ZendCon 2013
7 - 10 Oct 2013 at Santa Clara, CA Convention Center

Good and very clear presentation - I've never seen an easier explanation on how the prototypes and "new" work.

Of course, people, who didn't now it before, will definitely need to re-study slides. This became obvious starting from the "inheritance" phase. But going through this several times, and implementing OOP on your own will help much to understand the concepts and see all the hidden tricks with OOP via prototypes.

The topic is interesting for a developer, because implementing the paradigm is quite challenging task. But whoever completes it - gets a great reward of a very good knowledge of Javascript abilities.

Still questionable, whether it is needed to make OOP in JS language, which uses prototypal approach. It is like making Pascal-style programming in C++ - possible, but that's not what was designed to happen.

For anyone, willing to have OOP in JS - good talk and good presenter. And I like the newer approach of speakers to create slides directly in web - instant access rocks.

This was the best presentation I've seen at Zencon. He was completely prepared with his material, knew it inside and out, not a single apology for something not working as it should or for missing slides. His presentation should be a model for the rest of the presenters.

Good talk to give a push for further research. Brief overview of the possible communication methods, their pros and cons. This definitely helps.

The talk was missing issues with authorization and cookies (Access-Control-Allow-Credentials header, p3p policies in IE) and it was quite fast, so different terms were not explained, making the target audience feel lost at some points (e.g. long polling is not thing a frontend developer hears often). But those are just minor notes.

The talk was definitely a success - giving a knowledge and ground for further research. Will be of help to people, who are going to implement inter-JS-communication, will serve as a valuable starting step.

Wow, just wow. So much win in so little time. There's a reason why the room was PACKED.

Any way to get the slides in a PDF?

Excellent presentation! Would have loved to see the "advanced" version of this!

Good overview of some advanced features of Xdebug.

However, it was not so clear, who was the target audience. From the one side there were explanations on how to make Xdebug connect to an IDE and about setting breakpoints in the code - which is a beginner level. From another side there was discussion on trace formats and conditions in the breakpoints (frequently forgotten feature) - which is a level for users with experience.

That's why there are controversial opinions above - beginners think that the topic was given in a fast manner, normal users lack emphasis and more detailed discussions.

However, overall the talk was good, same as the presenter and the presentation (but agree on small fonts, mentioned above). The talk was definitely useful, because, as I see by the comments, more people will start using Xdebug. It is a must-have for PHP development. Thanks Derick for developing it.

Great info for the upcoming migration at work. It will be a momumental task this time around, so this info was surely needed.

Good insight and funny. For us who haven't worked with zf yet, this was time well spent. I feel compelled to go try it out on my next project. Might even have to skip a night of GTA V to learn more. ;-)

Great info and talk.

Very much enjoyed this session. I have been tasked with upgrading the password hashing and encrypt/decrypt functionality in my ZF applications and this talk went a long way in making this easier. Very well presented.