NYCPHP Meetup

[New York PHP]

July General Meeting:
PHP 5.3 Feature Review and Discussion
Namespaces, late static binding and closures
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         Date: July 27th, 2010 at 6:30PM (sharp)
     Location: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, New York, NY (12th Floor)
RSVP Required: http://www.nyphp.org/RSVP/175 (all attendees MUST RSVP)
 Post-Meeting: TGI Fridays at Lexington and 56th (about 8pm)

What do you get when you mix namespaces, late static binding and closures?
PHP 5.3 and NYPHP's July meeting, of course. Lithium co-founder Nate Abele
and NYPHP Managing Member Hans Zaunere will start by giving an overview of
these key concepts, followed by a review of how they're being utilized in
the real-world, and finishing with an open Q&A discussion of these new
hotter-than-July language features.

PHP 5.3 is considered by many to be a significant release. In addition to a
slew of important bug fixes, fine-tuning of internals, and some much needed
housekeeping, 5.3 introduced three key language features - namespaces, late
static binding, and closures.

But many PHP developers may be asking - why? How do these fit into typical
PHP development? What are real-world examples of usage?

In this session, Hans Zaunere will quickly introduce these language
features, followed by a look at some real-world use-cases with Nate Abele.
Then, we'll open up to a Q&A style discussion that continues the PHP
namespaces, closures and late static binding thread on NYPHP-Talk, to give
developers some ideas for how these new features can be used. This is an
open style talk and your involvement both on the list and at the meeting is
encouraged.

Nate Abele has been pushing the boundaries of desktop and web technologies
for over 14 years. As the former lead developer of the most popular
framework for the most popular web programming language (CakePHP),
co-founder of the cutting-edge Lithium PHP framework, and former senior
engineer at world-renowend software consultancy OmniTI, Nate has stayed at
the forefront of the web, while working with, learning from, and teaching
some of the best and brightest in the industry.

As a renaissance geek, Nate enjoys (in addition to coding), snowboarding,
playing guitar, and writing about himself in the third person.

Hans Zaunere started New York PHP in 2001, and has been developing code and
community ever since. He enjoys chess, astronomy, and writing two sentence
biographies.


Read the full description and RSVP at http://www.nyphp.org/

Thank you to IBM for providing a great presentation space in Midtown
Manhattan. As a service to our community, New York PHP Community meetings
are always free and open to the public.

         Date: July 27th, 2010 at 6:30PM (sharp)
     Location: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, New York, NY (12th Floor)
RSVP Required: http://www.nyphp.org/RSVP/175 (all attendees MUST RSVP)
 Post-Meeting: TGI Fridays at Lexington and 56th (about 8pm)

You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend - that means RSVP
now!

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