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php[tek] 2015
18 - 22 May 2015
at Sheraton Gateway Suites O’Hare
The team at php[architect] will once again run our annual conference php[tek], their premier professional PHP conference. This marks the 10th php[tek]!
Schedule
Monday 18th May 2015
| 09:00 |
Jump Start PHP Training
Workshop by Sandy Smith (8 hours, 30 minutes) Jump Start PHP Training |
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Web Security Training
Workshop by Chris Cornutt (8 hours, 30 minutes) Web Security Training |
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PHP Foundations for Drupal 8
Workshop by Oscar Merida (8 hours, 30 minutes) PHP Foundations for Drupal 8 |
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MongoDB Essentials
Workshop by Derick Rethans, Jeremy Mikola (8 hours, 30 minutes) MongoDB Essentials |
Tuesday 19th May 2015
| 09:00 |
Fundamental Object-Oriented PHP
Workshop by Jeff Carouth (3 hours, 30 minutes) Fundamental Object-Oriented PHP |
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Adventures in Laravel 5
Workshop by Joe Ferguson (3 hours, 30 minutes) Adventures in Laravel 5 |
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Managing Dependencies with Composer
Workshop by Beau Simensen (3 hours, 30 minutes) Managing Dependencies with Composer |
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The Wonderful World of APIs
Workshop by Tim Lytle (3 hours, 30 minutes) The Wonderful World of APIs |
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| 14:00 |
Introduction to Design Patterns in PHP
Workshop by Hugo Hamon in Rosemont (3 hours, 30 minutes) Introduction to Design Patterns in PHP |
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Testing as Regression Prevention
Workshop by Eric Mann in ServerGrove (3 hours, 30 minutes) Testing as Regression Prevention |
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Wax On, Wax Off: Coder Dojo
Workshop by Yitzchok Willroth (3 hours, 30 minutes) Wax On, Wax Off: Coder Dojo |
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Vagrant and Ansible
Workshop by Michael Heap (3 hours, 30 minutes) Vagrant and Ansible |
Wednesday 20th May 2015
| 05:00 |
Skunkworks: Fresh Ideas, No Constraints, Limitless Potential?
Talk by Mo Jangda in ServerGrove (1 hour) Skunkworks: Fresh Ideas, No Constraints, Limitless Potential? |
| 09:00 |
The PHP 7 Story
Keynote by Zeev Suraski (1 hour) The PHP 7 Story |
| 10:30 |
Nitty Gritty AngularJS
Talk by Rosina Bignall (1 hour) Nitty Gritty AngularJS |
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Debugging: Past, Present and Future
Talk by Derick Rethans (1 hour) Debugging: Past, Present and Future |
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OOP is More Than Cars and Dogs
Talk by Chris Tankersley (1 hour) OOP is More Than Cars and Dogs |
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Mocking Dependencies in Unit Tests with Phake
Talk by Matthew Turland (1 hour) Mocking Dependencies in Unit Tests with Phake |
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| 12:00 |
The New Zone: Meditation, Mindfulness, and Code
Talk by Michael Hernandez (30 minutes) The New Zone: Meditation, Mindfulness, and Code |
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PHP and Standards
Talk by Michael Heap (30 minutes) PHP and Standards |
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Manage Private Internal Dependencies With Composer and Satis
Talk by Andrew Cassell (30 minutes) Manage Private Internal Dependencies With Composer and Satis |
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Templates with Twig: Easier Than You Think
Talk by Margaret Staples (30 minutes) Templates with Twig: Easier Than You Think |
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| 14:00 |
Websockets and Event-driven Programming with PHP
Talk by Steve Meyers (1 hour) Websockets and Event-driven Programming with PHP |
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Testing Spaghetti
Talk by Gemma Anible (1 hour) Testing Spaghetti |
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Polyglot Databases
Talk by Majid Fatemian (1 hour) Polyglot Databases |
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Extending MySQL with PHP's MySQL Native Driver
Talk by Davey Shafik (1 hour) Extending MySQL with PHP's MySQL Native Driver |
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| 15:30 |
Enough about Classes, Let's Talk Templates
Talk by Jonathan Reinink (1 hour) Enough about Classes, Let's Talk Templates |
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Business Logic Security
Talk by Ilia Alshanetsky (1 hour) Business Logic Security |
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TDD: Team-Driven Development
Talk by Samantha Quiñones (1 hour) TDD: Team-Driven Development |
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Handling Highly Connected Data with the Neo4j Graph Database
Talk by Michelle Sanver (1 hour) Handling Highly Connected Data with the Neo4j Graph Database |
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| 17:00 |
When Dynamic Becomes Static: The Next Step in Web Caching
Talk by Wim Godden (1 hour) When Dynamic Becomes Static: The Next Step in Web Caching |
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Composer Best Practices
Talk by Jordi Boggiano (1 hour) Composer Best Practices |
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Building Offline-Enabled Apps with PouchDB
Talk by Bradley Holt in Rosemont (1 hour) Building Offline-Enabled Apps with PouchDB |
Thursday 21st May 2015
| 09:00 |
Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned in Rabbinical School
Keynote by Yitzchok Willroth (1 hour) Everything I Needed to Know, I Learned in Rabbinical School |
| 10:30 |
Data Structures in PHP
Talk by Matthew Turland (1 hour) Data Structures in PHP |
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Ditching jQuery
Talk by Hao (1 hour) Ditching jQuery |
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PHP 7 is (Almost) Here. OMG! PANIC!
Talk by Adam Harvey (1 hour) PHP 7 is (Almost) Here. OMG! PANIC! |
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One Extension, Two Engines
Talk by Derick Rethans (1 hour) One Extension, Two Engines |
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| 12:00 |
Doctrine ORM: What's This, Then?
Talk by Margaret Staples (30 minutes) Doctrine ORM: What's This, Then? |
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Rediscover the Power of WordPress
Talk by Eric Mann in Chicago (30 minutes) Rediscover the Power of WordPress |
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Rethink Image Manipulations with Glide
Talk by Jonathan Reinink (30 minutes) Rethink Image Manipulations with Glide |
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Testing Culture at Etsy
Talk by Michael Hernandez (30 minutes) Testing Culture at Etsy |
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| 14:00 |
Impostor Syndrome and Individual Competence
Talk by Jessica Rose (1 hour) Impostor Syndrome and Individual Competence |
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Responsive Web Design for Non-Designers
Talk by Andrew Cassell (1 hour) Responsive Web Design for Non-Designers |
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PHPSpec & Behat: Two Testing Tools That Write Code For You
Talk by Joshua Warren in Rosemont (1 hour) PHPSpec & Behat: Two Testing Tools That Write Code For You |
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A Toolbox for APIs and Integrations
Talk by Ben Ramsey (1 hour) A Toolbox for APIs and Integrations |
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| 15:30 |
The Promise of Asynchronous PHP
Talk by Wim Godden (1 hour) The Promise of Asynchronous PHP |
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The Dark Art of Debugging
Talk by Joe Shindelar (1 hour) The Dark Art of Debugging |
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Behat+Mink+PhantomJS = Test ALL THE THINGS!
Talk by Michelle Sanver (1 hour) Behat+Mink+PhantomJS = Test ALL THE THINGS! |
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Database Normalization for Developers
Talk by Rosina Bignall (1 hour) Database Normalization for Developers |
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| 17:00 |
Practical Computer Science Concepts Simplified
Talk by Joshua Silver (1 hour) Practical Computer Science Concepts Simplified |
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Code Coverage: Covered in Depth
Talk by Sebastian Bergmann (1 hour) Code Coverage: Covered in Depth |
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Navigating Your Git Repository
Talk by Gemma Anible (1 hour) Navigating Your Git Repository |
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Magento 2>1: Modernizing an Open-Source eCommerce Powerhouse
Talk by Ben Marks (1 hour) Magento 2>1: Modernizing an Open-Source eCommerce Powerhouse |
Friday 22nd May 2015
| 09:00 |
Building PHP Daemons and Long Running Processes
Talk by Tim Lytle (1 hour) Building PHP Daemons and Long Running Processes |
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MySQL Replication for Beginners
Talk by Dave Stokes (1 hour) MySQL Replication for Beginners |
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HTTP is Dead. Long Live HTTP/2!
Talk by Ben Ramsey (1 hour) HTTP is Dead. Long Live HTTP/2! |
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The Three Dimensions of Testing
Talk by Sebastian Bergmann (1 hour) The Three Dimensions of Testing |
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| 10:30 |
Drinking from the Firehose: Real-time Metrics
Talk by Samantha Quiñones (1 hour) Drinking from the Firehose: Real-time Metrics |
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Payment Processing on the Web: Behind-the-Scenes
Talk by Joshua Silver (1 hour) Payment Processing on the Web: Behind-the-Scenes |
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Dependency Injection, Dependency Inversion, and You
Talk by Jeff Carouth (1 hour) Dependency Injection, Dependency Inversion, and You |
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A Developer's Primer to Managing Developers
Talk by Joe Shindelar (1 hour) A Developer's Primer to Managing Developers |
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| 12:00 |
Behind the Scenes of Maintaining an Open Source Project
Keynote by Jordi Boggiano (30 minutes) Behind the Scenes of Maintaining an Open Source Project |