php|tek 2009
19 - 23 May 2009 at Chicago, IL

I got a lot out of your presentation. Specifically, your explanation of SCRUM was very insightful.

I just wish it was this easy to convince my boss that we need to run PHP on the i. Mike gave a good overview on why PHP on the IBM i is a good idea.

Good tips on getting up and running with Scrum.

Most people skip over design patterns when it comes to web applications, Jason gave a great overview of the ones that are applicable to the web and ways to use them.

Great tips not only for the evolution of projects as developers mature, but the tips will come in handy as we all move to 5.3.

Rich is a great speaker and explained mod_rewrite in great detail without getting boring on a topic that could easily get very, very dry.

A great overview of some of the new things coming in 5.3.

We've started a 'work from home' program, I'll be taking some of Cal's tips along back to work to better improve it.

Tokens are definitely next on my list of things to learn better, and this talk gave a great overview on why they are much easier than regular expressions in some cases.

I love hearing Terry Chay talk, though I think that not only are PHP developers engineers, we're craftsmen and artists as well. He made a great point though, the only thing that sets us apart is ourselves.