gathering of PHP, web, and open source
folks.

Details are at http://php.meetup.com/430/

These meetups will be the informal networking events to compliment our
continued monthly general meetings at IBM.

The first meetup is May 6th. The venue might start to get packed beyond 50
attendees, so please RSVP at the site above so we have a rough count.

We're also looking forward to continuing these events through the summer and
in conjunction with other area groups.

Looking forward to meeting up with everyone at this first event, through the
summer, and beyond.

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meetup@nyphp: PHP Meetup, by NYPHP

2008-04-23T09:55:50Z

TONIGHT@nyphp: Wietse Venema on PHP Tainted Variables

2008-04-21T06:55:03Z

April General Meeting:
Wietse Venema on PHP Tainted Variables
--------------------------------------

NOTE: This meeting occurs on MONDAY, April 21st.

When: MONDAY, April 21st, 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month)
Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor)
RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php

New York PHP is honored to have open source great Wietse Venema speak about
his recent work on PHP tainted variable support, a critical piece of
security.

NOTE: This meeting occurs on MONDAY, April 21st.

PHP is a popular server scripting language for creating dynamic web page
content. While writing applications can be relatively easy, avoiding
security holes can be difficult. In an attempt to help improve PHP
application security, Wietse proposed to add run-time support for tainted
variables in December 2006, and released a first implementation in November
2007. With a run-time overhead of only 1-2%, permanent deployment becomes a
realistic option. Wietse will show how his taint support works, and how it
can help programmers to eliminate vulnerabilities such as Cross-site
scripting, SQL injection, Shell command injection, Remote file inclusion,
and more.

Wietse Venema is known for his software such as the TCP Wrapper and the
POSTFIX mail system. He co-authored the SATAN network scanner and the
Coroner's Toolkit (TCT) for forensic analysis, as well as a book on Forensic
Discovery. Wietse received awards from the System Administrator's Guild
(SAGE), the Netherlands UNIX User Group (NLUUG), as well as a Sendmail
innovation award. He served a two-year term as chair of the international
Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). Wietse currently is a
research staff member at the IBM T. J. Watson research center. After
completing his Ph.D. in physics he changed career to computer science and
never looked back.

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.

Come prepared with a business card to enter book raffles.

NOTE: This meeting occurs on MONDAY, April 21st.

When: MONDAY, April 21st, 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!

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