[Phpug] Possible talks at IOTC

[Kae Verens]

David Coallier wrote:
>   + Introduction to PHP (History, Current, Future, How it behaves
> through an apache server (Quickly))
>   + PECL... C gives you wings! (Most downloaded, used and useful extensions)
>   + PEAR... What is PEAR? How can it help you and why? (What is pear,
> what's coming in PEAR)
>   + Unit Testing in PHP, the tools: PHPUnit, SimpleTest, .phpt)
>   + Debugging tools: XDebug, VLD, Zend Debugger, var_dump.
>   + Caching and Accelerators (How does it work?)
>   + Common mistakes (What do you do on a daily basis that is wrong)
>   + New features (Namespaces, etc)
>   + Popular Frameworks, what do they really offer? (Symfony, Cake, ZF,
> Solar, Prado)
>   + PHP is not only for web alright?! PHPGTK2, what is it?
>   + Finally, unspoken extensions: mcrypt, input_filter, Date, unicode & family.
>    ...
>   + Furthermore... VLD... Pushing your debugging to the extreme... see
> me for this, we can arrange a mini talk at the pub after.
> What do you guys think of this?

quite a lot. how many days will this talk run for?

If I was to vote for the top three of the above that I'd like to see, 
they would be:

1. Common Mistakes (I know that after 10 years of PHP, I still don't 
know enough)
2. Popular Frameworks (been doing my own thang since before them 
varmints appeared on the radar - I'm stuck in a rut)
3. Unit testing (how do you test, for example, a form? I'd like to see 
the power of these things in action)

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