NYCPHP Meetup

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NOTE: Meeting location changed to Suspenders.

January General Meeting:
PHP Unit Testing
Introduction to writing testable PHP code
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         Date: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 at 6:30PM (sharp)
     Location: Suspenders Restaurant, 111 Broadway, New York, NY
RSVP Required: http://www.nyphp.org/RSVP/180 (all attendees MUST RSVP)

 Watch Online: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/new-york-php
 Post-Meeting: Stick around for drinks and to celebrate NYPHP's 10th
birthday

Welcome to 2011 - and to New York PHP's 10th year! Not only does 2011 give
us the opportunity to celebrate another trove of binary dates, it marks
NYPHP turning 10 (that's decimal).

A lot has happened in the PHP world - not to mention the whole world - since
NYPHP started a decade ago, and we thank everyone for their past, present
and future support and involvement with this great community. One decade
down, many more to go.

While in a decadal mood, we're also thinking about everyone's favorite
subject - testing. Like your grade school teacher telling you to check your
work, testing is vital for getting on the enlightened path of quality code.
This January, we're pleased to have black-belt-unit-tester Bulat
Shakirzyanov here to whoop us into unit testing shape and usher in our 10th
year.

We're also pleased to broadcast the meeting online - in 3D! (just kidding).
Tune-in Tuesday at 6:30pm:
  -- http://www.ustream.tv/channel/new-york-php

Programmers, no matter what they tell you, don't test only because they
don't know how to do it. Testability needs to be embedded in the code, and
cannot be achieved if is not planned for. That is why I try to explain using
simple examples how to achieve testable, well-written code, and then how to
refactor it, to get rid of duplication and hardly testable code. The talk is
built around the four main properties of the unit test, where I explain how
to achieve each by applying some of the well and not-so-well known
programming techniques.

Bulat Shakirzyanov a.k.a. avalanche123 is software alchemist at OpenSky,
member of the Doctrine Project core team, holds a black belt in test-fu,
Symfony2 fan and contributor, geek and talks about himself in third person.

Read the full description and RSVP at http://www.nyphp.org/

As a service to our community, New York PHP Community meetings are always
free and open to the public.

         Date: Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 at 6:30PM (sharp)
     Location: Suspenders Restaurant, 111 Broadway, New York, NY
RSVP Required: http://www.nyphp.org/RSVP/180 (all attendees MUST RSVP)

 Watch Online: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/new-york-php
 Post-Meeting: Stick around for drinks and to celebrate NYPHP's 10th
birthday

You must RSVP within 30 days of the meeting you attend - that means RSVP
now!

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