Zend Framework 2 in the Fast Lane

Zend Framework 2 in the Fast Lane

Learn how to make your Zend Framework 2 (http://framework.zend.com/zf2/) application fly using ESI (Edge Side Includes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Side_Includes)) and Varnish (https://www.varnish-cache.org/) web application accelerator. In today's web applications, personalized sections and data that is frequently updated mean full-page caching is rarely an option. Using ESI and Varnish, we will cache a generic site layout for as long as possible, and have it request personal data and frequently updated data in separate requests. This will result in much better perceived performance and much less load on application servers.

Nicholas Calugar IGN Entertainment

Nick (@socalnick (https://twitter.com/socalnick)) is a Senior Software Engineer at IGN Entertainment (http://www.ign.com). As a member of the Front-end Engineering team, he works on a high traffic Zend Framework based application that IGN uses to serve many of its Internet properties. Recently he has been contributing to Zend Framework 2 while working on the next-gen front-end platform for IGN Entertainment, including one of the first Zend Framework 2 sites in the wild: http://code.ign.com . Nick has been using PHP for over 10-years and Zend Framework for 5-years. In his spare time, Nick is usually out exploring San Francisco's many fine eating and drinking establishments.

Agenda:
6:30 - 7:00 -- Doors open/general socializing & food provided by IGN
7:00 - 7:15 -- Intro/announcements
7:15 - 8:00(ish) -- Main presentation
8:00 - 8:30 -- General discussion/Q&A/networking/etc.
9:00ish -- post-event socializing... aka beers someplace nearby

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