Archive for September 8th, 2006

Zend Developer Zone: A Review of “Scalable Internet Architectures”

PHP Developer - September 8th, 2006

The Zend Developer Zone has posted a review of Theo Schlossnagle’s book from the Developer’s Library series “Scalable Internet Architectures”.

I had the pleasure of meeting Theo Schlossnagle at OSCON 2006. He gave me 30 minutes to peek inside his brain and do an interview. 30 minutes just was not enough time. So when I received his latest book in the mail I was excited. Finally a chance to get more in-depth on some of the topics we covered. I’ve taken the time to collect my thoughts for you here so you can decide whether this book is a good one for you.

Cal talks about how he hated the book (from a reviewer’s perspective, not a developer), the contents of the book, and his personal favorite section - “Distributed Databases are Easy, Just Read the Fine Print”. His only critism is that the book seems to come across in a “demanding” tone (misunderstood by those that don’t know Theo’s style as just being matter of fact).

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Job Posting: National Auto Warranty Seeks PHP Web App Developer

PHP Developer - September 8th, 2006
Company National Auto Warranty Services/Dealer Services
Location Wentzville (St. Louis), MO
Title PHP Web Application Developer
Summary National Auto Warranty Services/Dealer Services is an extended auto warranty dealer with a thriving sales staff and an exciting vision. NAWS is looking for an experienced PHP web application developer to help manage internal, open source web application projects.
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Job Posting: National Auto Warranty Seeks MySQL DBA

PHP Developer - September 8th, 2006
Company National Auto Warranty Services/Dealer Services
Location Wentzville (St. Louis), MO
Title MySQL DBA
Summary National Auto Warranty Services/Dealer Services is an extended auto warranty dealer with a thriving sales staff and an exciting vision. NAWS is looking for an experienced MySQL DBA to help manage internal, open source web application projects.
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DC PHP Conference: Speaker List/Schedule Announced

PHP Developer - September 8th, 2006

The DC PHP Conference has officially announced the conference schedule and lineup for their upcoming conference.

Included in the list are well known speakers like:

  • Adam Trachtenberg, the senior manager of Platform Evangelism at eBay.
  • Laura Thomson, Director of Web Development at OmniTI, Inc.
  • Chris Shiflett, author of the critically-acclaimed Essential PHP Security (O’Reilly)
  • And Rasmus Lerdorf will be giving Friday’s Keynote Address on “Getting Rich with PHP 5″

Keep checking back, too - more speakers will be added to the list as time goes by.

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Job Posting: exhibit-E Seeks Interactive Developer

PHP Developer - September 8th, 2006
Company exhibit-E
Location New York, NY
Title Interactive Developer
Summary We’re a lean interactive design firm located in SoHo, Manhattan looking for an Interactive Developer to join our team. You should excel at standards compliant HTML and Javascript coding and be proficient PHP, Smarty, Actionscript, MySQL and source control. You should value creating a long-term relationship with a small, but forward thinking company. Interest in Flex 2 and systems administration is a plus. This is a full time, in-office job.
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