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- 03/06/2012
WEBINAR: Performance Tuning PHP on IBM i
OnlineStretching your dollar to maximize your investment in IBM i hardware is paramount to many shops. In this webinar, Mike Pavlak and Alan Seiden discuss some of the more fundamental areas that reveal performance bottlenecks. They will explore hardware, softw - 03/21–22/2012
Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professional Association: Spring Conference
Grand Geneva Resort and Spa, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, USAI'll be presenting four PHP talks, including the new "Web Performance First Aid." Many great speakers at this conference. Come the night before (3/20) for a panel discussion that I'll be on. - 03/29/2012
"Web Performance First Aid" webinar
OnlineIf your web application runs slowly, your reputation and business could suffer. To restore confidence, you must improve performance immediately, because frustrated users might not return to give you a second chance. You need “Web Performance First Aid.” - 05/06/2012 – 05/09/2012
COMMON 2012 annual meeting and exposition
Anaheim, California, USAI've proposed 7 talks (mostly PHP and Zend Framework) for this annual meeting of the COMMON membership and the largest gathering of the Power Systems user community.
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Category Archives: Zend Framework
Zend Framework DB2 adapter for IBM i
I recently received a question about how to use DB2 with Zend Framework on IBM i. Thomas wrote: I would like to start with Zend Framework on i5 [IBM i] with Zend Server and ZF’s DB2 database adapter. I got … Continue reading
NEUGC and COMMON are coming right up
Next week I’ll be in Framingham to present at the Northeast System i Users Groups Conference (NEUGC). In early May, it’s Minneapolis for the COMMON 2011 annual meeting. Here are the dates and places of these great conferences: NEUGC: April … Continue reading
Zend Framework webinar this Wednesday
On March 9, 2011, I’ll present a free webinar about how to create a Zend Framework project on IBM i. The webinar is at 9am PST, 12pm EST. Sign up here: http://www.zend.com/en/company/news/event/790_webinar-your-first-zend-framework-project-on-ibm-i Here’s the complete list of my upcoming talks.
Posted in IBM i, iSeries, PHP, System i, Web development, Zend Framework, Zend Server, Zend Studio
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Zend Framework community is here to help
A list of Zend Framework user groups is now available online: http://framework.zend.com/community/groups. I’m proud to say the list includes my own New York City area Zend Framework Meetup Group, co-founded by Ed Kietlinski and me in 2009, and affiliated with … Continue reading
ZendCon 2010
The 2010 “Zend/PHP Conference” welcomed the full range of the PHP community: open source contributors, small businesses, practitioners of diverse technologies and platforms, including Microsoft Windows, Linux, and IBM i, and the largest names in technology and business: Adobe, GE, … Continue reading
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Zend Framework named among “Best of Open Source Software” for 2010
Infoworld has awarded Zend Framework a “Bossie,” naming ZF one of the top 10 open source application development tools of 2010. Infoworld says: The Zend Framework, from the creators of the PHP runtime, combines a business-friendly open source license with … Continue reading
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My upcoming PHP talks this fall (2010)
Please join me for my IBM i-focused PHP talks this fall. I’ll present these topics: web services with PHP and Zend Framework batch and command-line tasks with PHP RPG-based 5250 applications as the basis for new web applications …all focused … Continue reading
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Two techniques for retrieving SQL from Zend Framework’s database components
Zend Framework’s database components can build and run queries without the developer’s having to touch the underlying SQL. Sometimes, though, developers need the SQL for diagnosing problems or to look for efficiencies. That SQL can be accessed with a choice … Continue reading
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Maximize Zend Server PHP performance with Apache compression
Faster web sites sell more products, create better user satisfaction, and even rank higher in Google searches. Try compression to boost the download speed of your Zend Server for IBM i pages. You can compress PHP output javascript, style sheets, and other text-based content. My tests show a speed improvement of 10-50%. Continue reading
Posted in Apache, IBM i, iSeries, Performance, PHP, System i, Web development, Zend Framework, Zend Server
Tagged compression, Firebug, gzip, mod_deflate, speed
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See me speak about web services and Zend Framework
Join me at at Long Island PHP on June 7, 2010, where I’ll present a case study showing how I integrated Windows-based data into an IBM i-based application using SOAP with Zend Framework. The principles are the same no matter … Continue reading
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