Accelerate the ROI of PHP in your Enterprise

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Michael ChengPresident / Founder,

Philosophy in Programming Societymichael.cheng@php.org.sg

(Zend Certified Engineer)

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About Us• Started Singapore PHP User Group in 2006

• Regular monthly meetups since November 2007 (average turn out of 50 members); 700+ members to date.

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PHP Meetup Microsoft Singapore

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PHP Meetup Oracle Singapore

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PHP Meetup Yahoo! Singapore

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Events• 2nd Facebook Developer Garage at

Microsoft Singapore Auditorium (5 March 2008).

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PHP-IBM developerWorks Series

Date: 25 June 2009 / 3 Sept 2009

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The Philosophy in Programming Society

• Registered as Ph.P Society in July 2008.

• Endorsed By:

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• Navigation device

• Points the way / charts the path

• Mission

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Technology Partner

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PHP Programming Course

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Schools Support

SMU, NTU, NUS, NYP, SP,

NP, RP

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Is PHP for YOU?

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YES!

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Benefits• Easy to pick-up. Syntax close to C.

• Motto: “Get Stuff Done Now”.

• Simplicity & Versatility.

• Interpreted not compiled.

• Just upload and its done!

• Support rapid & agile development.

• Ubiquity of web servers that supports PHP.

• Lower TCO.

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Building Blocks of WWW

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Time To Move Up...

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Let’s Build Skyscrapers

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3 Steps to ROI Fast!

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Build The Team

Get The Right Tools

Processes & Frameworks

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1. The Team• Who’s on your team now? Who do you need to

hire? Outsource? Training internally?

• Bulk up on PHP knowledge.

• Trial and error? Can you afford the time?

• Recommendation: PHP Certification to fast-track your learning process.

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Testimonial

Leong Hean HongCBS Interactive (CNET Asia)

NTU GraduateZend Certified Engineer

“The training program has given me much more

confidence in PHP and added capabilities”

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Testimonial

Tham Kong WaiSoftware Engineer (Java, VB & ASP)

Company specializes in embedded systems

“This course has provided me with the technical and real-world knowledge in the relevant areas I need for my job,

especially in areas where I foresee that I would face difficulties with.

The training program is very good and I highly recommend it.”

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Testimonial

Lawrence ChongProject Manager, InfoValues Pte Ltd

Company specializes in customizedopen source KM & CRM solutions

“Understanding the PHP codes has empowered me to make informed

decisions about timeline and deliverables management.

I have a better understanding of how realistic customer requirements are... you

have given me an invaluable tool.”

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PHP Programming(March 2010 Intake Open)

Sat, March 27, 2010

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2. Tools• The right tools help you get productive fast.

• Development Platform:

• Zend Studio

• Eclipse PDT / PHPClipse

• Komodo

• Version Control

• Subversion / GIT

• Unit Testing / Debugging

• PHP Unit, XDebug, Zend Debugger

Step 4 - Tools

Development:

• Eclipse PDT

• Zend Studio

• PhpEd

• Vim

• Komodo

IDE’s versus Editors

• Debugging & Profiling

• Syntax Check

• Cross-Referencing / Navigation

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2. Tools• Recommendations:

• Leverage on current development environment.

• Version control *very* important for teams.

• Debug and test early to avoid problems later in deployment / production environment.

• Automate the testing process as much as possible using unit testing (they call it “sanity check” for a reason).

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2. Tools for Testing• Testing for PHP applications:

• PHPUnit http://www.phpunit.de/

• SimpleTest http://www.lastcraft.com/simple_test.php

• Continuous Integration:

• CruiseControl http://cruisecontrol.sourceforge.net/

• phpUnderControl http://www.phpundercontrol.org/

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2. Tools

Linux

Apache

PHP

Database

• Basic server installation.

Windows

IIS

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3. Processes & Frameworks• Don’t be so eager to jump into coding.

• Data modeling.

• Class diagrams.

• Collaboration diagram.

• Use cases.

• High Level Architectures

• Design Patterns

• SOA

Technical Design

• Modeling

• Class Diagrams

• ER Diagrams (data model)

• Collaboration Diagrams

• Use Cases etc.

• Tools:

• UML

• Whiteboards

Step 3 - Architecture

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3. Processes & Frameworks• Good foundation will help in making your code

more maintainable and scalable.

• SOP & Best Practices

• Use a framework

• Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com)

• CakePHP (http://cakephp.org)

• Symfony (http://www.symfony-project.org)

• Code Ignitor (http://codeigniter.com/)

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3. Processes & Frameworks• Extendable & Customisable Open Source Software

• WordPress, Drupal, Joomla

• Alfresco, SugarCRM, VTiger

• Megento, OSCommerce, ZenCart

• Forces developers to adhere to certain way of doing things. Convention over complex configs.

• Best practices and knowledge easily transferrable when working with frameworks / patterns.

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3. Processes & Frameworks• Recommendations:

• Use a methodology that suits your corporate culture. Agile Methodology isn’t for everyone.

• Rule of Thumb: General PHP knowledge over product knowledge - but deep product knowledge can help you to specialize & value-add.

• Ultimately, go where the demand is. Evaluate carefully, don’t rush into it. Weight the pros and cons and stick to a framework when you have made the decision.

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PHP Programming(March 2010 Intake Open)

Sat, March 27, 2010

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Michael ChengPresident / Founder,

Philosophy in Programming Societymichael.cheng@php.org.sg

(Zend Certified Engineer)