Thoughts and ideas on Laravel, PHP, and Web Development
I presented this talk yesterday on the phpXperts seminar 2010 – the largest PHP group in Bangladesh. My objective was to give a quick overview on project structure, development practices and use of tools to improve the overall quality of the PHP projects.
So here goes the presentation:
I presented this talk on the Soft Expo 2010 – the largest software fair in Bangladesh. The intention was to clear some of the misconception about PHP, the growth of PHP, how it can fit in the enterprise now, etc.
After these, I shed light on some topics that a company/developer should keep in mind in order to write good software in PHP. This was followed by live session on caching, mysql query optimization, use of Xdebug, etc.
So here goes the presentation:
And a big thanks to Ivo Jansch’s “PHP in the real wolrd” presentation, from where I took inspiration.
Cheers!
The first ever “Facebook Developer Garage” took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh and I am proud to be a part of it. I was one of the speakers of this spectacular event organized by Facebook and IBT bangladesh. I spoke about the recently released Open Stream API from Facebook. It was more of an overview rather than a detail one. Here goes the slides:
I have created a quick start example which outlines both Facebook Connect and the Open Stream API. You can check that here. A blog post covering the steps is coming soon in 3-4 days.
Stay tuned if you have interest in them.
Cheers
At last the phpXperts seminar on “Current Web Trends” have taken place and I was one of the speakers there. Among all the topics, mine was a bit suggestive and naturally a bit less exciting. I spoke about how to become a PHP ninja – what are the characteristics they posses, what are the tools they use, what are the paths they follow etc. It’s actually a follow-up of one of my blog posts: “Becoming a kick-ass PHP ninja“.
Here goes the slides:
All the other slides, pictures, and videos are available here.
Enjoy!
Today I facilitated this workshop on Freelancing, organized by BDjobs.com. The primary focus of the workshop was to introduce the concept of freelancing to the attendee’s as well as to provide them with a general hands-on path on how to start freelancing. The total workshop covered a variety of sections starting from freelancing overview, freelance site reviews, tips on building a professional profile, the bidding process, tips on successful bidding, client management techniques, payment pitfalls, payment methods, etc.
You can download the presentation file here in two formats: PDF and Powerpoint.
The full workshop description is provided below. If you’re interested in attending the next workshop on April, get in touch with BDjobs.com.