Welcome to the resources section. Here you will find a growing collection of resources related to various PHP, architecture, and internet technology subjects which I have have found personally useful. Please feel free to contact me if you have comments or suggestions!

Here is a collection of conference presentations I've given over the years at conferences around the world. If you've recently seen a talk of mine and are looking for the matierals chances are if they aren't here yet then they will be shortly (note: sometimes I am unable to put the materials online for various reasons).

All of my conference presentations are hosted at Slide Share and can be viewed right within the browser by clicking on the title.

Available Presentations

• Zend Framework
  Tags: mvc php zend framework library
  Views: 5167
  Description:
  My Zend Framework talk from ZendCon 2006. It discusses Zend Framework, what makes it interesting, and some basic usage
  
  
• Enterprise PHP
  Tags: enterprise php php enterprise php
  Views: 1370
  Description:
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• John's Top PECL Picks
  Tags: php pecl php pecl
  Views: 965
  Description:
  A presentation I gave at PHP Quebec, 2006 on some of the less known and very powerful PECL extensions available for PHP
  
  
• Top 30 Scalability Mistakes
  Tags: scalability coowala-server scalability 30 dicas
  Views: 1612
  Description:
  An extended version of my famed Top 10 Scalability Mistakes talk given at various conferences around the world.
  
  
• Top 10 Scalability Mistakes
  Tags: scalability 10 php zend zend
  Views: 4730
  Description:
  A very successful talk where in I discuss the top 10 failures of organizations I have personally experienced when trying to scale. More than just performance!
  
  
• Ajax and PHP
  Tags: php ajax php ajax php
  Views: 4664
  Description:
  A three hour tutorial I gave at PHP Quebec on the challenges, theory, and concepts behind making asynchronous JavaScript calls for Web 2.0 Applications using PHP
  
  
• Migrating from PHP 4 to PHP 5
  Tags: php|tropics php|tropics 5 migrate php5
  Views: 5440
  Description:
  A talk I gave at php|tropics on the potential risks and challenges when migrating an existing PHP version 4 application to PHP 5
  
  
• Building Dynamic Web Applications on i5 with PHP
  Tags: dynamic i5 development php web
  Views: 2417
  Description:
  A short web cast I gave with Zend's VP of Business Development Mike Pinette targeted at introducing PHP to those who manage IBM i5 servers
  
  
• PHP Security Basics
  Tags: zend security security secruity php
  Views: 2167
  Description:
  A short webinar I gave with Zend on basic security practices when developing PHP applications
  
  
• Enterprise PHP: A Case Study
  Tags: php php php php enterprise
  Views: 7210
  Description:
  These are the slides from my ZendCon 2007 talk on a project we did in Professional Services to basically rebuild from scratch InTicketing's (TicketMaster competitor) e-commerce engine using Zend technologies. It was very well received (not even standing room) and well worth a look!
  
  
• Top 10 Scalability Mistakes
  Tags: tips coowala-server top mistakes alto
  Views: 4179
  Description:
  My Top 10 Scalability Mistakes talk updated for O'Reilly's Open Source Convention in Portland, OR 2008
  
  
• Ria Development With Flex And PHP
  Tags: zendcon08 zend php php php
  Views: 3117
  Description:
  My slides from ZendCon 2008 on Rich Internet Application Development using Zend Framework, PHP, and Adobe Flex.
  
  
• Apache Con 2008 Top 10 Mistakes
  Tags: apachecon08 apachecon08 apachecon08 apachecon apachecon
  Views: 1092
  Description:
  The ApacheCon 2008 version of the Top 10 Scalability Mistakes given in New Orleans, LA this year
  
  
• Ria Applications And PHP
  Tags: php phpquebec development ria phpquebec09
  Views: 1261
  Description:
  My talk on building rich internet applications using Adobe Flex/AIR and PHP/Zend Framework given at the PHP Quebec 2009 Conference
  
  
• Beyond the Browser
  Tags: quebec2009 browser phpquebec09 php ria
  Views: 1943
  Description:
  A brief keynote I gave at PHP Quebec regarding the shift away from the browser for applications and the potential impacts it will have on our development needs as an industry
  
  
• Building PHP Powered Android Applications
  Tags: android phpquebec09 phpquebec php php
  Views: 6210
  Description:
  This is a talk I gave at PHP Quebec 2009 on building Android applications with PHP back-ends. Posted for completeness, the majority of this talk was buried in Android/Java and PHP code.. That said, there are still some useful things in the slides themselves to share.