Pacific Northwest PHP (PNWPHP) Conference
10 - 12 Sep 2015 at Impact Hub Seattle

A lot of great material in this talk. Josh has a background in drama and can really speak to how to own a stage so that your content can shine.

Best talk I've seen so far. High-level, real, honest, and human. The slides were illustrative, not too wordy, nice and pretty.

Great use of anecdotes to highlight productive ways of handling difficult situations.

One of my favorites talks of the conference! I really enjoyed how you walked through the step by step process of refactoring. I also liked how you described the different cases for a refactor versus a rewrite.

I loved your example and in depth explanation of a refactoring process. You highlighed the generic ideas from the start of your talk very well.

This talk didn't really have a thesis. If it did, I guess I missed it. Obviously Dave is highly knowledgeable, and he presented plenty of avenues for non-expert SQL coders to deepen their understanding and improve code performance. BUT...the talk didn't really answer the question in the title beyond just brushing over what the synopsis already says. In other words, lots of great information but almost no explanation of why I should care or how it fits into the big picture.

Also, please please please don't write an entire paragraph (or three) and throw it into a slide. You want people to be able to glance at a slide, digest what it's saying, and then think "OK, convince me."

Really informative, detailed talk that nonetheless managed to cover a lot of bases and provide a fantastic high-level picture. Not exactly a workshop....but maybe it's not Adam's fault that it was labelled as such? Ergo, take that -1 start with a grain of salt. :)

Super Knowledgeable presenter who presented a surprise presentation in the uncon that I swear to god was a belated birthday gift specifically for me sent from whatever higher power you subscribe to. She started at the basics and using really simple, relatable metaphors stepped through the entire process from 'This is a class' to 'And know you understand Polymorphism and the difference between 'typeHINTING' and 'typeCASTING'. I highly recommend attending this presentation if your confused or scared by OOP.

Also - she welcomed any question, and never had any issue with going over a point a second or third time if the point wasn't quite sticking yet. She is great.

Made me really paranoid about every codebase I have ever used or worked on, which is to say it was very effective. It also gave me hope that it's possible (difficult as it is) to identify vulnerabilities and fix them. Extremely well-guided discussion, informed by Anthony's deep knowledge.

My only complaints are:

* We didn't actually execute any attacks
* We dipped shallowly into many kinds of vulnerabilities without time to really understand how they're exploited

I think one of two things would address the above: either more time (obviously seldom possible), or a shorter overview of each vulnerability discussed with a focus on a select few.

Thanks for an overall great talk.