Hi all, The next PHPUG meetup is in two weeks, on 13 Oct 2009, 6:00 pm. We are still confirming the venue for this meetup. We will also have streamed video and a video recording for this meetup here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/phpug-meetup-new-zealand
Jochen Daum will be speaking on debugging techniques for PHP programmers and pizza, beer and juice will be provided thanks to our sponsor. Before getting into the details of what the talk will cover, let me introduce our sponsor: Northcrest Insurance: http://www.northcrest.co.nz Ever wiped our your customers data on their web server? Ever wondered what would happen if they sue you? who would defend your claim in court? This is a case where a professional indemnity insurance would protect you from the clients lawyers and claims. Gerard Tilleyshort from Northcrest insurance is an expert adviser and broker in business insurance matters including professional indemnity protection. He will be giving a small overview of how professional indemnity works and will be available for questions from any group members. Presentation overview Topic: Debugging techniques for PHP programmers Speaker: Jochen Daum Speaker background: Jochen started his PHP career when building a "web server on a CD" system for Wella AG in Germany in 2001. Since coming to New Zealand in 2002 he has worked in several roles as a programmer and software architect with PHP. Since 2004 he offers his services of website system development, maintenance and consulting through his company Automatem Ltd. Throughout these years, Jochen has come across a wide variety of off-the-shelf CMS and E-Commerce applications as well as build a number of website himself from scratch. He has also build his own CRUD framework phpdbedittk. "Being a to debug PHP and analyse a problem fast has always been a business requirement throughout my career. The presentation will not so much focus on using debugging to provide or deepen an understanding of a php application, but rather to be able to analyse and fix a problem quickly." The presentation will cover the following areas: - My code guidelines in light of debugging - PHP debugging facilities: functions, error logging - Common debugging methods: divide an conquer, backtracing - Comparison between text editor and IDE as a debugging environment - Human behaviours and debugging - Other outside debugging facilities overview: Firebug, Wireshark, Fiddler Please RSVP for the next PHP meetup: 13 Oct 2009, 6:00pm here: http://php.meetup.com/10/calendar/11454400/ Kind Regards, Jochen Daum Chief Automation Officer Automatem Ltd Phone: 09 630 3425 Mobile: 021 567 853 Email: [email protected] Skype: jochendaum Website: www.automatem.co.nz http://twitter.com/automatem http://www.xing.com/go/invite/3425509.181107 http://php.meetup.com/10 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
