PHP Johannesburg - South Africa 2015
1 - 2 Oct 2015 at Blandford Manor

The speaker made points that I had seen but not realized, such as a spelling mistake that you've picked up without being fixing could cause another person to give up on using that code or even open source all together. The talk was eye opening as well as assuring for those wanting to, but hesitant to start contributing.

The speaker sold docker alone by the number of platforms it can be used on, the services that can run within a docker container and the ease of rolling back. I can definitely see the application for this in the real world.

The talk was incredibly well thought out, entertaining and the analogies used where spot on. Also enjoyed hearing of the visual techniques the speaker uses as aids.

Fantastic presentation. Questions I had were clarified as well as learning lots of new information. I especially appreciated the explanation of semantic version numbering *sneaks off to change some of my documentation* and playing the install or update game.

I think it's worth noting that even as a novice who knows only a small scope of PHP, the upgrades and implications of PHP7 was explained so well that even I am amped. Wondering about the loss of data type precision's implications though... will have to wait and see. Exciting stuff.

I know nothing of security, but this talk was presented in such a manner that regardless of using WordPress or not basic security measures where explained with examples. The value of this talk far exceeds WordPress. Thank you.

It was refreshing how the speaker dispensed with all the fluff, hype and kool-aid of the different technologies and rather than promoting any specific database, presenting the differences of them and the implications of those differences. The concept of Polyglot was also introduced to me which is a principle that can be applied not only to the subject of this talk.

I'm sure you already know this but I just wanted to comment on irony/humor/inconsistency of ++i and i++ being the same in PHP whereas in c++ there's a difference... but I suppose it makes sense considering zval. I just thought it funny since c++ is closer to PHP than c is... anyway... great talk!

Prior to this talk I had many misgivings about what kind of language PHP is and how it is run. After learning about OpCache and reading up on the development of PHP, I'd love to hear the speaker's opinion on how Zend2 has affected the nature of the language, pthread (that guy seems angry with people who use pthread and pthread itself :p), and will PHP eventually be able to be fully used for the cases that compiled languages are used for? This talk indirectly led to many of my questions being answered. I hope the speaker comes back next year so I can hear their opinion on this *controversial* topic.

"After the talk developers should be confident enough to go away and implement these technologies in their applications."

The objective was successfully met. I particularly appreciated how each component was clearly explained with example configuration or links. If I was asked for an overview on Whisper for example, I would be confident in my response. The slides also make a great reference.