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Philly PHP April Meetup : Testing in PHP

Apr 2008 29

Tue 6:30 PM

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Estimated attendance: 40 people attended.
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Who organized?
Nathan Gasser

This month we'll have two presentations and a discussion around the topic of Testing in PHP. We'll start with an overview of the concepts behind test driven development, and then examine SimpleTest, a popular PHP testing framework, in detail. For PHP developers exploring testing, SimpleTest is a great place to get started. For Drupal developers who want to write modules for Drupal 7, adding SimpleTest tests will be an important part of contributed modules.

Our speakers for the evening will be Raymond Bokenkamp, Senior Programmer Analyst with the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Owen Winkler with Rock River Star, a Philadelphia-area web development shop specializing in PHP and Drupal development.

We're being hosted by the Drexel Math and Computer Science Society so this will be a great opportunity for working-class PHP developers, hobbyists, and students to mingle and share stories and experiences.

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Who attended?

40 attendees
- Jim
  
  “ This was my first meeting. It was good to be back at my alma mater. The talk was interesting and I may try out SimpleTest. ”
- Jon Lustig
  
  “ Owen's presentation was coherent and interesting, it involved the attendees and had practical examples. The first presenter, by contrast and who was not clearly introduced, spoke vaguely about testing and why it is necessary. Since everyone was there to learn more about testing, I thought this case was clear to them already. ”
- Nathan Gasser
  
  “ Owen's discussion of SimpleTest was very informative. Code examples + stick figures = great talk ”
- Greg Amaroso
  
  “ Good crowd, good presenters, interesting and important topic ”
- Cody Ray
  
  “ The meeting started 45 minutes late. I tried to come for the first hour but only received about 15 minutes of content. On a positive note, the content and delivery seemed superb while I was there. ”
- Owen Winkler
- Howard Ross
- Michael Crawford
- Alex
- susmit
- Jon Claney
- Randy Schmidt
- Tony Green
- Josh Benner
- Pat
- Tom Milewski (+1 guest)
- Stephen Maris
- Howard Tyson
- kaya
- Vess Bakalov (+2 guests)
- Harish Sethu
- Rey Garrido (+1 guest)
- Chris Conley
- Tom Kulzer
- Mark Hunt
- Jim Fitzpatrick
- Jonathan Finnegan
- Matt Eckman
- Bryan Deeney