PHP UK Conference Courses

The Diabolical Developer

Uncover the truth behind industry practices and rediscover your passion for development with Martijn Verburg's humorous and insightful keynote on breaking free from conventional wisdom.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Monitoring at Scale - Intuitive Dashboard Design

Explore intuitive dashboard design for large-scale monitoring, focusing on cognitive science principles to create effective visualizations that aid quick decision-making and system health evaluation.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Planning to Fail

Explore strategies for building highly available PHP systems through failure planning, technology choices, design patterns, and simulations.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

You Can't Optimize What You Can't Measure

Explore tools and techniques for monitoring PHP applications in production, detecting code and business-logic issues, and analyzing metrics to ensure optimal performance and functionality.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Usability for Developers

Learn essential user experience principles and practical techniques to enhance usability in web development, including effective testing methods for site and application improvement.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

OpenStreetMap for the Web

Explore OpenStreetMap's rich dataset, APIs for map tiles, search, routing, and location. Learn about storage, searching, and map-making theory for web applications.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Realtime Web Apps in the Wild

Explore the evolution and current state of real-time web technologies, including WebSockets and popular solutions, with practical demonstrations and use cases beyond chat applications.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Scaling with HipHop

Explore HipHop, Facebook's open-source PHP compiler, offering significant speed improvements and core feature support. Learn its benefits and implementation strategies for enhanced performance.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

PHP Extensions

Intense introduction to writing custom PHP extensions, bridging PHP with C/C++ libraries. Covers core concepts and may include HipHop extensions if time allows.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Cranking Nginx Up to 11

Explore advanced Nginx features beyond basic web serving: Memcached/Redis integration, proxy functionality, GeoIP, Lua scripting, MogileFS, headers manipulation, and database querying for enhanced performance and functionality.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Coding, Deploying, and Scaling with AWS

Hands-on walkthrough of building a PHP application stack in AWS, from deploying a Silex app to Elastic Beanstalk to integrating various AWS services. Includes practical configuration tips and real-world examples.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Small Data - Machine Learning

Discover how machine learning can solve real-world problems, like filtering Twitter mentions. Learn practical ML techniques and get inspired to apply them in your own projects.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Looking Ahead - PHP 5.5

Explore upcoming PHP 5.5 features including Generators, new password API, and deprecated elements. Learn to write idiomatic code for the latest version.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

Bottleneck Analysis

In-depth guide on identifying and resolving bottlenecks in web applications, covering tools, real-life scenarios, and result interpretation for improved scalability.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk

API Design - It's Not Rocket Surgery

Comprehensive guide to API design beyond REST, covering resource-centric URLs, HTTP verbs, metadata handling, and documentation for a flexible, user-friendly interface.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• On-Demand
• Conference Talk