NYCPHP Meetup

[Hans Zaunere]

John Lacey wrote:
> 
> David Sklar wrote:
> 
> 
>>
>> Indeed. The first question in the last "general intro to PHP" talk I gave
>> was "I heard that PHP has lots of security problems. What's with 
>> that?!" My
>> answer tried to separate problems with the language with problems in
>> programs written in the language and turn it into a virtue of PHP: 
>> "because
>> it's so easy to learn, beginning programmers often use it and since 
>> they're
>> beginners, they often write programs that aren't as secure and robust as
>> what an experienced programmer would do. But if you're a good programmer,
>> you can write perfectly secure PHP programs."
>>
>> This is a perfect example of a problem PHP has that can only be fixed 
>> with
>> marketing, not with technology.
>>
> 
>  From the "Let's Do Something About It Dept."
> 
> I'm almost finished with moding the phpTest engine for phundamentals 
> quizzes, and I had a thought ( related to time :).
> 
> I would volunteer to *contribute* to a document (html and .pdf) that 
> would be available for downloading from the NYPHP site.  The document 
> would be geared towards the 'marketing aspect' of getting the word out 
> concerning AMP technology and other closely-related areas.  Since I've 
> co-authored about eight technical books ( "semimar" and the use of 
> "site" for "cite" notwithstanding :), I'd be happy to give it a go.
> Ideally, it would be less than 30 pages and pithy.
> 
> Some suggested sections:
> 
> - Executive Summary
> - Company software assets and the GPL
> - Links (Appendix) to Open Source studies (David Wheeler's, others)
> - Overview of AMP technology (pictures, bulleted items)
> - Where the pieces fit and what they can do
> - Where the pieces are not a good fit and why
> - Q & A (for ease of addressing important issues without the verbiage)
> - The compulsory "Interesting Statistics" section (who, where, how much)
> - ...
> 
> 
> It would be an NYPHP branded document (written using OpenOffice.org and 
> exported to .pdf??), with additions as appropriate.
> 
> what do ya'll think?

I very much like this idea, too.  Debunking the myths that surround PHP is vital.

H