Christopher Pitt
Writer and coder, working at ringier.co.za
Maintaining open source is a bit like being a monk. You give up your time and effort for "the greater good", and often have to deal with rudeness and entitlement along the way. It doesn't have to be like that. I want to talk to you about the how and why of creating open source code. Together, we'll look at what a good open source library looks like, and how it can pay for itself.
You've probably been to a couple talks, about how to do "asynchronous things" with PHP. What the experts don't tell you is that the hard part starts when you need to build an application. Sure, there are tools for starting an HTTP server or connecting to a web socket. But what about when you need to write to a database or send an email. You go searching for good tutorials, and all you get is API documentation; about how to use each component in isolation. Say goodbye to that frustration. In this workshop, I'm going to show you how to build an entirely asynchronous, high-concurrency PHP application. We'll bring those isolated components together, to build a real application.