PHP UK Conference 2011
24 - 25 Feb 2011 at Business Design Centre

For me, this was the best talk of the conference - clearly communicated advice on how to solve complex software problems, with detailed, but easily understood examples in PHP. Toby pitched the talk at just the right level and spoke clearly, and confidently. He answered questions very well and came across as a great teacher.

I was really impressed by the quality of this talk, and look forward to hearing Tobias speak more in the future. Great job - and very good scheduling having this was the last talk.

Great talk to finish up a great conference. Really enjoyed it as there can never be enough education on software development best practices in the php community. As some above suggested it wasn't quite too advanced (so perhaps choose a better title next time;), but still 5 thumbs from me as both parts on DI and data storage patterns were well put together and well delivered. Will look forward to see some more advanced talks in the future!
PS: Thanks for uploading your slides :)

I was a little frustrated during this talk, it wasn't what I had hoped for. I felt that it could have been better titled "Why frameworks suck, and we should re-invent PEAR".

I didn't really understand what part frameworks would continue to play in Gradwells new development structure.

But the talk certainly made me think very carefully about some of the things I see in my own projects, and why this causes problems.

This was very well presented. Fast paced, on topic and the presenter was personable.

Interested to see some comments suggesting it wasn't really advanced. I clearly have a lot to learn.

Nice talk. Theoretical intro is more than necessary if you want to take the problem seriously. I especially enjoyed the comparison between nosql DB and how each of them is tackling problems differently.
I've already bookmarked it. A must for anyone interested into a serious implementation / comparison with RDBMS DB and why they're still relevant.

I agree with Thijs, I wish conferences had more advanced technical talks like this one. The presentation was excellent, and offered a very accessible introduction to InnoDB internals, its storage, caching and logging techniques. I especially appreciated the explanation on how InnoDB implements MVCC.

I thoroughly enjoyed both the presentation and learning about ElasticSearch. I'll definitely check it out in my next project.

Awesome presentation as always, people should *never* miss a presentation by Ian.

I've just started using ZeroMQ and this talk was a great overview of what can be achieved with this fantastic library. The pace, the delivery and the examples (including the live demo) were all perfect.

If I really must nit-pick, I'd skip a couple of code examples at the end (they're too long to be digested in a few seconds anyway) and provide a few more concrete use-cases for the most advanced configurations, like the use of devices. I will certainly check Mongrel too, it looks really nice.

Thanks Prof!

I really liked this talk. Nice slides and well presented. Personally I was hoping for a 2011 update on the subject of good OO design, but having someone up on stage reenforcing good software design can only be a good thing.

A very enlightening talk. Lorenzo explained the principles and subjectiveness of ACID then went on to detail the various types of nosql databases explaining the strengths and weaknesses of each type.