PenLUG tomorrow!! Topic: PHP

Wed Feb 22 11:41:22 PST 2006

Hey everyone - sorry for the delay in getting out the announcement but
we have a great meeting scheduled for tomorrow and I hope you can make
it!

WHO: Jack Herrington
WHAT: PHP Application Development Fundamentals, with a few tips and
tricks thrown in
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 23, 7-9pm
WHERE: Open Country, 1301 Shoreway Rd Suite 211, Belmont, CA 94002
WHY: To learn and socialize with other fans of Linux and open source

NEW LOCATION: Note that since last month we are now meeting at the
offices of Open Country in Belmont, who are also graciously providing
us with FREE FOOD and BEVERAGES so bring your appetite as well.

NEW ROOM: We will be meeting in a new, larger room, in a different
part of the building from last month.  Be sure to pay attention to
directions given at the entrance when you arrive.

Our topic is "PHP" and the scheduled speaker is Jack Herrington,
author of several books including "PHP Hacks" from O'Reilly.  Jack
says: "I'll cover the basics of PHP; how it works, the fundamentals of
the syntax and the language design. Then I'll cover how to develop
robust web applications using the built-in functions and objects, as
well as libraries freely available through the PEAR network. Time will
be left at the end of the presentation for questions and answers."

Jack Herrington is an software engineer and author. He has written
three books; Code Generation in Action, Podcasting Hacks and PHP
Hacks. He writes a PHP series on IBM's Developerworks site, as well as
articles on a variety of topics for other sources. He also podcasts
for O'Reilly and edits the Code Generation Network. He lives in Union
City, California with his wife Lori, daughter Megan, and dogs Oso and
Sadie. In his spare time Jack reviews technology books and is ranked
the #150 reviewer in the world on Amazon.com.

RSVP: not required, but send a note to rsvp at penlug.org if you can, so
we have an idea of how many people to expect.

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