Zend Framework Components Presentation @ DLW08
I’ve just finished my one hour talk at Dynamic Languages Europe titled “Zend Framework Components for Non-Framework Development”. Despite the long name, the presentation’s concept is quite simple: It’s an overview of some of the use-at-will, standalone components of ZF and how you can use them even in a non-ZF application.
The presentation went quite well and the room was full (and hot) - the fact that people actually stood
throughout the presentation shows how popular ZF is nowdays (well, it was a small room - but still
I didn’t have time to go through all the components I planned to (skipped Zend_Json and Zend_Log) but I still feel it was a good session.
You can download the slides here, or see it on Slideshare:
A small recommendation for those of you who present a lot: I used my newly-bought Logitech Cordless Presenter for the first time, and it really helped me. It doesn’t look so sexy (even for a shaver) but it has everything you need - remote control for the slides, laser pointer, timer to manage time (it will vibrate every 5 minutes if you want which I find very useful because I have hard time managing time when I present) and even a button to blank the screen. It connects through USB and is detected like any keyboard - so it worked perfectly with my Linux/OpenOffice and should work with Windows/MS Office and Mac (I suppose) as well.
