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PHP April 2010 Meetup

SGEntrepreneurs — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:28:33 +0000

The Singapore PHP User Group will be holding their April 2010 meetup this 27th April. Topics include the Windows Azure Platform and the Alternative PHP Cache.

Topics

1) Building PHP Applications using Windows Azure Platform

Presenter: Jonathan Wong
Technology Evangelist from the Microsoft Innovation Centre in Singapore.

He works with partners, customers and developers to help them innovate and build cool things with Microsoft technologies. Currently, his technology focus is on Windows Azure and the Microsoft Cloud.

The Windows Azure platform has been built from the ground up with interoperability in mind, supporting multiples languages and development tools to build applications which run on Windows Azure and/or integrate with other cloud platforms or on-premises components. Come learn how to run your PHP and MySQL applications on Windows Azure using open source tools & SDKs while taking advantage of new Windows Azure features.

2) Intro to the Alternative PHP Cache (APC)

Presenter: Tang Chin Yong- A web engineer at Alexa 2000 company.

Chin Yong had worked in a startup and managed a local news site previously. While PHP remains his chief tool, he believes in learning about other language and has been dabbling with Python. Catch him on Twitter and over at ThinkingNectar.

The Alternative PHP Cache (APC) is a free and open opcode cache for PHP. Its goal is to provide a free, open, and robust framework for caching and optimizing PHP intermediate code.

Sponsors

Ranosys Technologies Pte Ltd (Refreshment)
Microsoft Singapore (Venue)

Event Details

Date: Tuesday, 27th April 2010
Time: 7:30pm – 10:30pm
Where: Microsoft Singapore Auditorium, Level 21, One Marina Boulevard, NTUC Centre

RSVP here (Facebook).

Singapore PHP User Group Meetup – Nov 2009

SGEntrepreneurs — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:03:31 +0000

The Singapore PHP User Group will have a meetup on 3 Nov 2009 (Tuesday) from 7:30pm – 9.30 pm in Microsoft Singapore (Address: 22 Floor, One Marina Boulevard, NTUC Centre). The focus of this event will be on mobile-web development focusing on iPhone, Android and PhoneGap. If you are interested in turning up for the event, please RSVP to their event invite via Facebook.

Program for November Meetup

1) Intro to Building Native iPhone Apps
Presenters: Sasmito Adibowo, Basil Salad Software

2) Intro to Building Android Apps
Presenter: Leong Hean Hong, Software Engineer, CBS Singapore
Basic overview of the Android development environment and how you can build PHP web services for Android OS.

3) Mobile Web Apps with PhoneGap
Presenter: Michael Cheng, Philosophy in Programming Society
Building cross mobile platform web apps using the PhoneGap framework.

Sponsor:
Venue: Microsoft Singapore

Singapore PHP User Group Meetup – May 2009

SGEntrepreneurs — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:52 +0000

The Singapore PHP User Group will have a meetup on Wednesday, May 6, 2009 (Wednesday) from 7:30pm – 10:00pm in Oracle Singapore (Address: 6, Temasek Boulevard, Suntec Tower 4, #18-01). If you are interested in turning up for the event, please RSVP to their event invite via Facebook.

Program for May Meetup
1) Oracle Database Fundamentals for PHP Developers
Speaker: Mr Blair Layton, Senior Manager – Developer Program, Oracle

2) Using SQL Developer with MySQL and Oracle

3) Deploying Oracle Database to the Amazon Cloud with live demo of PHP Application Scalability

Open Call for Volunteers / Speakers: We’re on the lookout for volunteers and speakers for our monthly meetups and year-end events. Do email us at meetup@php.com.sg. Many thanks.

Sponsor: Oracle Singapore

Developers’ Communities in Singapore

Bernard Leong — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:28:18 +0000

For those who are involved with IT entrepreneurship in Singapore, depending on what platform you are working on, you might want to check out the different communities of developers in Singapore. From iPhone development to PHP User Group, these communities have organized their own activities every month to attract and gather enthusiasts in Singapore to communicate with each other. We have also included the champions who are involved with these developer groups in this article. If you are keen to develop yourself further in the development platform you are working on, perhaps, these groups might be of help to you.

CocoaHeads: CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer’s Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X as well as the iPhone/iPod Touch. During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics. The community has met up for the first time recently in iShop, Cineleisure. For those who want to get involved with iPhone apps development, the champion for CocoaHeads (Singapore Chapter), Eric Dunivant has started a new site, CoreiPhone, which contains resources to help those who want to get their apps developed, known and heard.

Singapore PHP User Group: The group (Facebook) was established in 2006 by Michael Cheng (who is also the champion for PHP User Group). PHP (recursive acronym for “PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor”) is a widely-used Open Source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Currently, they are the most active developers’ group and have organized monthly meetings in Microsoft, Oracle and SMU. Recently, they have evolved into a society and now they offered paid courses to allow PHP developers to obtain certification. They have also been involved in organizing events such as Facebook Developers Garage II and Barcamp Singapore II: Maps and Mobile last year with E27. In their main site, you can find videos of the seminars given by PHP developers in different areas from developing wordpress plugins to Microsoft Silverlight.

Python User Group: This Group is created with the objective of promoting the use of Python programming language in Singapore and beyond. They have held their 2nd meeting recently in SMU and is relatively a newcomer to the developer user groups. Known Python user include Michael Lim (Comiqs).

Singapore Flex Group: The Singapore Flex Usergroup aims to bridge its members with both local and international Flex gurus. They have organized monthly meetings for those who are interested in flash development and also they have done the recent RIAction event in Microsoft. Their current champion is Shunjie (Seesmic).

Singapore Ruby Brigade: This is a group for Ruby/ Rails enthusiasts in the tropical isle. Currently, their monthly gatherings are held in Yahoo!. They have been around for a while with prominent developers such as Harryanto (Bookjetty) and Choon Keat (SharedCopy). Their current champion is Jason Ong.

Creative Crew Singapore: Creative Crew is the official Adobe User Group for Photoshop and After Effects. Based in Singapore, Creative Crew (FB Group) has the aim to share and spread techniques and tutorials for both Print and Video. The User Group meets every second Tuesday of the month in a Live Meeting. The champions of the group include Stefano Virgilli (Ultimate Video Fx Pte Ltd) and Carlsson Chee (Rephlexion Designs.).

Code Android Singapore: CodeAndroid.org, is part of the Android Developer and User Group created to help Android users as well as developers from Singapore, Malaysia and our APAC countries to learn about the platform (API), latest news, reviews about development in Android. The champion for this user group is Zi Yong.

SGDotNet: The defacto Singapore .NET Developer Group. They are a Singapore based user group formed to discuss about IT related topics, focusing mainly on .NET platform. The group is made up of IT Professionals from all walks of life and from all corners of the world. Most of our members are based in Singapore, but we have valuable members from other countries and their mission is to help motivated developers discover the best ways to use .NET Technology. Their gatherings are typically held in Microsoft Singapore Pte Ltd @One Marina Boulevard.

If there are other groups out there who would like to be featured, do send us an email here in SGE. SGE has also helped to publicize free events organized by these IT developer groups as well, and will help those who need to get the message out.

Workshop: PHP Certification and Programming

SGEntrepreneurs — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:48:29 +0000

The Philosophy in Programming Society (Ph.P Society) presents certification courses and workshops in PHP programming for you to keep yourself up to date.

Programming Foundation Courses and Certification:

• PHP Zend Certification Course
• Introduction to Python and Django
• Introduction to Ruby and Ruby on Rails

Workshops for March 2009:

2-March – Introduction to PHP Content Management System
6-March – PHP Frameworks: A Primer
9-March – Advanced CMS: Drupal Module Development
13-March – Advanced CMS: WordPress Plugins Development
16/17-March – Web 2.0 Mastery: Foundation Course
20-March – How to Start Your Own Blog Shop!
23-March – Building Rich Internet Applications: Javascript Frameworks
27-March – Advanced CMS: Joomla Extension Development

View the March schedule.

Use the coupon code sge1 when you check out to enjoy the following discounts:

1) PHP Certification Course
- $200 off the list price (~~$1,888~~ $1,688)
- Sign up for the courses here.

2) Programming Workshops
- $100 off the original list price (SGE readers get the early bird price!)
- Sign up for workshops here.

Singapore PHP User Group Meetup – Feb 2009

SGEntrepreneurs — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:19:55 +0000

The Singapore PHP User Group will have a meetup on 26 Feb 2009 (Thursday) from 7:30pm – 10:00pm in Oracle Singapore (Address: 6, Temasek Boulevard, Suntec Tower 4, #18-01). If you are interested in turning up for the event, please RSVP to their event invite via Facebook.

Program for February Meetup

PHP CMS vs PHP Frameworks: When to use them
Presenter: Michael Cheng, President, Ph.P Society

Synopsis: We all develop web projects, but when do we use an CMS and when do we build something from scratch? What are the benefits of an Open Source CMS vs a Closed Source CMS? What are the differences between different frameworks?

Open Call for Volunteers / Speakers: We’re on the lookout for volunteers and speakers for our monthly meetups and year-end events. Do email us at meetup@php.com.sg. Many thanks.

Sponsor: Oracle Singapore

Singapore PHP User Group Meetup – Dec 2008

SGEntrepreneurs — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:02:43 +0000

The Singapore PHP User Group will have a meetup on 18 Dec 2008 (Thursday) from 7:30pm – 10:00pm in Microsoft Singapore (Address: 22 Floor, One Marina Boulevard, NTUC Centre). If you are interested in turning up for the event, please RSVP to their event invite via Facebook.

Programme:

Software development the Wiki Way – Nelson Ko, President and CEO, Citadel Rock Online Communities Inc. – How agile software development philosophies overlap with wiki philosophy, and how it is applied in the context of an open source project like TikiWiki.
Silverlight 2.0 – Apurva Lawale, Web Developer Evangelist, Microsoft Singapore

About The Speaker:

Nelson is the President and CEO of Citadel Rock Online Communities Inc., a company providing online collaboration and social media solutions for customer support, events, and alliance coordination. He is an admin of the TikiWiki open source community, which develops the software behind Citadel Rock’s solutions. He is also the development lead for Firefox Support at Mozilla, a pioneer in open source customer support.

Nelson has previously held positions in organizations such as Hewlett-Packard, and Singapore Telecom, and successfully architected leading-edge solutions brought to market across the world for companies such as Trans World International Interactive and Telstra.

Nelson holds a M.A. Economics degree from the University of Toronto, graduated with top honours in Economics from the National University of Singapore, and is currently working on a dissertation “Knowledge flows and social capital in wiki communities” in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University.

Open Call for Volunteers / Speakers
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We’re on the lookout for volunteers and speakers for our monthly meetups and year-end events. Do email us at meetup@php.com.sg. Many thanks.

Sponsor
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Venue:
Microsoft Singapore

Refreshments:
Citadel Rock Online Communities Inc.

Singapore PHP User Group Meetup – Nov 2008

SGEntrepreneurs — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 08:44:24 +0000

The Singapore PHP User Group will have a meetup on 18 Nov 2008 (Tuesday) from
7:30pm – 10:00pm in Microsoft Singapore (Address: 22 Floor, One Marina Boulevard, NTUC Centre). There will be a demo on a new product “Friendshipr” by Sanchit Bareja & Vishnu Prem (NUS High School), a talk entitled “Overview: Building Web Services with PHP” by Michael Cheng, President, Ph.P Society and “Silverlight & Windows 7″ by Chris Ismael, Developer Evangelist, Developer & Platform Evangelism, Microsoft Singapore. If you are interested in turning up for the event, please RSVP to their event invite via Facebook.

Singapore PHP User Group Meetup – August 2008

SGEntrepreneurs — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:00:58 +0000

The theme for this month is “Let’s Bake Cakes”, and if you are a PHP fan, the focus is on CakePHP. The date for this PHP User Group meetup is on Thursday, August 21, 2008, from 7:30pm – 10:00pm and the location is Microsoft Singapore, NTUC Centre, 22nd Floor, One Marina Boulevard. The topics will be “Intro to CakePHP” by Frederick and “Power-Up Your CakePHP Application” by Michael Cheng. If you like to come for this event, you can RSVP through Facebook.

Open Call for Volunteers / Speakers
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We’re on the lookout for volunteers and speakers for our monthly meetups and year-end events. Do email us at meetup@php.com.sg. Many thanks.

Singapore PHP User Group Meetup – July 2008

SGEntrepreneurs — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:46:17 +0000

The theme for the event is “Something big is brewing…”. So what is going to happen to the Singapore PHP User Group from here? If you want to know, do attend the coming the Singapore PHP User Group Meetup by RSVP here in Facebook. The event will be held next Wednesday July 9 2008, in Microsoft Singapore. Other than the major announcement, a session for “Introduction to Cake PHP” is happening too.

Here are the details for the event:

Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Time: 7:30pm – 10:00pm
Location: Microsoft Singapore, NTUC Centre, 22nd Floor, One Marina Boulevard

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+++ Program for July Meetup +++

1) Launch of PHP Society

Presenter: Michael Cheng, President, PhP Society

2) Intro to CakePHP

Open Call for Volunteers / Speakers
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We’re on the lookout for volunteers and speakers for our monthly meetups and year-end events. Do email us at meetup@php.com.sg. Many thanks.

Sponsors
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Venue:
Microsoft Singapore

Prizes:
Zend Technologies Ltd
http://www.zend.com