PHPNW 2014
3 - 5 Oct 2014 at Manchester Conference Centre

It was good workshop if expected content was 'Introduction - from SQL to noSQL'. However line from abstract "Covered subjects will be: CAP theorem, schema design, dealing with error situations and architecture of multi-node set-ups." made me think that more complex subjects will be covered. Especially two last parts. I felt that they were "touched", but not covered. Sure, 3h is not enough for everything. Thus most likely my objection is not about workshop (because its good for introduction), but about abstract. Which could emphasize that it's introduction.

A great eye opener into the potential of docker. Provides a solid starting place for complete newbies like me. Some paper notes to supplement the tutorial would be very useful could even add more theory and useful links into the notes.

I would have added the speed as a potential negative however the hand outs negate, you could easily catch up if you did fall behind. In addition, the notes provide reference to the steps exactly so you can repeat the steps and experiment/research topics further. Excellent introduction.

Some nice exercises with examples. clear explanations to questions too.

Excellent introduction to using MongoDB.

Thanks @Martyn for your feedback. A few points in response:

- Some setup is required for every workshop, especially DevOps workshops. Setup was actually quite fast compared to the average.

- The question if everybody was ready was asked several times, along with stating clearly that not speaking up would lead to problems later on. Twenty other people in the room seemed to not have any problems. Did you speak up and did I ignore you? If so, sorry for this.

- Using the local WIFI for a Debian repository is not an option. The thing that regularly breaks down at conferences are the local WIFI routers (because of overload), NOT the internet connection itself. So the local repository was a conscious choice.

- Attending a DevOps talk with less than 8GB on your hard drive might not be a very good idea. Space requirements for the archive alone (leave alone the running boxes!) were clear in the preparation instructions that you have received beforehand.

Talk about apigility basics concepts and how to configure it for a simple REST API. A bit slow at times.
To check if what we were doing was right, automated tests or example curl calls would have been helpful.

Good Tutorial as always. All questions handled with ease.

Superb overview of an incredibly powerful product. Easy way to harness the power of Zf2 in a completely intuitive way for creating API's. Well presented Rob, thank you!

Docker looks really interesting and after this workshop I'm eager to play more with it and built environments to test in it.