True North PHP 2015
5 - 7 Nov 2015 at Microsoft Canada

Accurately outlined foundation concepts every developer starting with queues should know, together with cases needing implementation and special attention. Code snippets were clear and showed how messaging worked syntactically. Pace was good naturally flowing from one concept to the other.

Content wise, examples felt too far removed from implementation. Snippets are torn out of context where inexperienced user would not have appreciation of where in the project does the code fit. No mention of integration patterns architecture that is needed to address that. Finally, there is a contradictory disconnect between the presentation title and example. Titled "stop making the user wait", emphasis on acknowledgement of messages from processes that take long time process and retry if fail did not make sense. An appropriate technique to handle this should have been discussed or make the title more fitting.

BECAUSEEEEE!?!?!!11EINS

WHYYYYY!??!?

Good fun seeing wicked syntax and php engine quirks applied in creative ways.

Great!

Very great talk! I haven't seen that many that get very technical and while some of it was over my head, it allowed me to get a better fundamental understanding of how JS works. My only comment is that it felt like you were literally reading from a text book instead of speaking. I can't really fault you though because of the complexity of the subject.

The "palette cleansers" were a PERFECT touch to that talk. They were timed well to allow people to refocus and let the technical info sink in a bit.

From the perspective of someone considerably less versed in JS than yourself I thought it was very well written and presented overall.

Great talk. Great content; good pacing; excellent examples; obviously very knowledgeable about the subject.

Plus, I scored a dolphin plushy. So, of course you're getting 5 stars!!! ;)

Thank you.

I think Colin is the best, but I'm biased.