Since this group consists primarily of new members, I've structured the agenda around some of our past topics of discussion. This meeting is more of a meet-n-greet to get a better idea of the direction the group should take.
Introductions
-Experience with PHP
-Site's visited regularly
-Time using PHP
IDE's - What do you use when writing PHP code?
As a PHP developer, how are you making money from PHP?
Clients, Dealing with Feature Creep
-Project Scoping
-Client documentation
Testing
-Why test
-Testing tools
-Unit Tests, PHPUnit
-Selenium
-iMacro (Firefox Plug in)
-Testing Environments
-Local host vs. Live Server
-Cloud Server Usage (Utility Based)
Building vs Buying
-When to build it, when to buy it?
For the more experienced PHP developers, it would be great to have you speak on specific topics for future meetings.
Here is the link to the message board thread containing the links we discussed at this meeting. It was great seeing everyone. See you next month!
http://meetup.phpdetroit.com/messages/boards/thread/86636...![]()
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7 Maybes? Get off the fence! Skip your Saturday morning cartoons! Let's go! :)