Lone Star PHP Conference
29 - 30 Jun 2012 at Addison Conference Center

Thank you all for the wonderful feedback. I address some of the concerns in a blog post about this talk which can be found here http://carouth.com/blog/2012/07/01/micro-framework-and-javascript-applications/.

Can we turn up the ratings to 6?

I, too, like the straight-forward "gruff" talking style - especially on a topic like this. I also think that the discussion of getting management on board is key - especially considering the audience (developers versus stakehodlers/managers... for the most part). Perhaps skimming back on the version control aspect just a bit (only 3 reiterations of "no seriously, do it" versus 5 ;) ) would allow for more time for the management discussion and other important things that came up in the Q&A.

Great material and a good delivery (although Derick seemed a bit more stiff during this talk than OpenStreetMaps - he clearly likes talking about maps better ;) ).

Thanks for the book and stickers!

Great run through of a basic example (although there was little mention of the underlying DB being used). I agree with some of the other reviewers that it would have been nice to see some other examples of micro frameworks, perhaps in lieu of the JS front to your REST app? In other words, perhaps the talk should be split into JS apps (and tools) and micro frameworks?

A very detailed talk on some specific things to monitor, profile, and improve the efficiency of our scripts. The four rating is only because Davey seemed a bit disorganized for this one, and we wasted some time getting things to work.

The talk was very entertaining, and Liz is a very good speaker with a great way of expressing her ideas. My four rating is a result of the fact that I'd like to have heard more about the actual setting up of a mentorship - especially more formal ones - and how that should be approached, discussed, and specific examples of conditions/provisions to include. Additionally, I was hoping to hear more about how to specifically handle guiding a padawan technically - that is, how do you guide someone to "getting" that crazy way of doing X? We discussed this briefly during Q&A, but I was hoping to see it in the main talk.

Lastly, I want to thank Liz for discussing a topic which she was obviously very experienced in and had emotional attachment to. It made the talk more "real", more like we were seeing right into her experience, not hearing about it second hand. Liz, don't think that is a weakness of your talk, it is not.

Paul is a great speaker with a great stage presence. My only comment is that the slides don't contain all of the code samples! (Slide which says "See editor")

Can I get a link to the slides, please?