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October User Group:: Selecting A PHP Framework

video cassette How many of us have searched Source Forge for a project that appears to fit our needs only to find there's no community or documentation behind it; or the code is really poorly written; or the project is about to fork...Sometimes selecting an open source project is like renting B-grade movies at the video store; it's not so much the cost that concerns you, but rather the time wasted if you select a dog.

Please join BostonPHP on October 5th at 6:30PM (more) when Seth Aaronson will moderate a panel discussion on how to select a robust PHP framework culminating in a "PHP framework bake-off".

BostonPHP members will showcase their respective frameworks:

Justin Hannus - founder of Opifex;
Nate Abele - core developer of Cake, and
Chuck Hagenbuch - founder of HORDE

Each framework will develop a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) catalog application (e.g. products and categories) that generates multiple formats (xhtml + some xml, etc).

This presentation will become the foundation of future bake-off/presentations (e.g. Zend, Drupal, Symfony) and the basis of an upcoming article in php|architect.

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November User Group:: AJAX update

Ajax Bleach can Without a doubt, the concepts behind AJAX are providing the catalyst to move the web from its old clunky "send it all back the server for an update" into the thick client "desktop" feel the average computer user has come to expect.

Earlier this year we heard from the AJAX community to get a primer and snapshot of where the technology sat (click here for a meeting summary). This time around we're going to listen to two more players in the AJAX space:

Dojo - Dojo is the Open Source Javascript toolkit that makes professional web development better, easier, and faster.
JackBe - JackBe is the first to integrate the flexibility and reusability of SOA with the desktop-like interactivity of Ajax to deliver complete Rich Enterprise Applications (REA).

This should be a great opportunity to hear more about the technology and cut through all the hype to determine if AJAX is moving to prime time, or is it just another page in the browser wars (e.g. redundant code that relies upon the agent type in the HTTP header).

We're leveraging the presence of the AJAX Experience in Boston - please mark your calendars (note this not our normal date).