php|works + PyWorks
12 - 15 Nov 2008
at Atlanta, GA
Talk comments
The basic premise of the talk was interesting, but it went into a good bit of theoretical depth. No mention of Python aside from the goal of the project being ported to it was mentioned. Bit disappointed, was hoping to see more practical examples of using Python for AI.
Nice introduction to PyPy as a project. Makes me want to learn more about Python and its internals so I can more fully understand and appreciate the material that was covered.
Excellent talk. Very good introduction to CodeIgniter with coverage of all the MVC and supporting components that it offers and how it differs from other frameworks at a high level.
Speaker conducted himself very well. Presentation evoked interesting ideas and discussion on protocols, network transports, and design. More extensive examples of the existing code base would have helped to showcase the concepts presented in a bit more detail. Information on how to get involved in the project definitely needs to be included somewhere in the slides when they're distributed.
A great overview of Zend Framework and Dojo interaction. Would love to have seen more Dojo, but the sample apps were great for demoing the functionality.
Thoroughly enjoyed Morgan's talk. I've spent a lot of time with the tools that he explained and I still learned more about them. His experience and depth of knowledge in MySQL really comes through in his talks.
Good talk. Shame about the timing issues. TG2 looks pretty interesting to this PHP dev.
Chris called his session 'weird'. I wouldn't say it was weird, but it was very refreshing; a totally different style than most conference talks (with social experiments with the audience).
Quite remarkable demonstration about how security is much more than just 'escape output, filter input'.
What made this session interesting was that it covered several performance aspects that are not usually covered in the shorter performance talks (tools like apache flood, varnish).
There was also a good deal of practical exercise which I enjoyed doing.
The last 15 minutes were really good. Wished I'd seen the whole thing.