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: framework programming zend-framework zend php
  Views: 5169
  Description:
  My Zend Framework talk from ZendCon 2006. It discusses Zend Framework, what makes it interesting, and some basic usage
  
  
• Enterprise PHP
  Tags: enterprise enterprise php php php
  Views: 1370
  Description:
  No Description Available
  
  
  
• John's Top PECL Picks
  Tags: pecl pecl php php
  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: dicas scalability zend 30 php
  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: mysql scalability top zend scalability
  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 php quebec 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 migrating php4 php php|tropics
  Views: 5441
  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: building i5 applications with development
  Views: 2419
  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: security php basics security security
  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 inticketing php enterprise php
  Views: 7215
  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: architecture scalability coowala-server eg oscon
  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: php flex adobe zendcon08 php
  Views: 3122
  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 apachecon apachecon08 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: phpquebec09 ria php development phpquebec
  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: phpquebec browser php phpquebec09 quebec2009
  Views: 1944
  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: php phpquebec09 phpquebec android php
  Views: 6227
  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.