I'm quite interested in this PHP UK conference 2014 at The Brewery in London in February.
But it would cost me £377 to attend. I can't afford that.
I'm not quite sure, therefore, what audience they will attract.
I'm an independent PHP programmer for my own company. PHP is a free internet programming resource, and that is why many website programmers use it. Therefore, £377 to attend a PHP conference seems a bit much.
I wish them luck (it's the ninth so they must be doing all right), but I won't be there.
Friday 24 January 2014
Thursday 9 January 2014
As a programmer, understand your data
I started computer programming many years ago, and have used among others, Algol, Cobol, Basic, machine language (more than one type), and more recently, PHP for website programming.
Logic counts in programming, of course, and syntax is crucial, but I think understanding your data is the most important thing.
If you understand how your data looks, then (as long as you're a competent programmer) you can probably program almost anything. If you have the good fortune to be able to define your own data then you can make life easier for yourself. The relational database that goes with PHP is MySQL and I have found it as flexible as I need for programming in PHP.
The fact that PHP and MySQL are both open source and therefore free is a great boost for website programmers like myself.
Of course, I still find challenges (after 30+ years) in programming and I still find it rewarding to get successful results from my programming efforts.
Long may that continue.
Logic counts in programming, of course, and syntax is crucial, but I think understanding your data is the most important thing.
If you understand how your data looks, then (as long as you're a competent programmer) you can probably program almost anything. If you have the good fortune to be able to define your own data then you can make life easier for yourself. The relational database that goes with PHP is MySQL and I have found it as flexible as I need for programming in PHP.
The fact that PHP and MySQL are both open source and therefore free is a great boost for website programmers like myself.
Of course, I still find challenges (after 30+ years) in programming and I still find it rewarding to get successful results from my programming efforts.
Long may that continue.
Thursday 2 January 2014
Be community spirited - fix your PHP bugs
I was browsing "PHP news" on Google and came across this blog - Dragon Be's PHP blog - which exhorted its readers to do something for the community: "update documentation, fix bugs on your favourite project or attend a PHP user group or conference."
Not the usual sort of thing you might be asked to do for the community (I can't see this being on the list of community service projects), but for the PHP community it is a fair request.
Most of the websites I write and maintain are now written in PHP, making the websites dynamic and in most cases giving the website client the opportunity to make their own updates to the website as and when required.
But I will make it an objective in 2014 to update documentation and fix bugs. I also have a project of my own running on my own laptop (a sports simulation which may lead to others...), but it has its own bugs. I know my way around them, but I need to make it bug-free to make it marketable. A 2014 challenge.
As for attending a PHP user group or conference - that's a good idea. Let's Google that...
Not the usual sort of thing you might be asked to do for the community (I can't see this being on the list of community service projects), but for the PHP community it is a fair request.
Most of the websites I write and maintain are now written in PHP, making the websites dynamic and in most cases giving the website client the opportunity to make their own updates to the website as and when required.
But I will make it an objective in 2014 to update documentation and fix bugs. I also have a project of my own running on my own laptop (a sports simulation which may lead to others...), but it has its own bugs. I know my way around them, but I need to make it bug-free to make it marketable. A 2014 challenge.
As for attending a PHP user group or conference - that's a good idea. Let's Google that...
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