January Meeting – PHP 5.3 Certification Info

We’re going to go over PHP 5.3 certification and, if Roger has time, some MySQL certification information.

As an added bonus, if you make it to the meeting we’ll be giving away a ticket to php|architect’s Virtual git Summit (February 1st) as well as a coupon for a free edition of the new eBook “The Grumpy Programmer’s Guide to Building Testable Applications in PHP.”

You can find out more information about our giveaways here:

Like always, we’ll be meeting in room E292 at Northwest State Community College, and starting around 5:30 PM.

Hope to see you there!

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November Meeting – Zend Framework

This month we have a few changes. We’ll be doing one presentation with a Q&A session afterwards, as well as moving the meeting time up to 5:30pm. We will still meet at Northwest State Community College in room E292 though, so you know where to find us!

You can RSVP over on our Facebook Event, and while you’re there you can also Like our FB page!

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September Meeting – PHP Security and Rich Client Interfaces

The votes are in! This month we’ll be going over PHP security and building rich client interfaces!

PHP Security
PHP is a great language for getting your project up and running quickly, but sometimes security takes a back seat in the interest of getting things done. We’ll go over some PHP security essentials that you should always take into account to protect you, your clients, and your servers.

Building Rich Client Interfaces
Websites have moved from static brochure sites to interactive, real-time applications. Twitter, Facebook, and many others provide an interface that works very much like a real application. We’ll use Javascript and PHP to build a rich client interface that will make your site much more dynamic.

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July Meeting – Joomla and PHP Template Systems

Come and join the Northwest Ohio PHP User Group on July 26, 2011 at 7pm at the Northwest State in Archbold Ohio, room E292. What are we going to go over this month?

Extending Joomla! User Profiles

NWO-PUG member Bud Manz will go over extending the Joomla! user profile for added flexibility.

PHP Templating Systems

PHP is a templating system, but what happens when you have to work with people that don’t know PHP, or you want to separate out PHP logic from presentation? Chris Tankersley will go over different template systems that are available, but from a framework perspective as well as stand alone.

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June Meeting – Joomla and PHP Template Systems

Meeting has been cancelled.

Come and join the Northwest Ohio PHP User Group on June 21, 2011 at 7pm at the Filling Home in Napoleon, OH. What are we going to go over this month?

Extending Joomla! User Profiles

NWO-PUG member Bud Manz will go over extending the Joomla! user profile for added flexibility.

PHP Templating Systems

PHP is a templating system, but what happens when you have to work with people that don’t know PHP, or you want to separate out PHP logic from presentation? Chris Tankersley will go over different template systems that are available, but from a framework perspective as well as stand alone.

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May Meet and Greet

This month we’re going to forgo the normal presentation route and replace it with food and drink. Come and join us at Buffalo Wild Wings in Defiance, OH at 7pm on the 17th instead of our normal meeting place. Please RSVP on the mailing list so we can gauge how large of a table we’ll need.

In addition to talking shop, we’ll be giving away a coupon for a free e-book from O’Reilly Media. Show up and a computer will randomly determine who gets the coupon!

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April Meeting – CMS Shootout

Come and join the Northwest Ohio PHP User Group on April 26, 2011 at 7pm at the Filling Home in Napoleon, OH. What are we going to go over this month?

CMS Shootout – Joomla! vs Drupal

As a result of last month’s meeting, we’re going to hold a shootout to go over two of the bigger Content Management Systems out there – Joomla! and Drupal. Both offer a framework for building more than just simple blog systems, so which one is best? Come and find out which one will fit better for you as a developer.

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March Meeting

Come and join the Northwest Ohio PHP User Group on March 15, 2011 at 7pm at the Filling Home in Napoleon, OH. What are we going to go over this month?

Enterprise Workflows When You Aren’t an Enterprise

No matter what language you use, developing code is the same – spec, code, deploy, maintain. The Big Boys have teams to manage each task, but what happens when you don’t? We’ll go over some different methods for maintaining internal and external programs that are cheap, open source, and make your life easier.

Introduction to Drupal

Drupal is one of the most used Content Management systems available, powering everything from small blogs all the way to government websites. We’ll go over the different parts of Drupal and how it ticks.

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