From hostmaster at nyphp.com Tue Feb 10 08:24:45 2009 From: hostmaster at nyphp.com (New York PHP) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:24:45 -0500 Subject: [nycphp-announce] pictures@nyphp: flickr For All Message-ID: <00d101c98b82$f0a47990$d1ed6cb0$@com> Hello, Thanks to the help and participation of many community members over the years, we've collected a great set of photos from various events and meetings. Shout outs to Brian and Fernando for getting the flickr group together and importing old images. We'd especially like to thank Mike DeWitt for snapping some of the greatest photos - and adding some of the funniest remarks - along the way. And now you can see them all, in full Web 2.0 splendor, at NYPHP's very own flickr group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/nyphp/ So feel free to browse through yesteryear - and most importantly - snap pictures at future events and throw them into the Group's Pool. Sure flickr is confusing, but hey, it's for the PHP! --- New York PHP User Group Community From hostmaster at nyphp.com Tue Feb 17 10:31:59 2009 From: hostmaster at nyphp.com (New York PHP) Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:31:59 -0500 Subject: [nycphp-announce] nyphp@Sun's CommunityOne, Yasca Static Code Analysis, Zend Framework Circa 2009 Message-ID: <005501c99114$e0064310$a012c930$@com> NYPHP at Sun's CommunityOne East -------------------------------- All, Sun's CommunityOne conference is coming up and there a number of very interesting and relevant talks on PHP, MySQL, Web 2.0, etc. I'll be speaking on "MySQL and PHP - State of the Union" so I'll see you there - and best of all, it's FREE. Announcement is below, as well as the session schedule: Sessions: http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone/2009/east/sessions.jsp Join us March 18-19 at CommunityOne East in New York City for two jam-packed days of education, innovation, and exchange. Evaluate dozens of open-source projects powering leading Web companies, transforming enterprise IT, and enabling next-generation computing. Main conference is free, but space is limited. Register today! http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone/index.jsp?cid=CE9MTE28 I'll see you there, and at the Feb. NYPHP meeting at IBM (details below). --- Hans Zaunere / Managing Member / New York PHP February General Meeting: Yasca Static Code Analysis and the Zend Framework Circa 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------ When: Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php Thanks to Hallmark Holiday Valentines Day, February is all about love. First up, we all love good solid code. So we're pleased to have Michael Scovetta talk on Yasca and static source code analysis. Next, PHP developers love their frameworks and this month NYPHP is pleased to have expert and ZCE Alan Seiden talk tech about peace, love, and the Zend Framework. Yasca - An Open Framework for Automated Source Code Analysis Over the past few years, commercial static analysis tools have matured considerably, now generally providing high-quality results along with features that large enterprises require. On the open-source front, tools including PMD and FindBugs offer good results against Java and C/C++ code, but few other high-quality tools exist. Yasca was created to aggregate the results of other open-source tools and to provide a framework for quickly adding new patterns to scan. It focuses issues related to security, performance, and bad practices within C/C++, Java, PHP, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, COBOL, and other languages. Michael Scovetta recently joined CA as a Principal IT Security Engineer, prior to which he worked for Cigital as a senior consultant and UBS Financial Services as an Information Security Analyst. He has various roles at these organizations including that of a developer, architect, security evangelist, penetration tester, security architect. Michael holds a CISSP certification, a M.Eng. in Computer Science from Cornell University and a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Hofstra University. His personal site is http://www.scovettalabs.com and he is on LinkedIn. Zend Framework Circa 2009 The Zend Framework is known for its flexibility, corporate-friendly licensing, and compatibility with diverse platforms and database systems. This technical presentation by Alan Seiden, a Zend Certified Engineer for Zend Framework, offers guidance for prospective and current users. Developers planning a project will discover what ZF can offer. More experienced users will learn about ZF's recent time saving enhancements. A leader in developing PHP-based web applications on IBM i (System i, i5, iSeries, AS/400), Alan has written many articles on the subject. He served as a consultant for the IBM manual Zend Core for i5/OS. He is senior developer and technical lead at Strategic Business Systems in northern New Jersey. Alan's blog: http://www.alanseiden.com/ 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. Come prepared with a business card to enter book and software raffles. When: Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend - that means RSVP now! --- New York PHP User Group Community http://www.nyphp.org From hostmaster at nyphp.com Mon Feb 23 10:27:42 2009 From: hostmaster at nyphp.com (New York PHP) Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:27:42 -0500 Subject: [nycphp-announce] TOMORROW@nyphp: Yasca Static Code Analysis, Zend Framework Circa 2009 Message-ID: <024501c995cb$4530de20$cf929a60$@com> February General Meeting: Yasca Static Code Analysis and the Zend Framework Circa 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------ When: Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php Thanks to Hallmark Holiday Valentine's Day, February is all about love. First up, we all love good solid code. So we're pleased to have Michael Scovetta talk on Yasca and static source code analysis. Next, PHP developers love their frameworks and this month NYPHP is pleased to have expert and ZCE Alan Seiden talk tech about peace, love, and the Zend Framework. Yasca - An Open Framework for Automated Source Code Analysis Over the past few years, commercial static analysis tools have matured considerably, now generally providing high-quality results along with features that large enterprises require. On the open-source front, tools including PMD and FindBugs offer good results against Java and C/C++ code, but few other high-quality tools exist. Yasca was created to aggregate the results of other open-source tools and to provide a framework for quickly adding new patterns to scan. It focuses issues related to security, performance, and bad practices within C/C++, Java, PHP, HTML/CSS, JavaScript, COBOL, and other languages. Michael Scovetta recently joined CA as a Principal IT Security Engineer, prior to which he worked for Cigital as a senior consultant and UBS Financial Services as an Information Security Analyst. He has various roles at these organizations including that of a developer, architect, security evangelist, penetration tester, security architect. Michael holds a CISSP certification, a M.Eng. in Computer Science from Cornell University and a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Hofstra University. His personal site is http://www.scovettalabs.com and he is on LinkedIn. Zend Framework Circa 2009 The Zend Framework is known for its flexibility, corporate-friendly licensing, and compatibility with diverse platforms and database systems. This technical presentation by Alan Seiden, a Zend Certified Engineer for Zend Framework, offers guidance for prospective and current users. Developers planning a project will discover what ZF can offer. More experienced users will learn about ZF's recent time saving enhancements. A leader in developing PHP-based web applications on IBM i (System i, i5, iSeries, AS/400), Alan has written many articles on the subject. He served as a consultant for the IBM manual Zend Core for i5/OS. He is senior developer and technical lead at Strategic Business Systems in northern New Jersey. Alan's blog: http://www.alanseiden.com/ 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. Come prepared with a business card to enter book and software raffles. When: Tuesday, February 24th at 6:30pm sharp (4th Tuesday of every month) Where: IBM, 590 Madison Avenue, Room 1219 (12th Floor) RSVP: http://www.nyphp.org/rsvp.php You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend - that means RSVP now! --- New York PHP User Group Community http://www.nyphp.org