Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Sydney PHP User Group - April 2010 Meeting

April 2010 Meeting
Hi all,

Again sorry for the delay, there were some "issues" with the venue.

Please note the CHANGE OF DATE. It is now the 21st NOT the 22nd.

Sorry to complicate things, but here is how this is going to work for this month. We're booked for a double room which allows up to 40 people. Unfortunately, we've only got a 2 hour slot for this and it starts from 7pm through to 9pm.

This means a change in the schedule. I've made some rough adjustments and this is how it looks:

6:00 - Meet at SMCA
6:15 - Eat Somewhere
7:00 - Head back to SMCA
7:30 - Welcome
7:35 - Introductions
7:45 - Group Announcements
7:50 - Open Floor Discussion
8:00 - Presentation 1
8:30 - Presentation 2
9:00 - Be Out The Door

So the idea is that we all meet at SMCA at 6pm as planned. However we'll go eat someplace together first and give everyone a chance to meet and greet before the event.

Feedback is definitely welcome for this and adjustments can be made to try and suit everybody. Suggestions on where to eat also welcome.

The details for the event are below.

When: Wednesday 21st of April 2010.

Where : Sydney Mechanics School of Arts - 280 Pitt St, Sydney

What: Two presentations, two presenters, three hours of PHP Group goodness.

Presentation 1
Steven Roddis - Two Factor Authentication

A presentation without the FUD covering accessibility, usability, cost and security of Two Factor Authentication Systems. Part 2 explains how to securely implement these systems in your webapp via PHP.

Presentation 2
Graham Weldon - Unit Testing with PHP

An overview of the benefits and importance of Unit Testing your code. Graham Weldon, Lead Developer of the CakePHP Framework v2.0 will overview the benefits and cost of developing unit tests for PHP. Including the benefits seen at the individual develop level, and show how it can enhance productivity.

RSVP
You MUST RSVP to attend. Anyone who does not RSVP and shows up may not get in as space is strictly limited by the venue owners. The Yahoo! RSVP link is below, if you really really really don't want to sign up for a yahoo account just to RSVP, then email organisers@sydphp.org.

RSVP Link: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/5655030/NSW/Sydney/Sydney-PHP-Group-April-2010/Sydney-Mechanics-School-of-Arts/?ps=5

Entry Fee
There will be an entry fee of $5 per person for this event. The fee covers the cost of the venue hire.

Hope to see you all there!

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