This month we have Marco Ceppi who will be talking about source control systems.

Description:
Source Control and php Development: A brief comparative of Centralized
Source Control v. Distributed Source Control then a more in-depth look on how Distributed Source Control (Primarily Git) can play a vital role to not only a team/large project initiative but to individual developers/projects

Some Topics that will be covered;

• Philosophy of Source Control
• Why do I need source control
• Centralized Source Control (Ye Elders of the past)
• Distributed Source Control (Young warriors of the future)
• Git (Thundercats HO!)
• Why use Git?
• How Git works
• Basics
• Workflows
• Real world applications
• GitHub (Not just for Ruby people)
• Other Distributed Source Control tools

About the Speaker:
I'm Marco Ceppi, I'm 22, I work at Danya International, Inc as Senior Linux System Administrator and Lead Developer. I am also acting Source Control Manager (SCM) for all LAMP projects. I've been using Git for about two and half years now and prior to that I used SVN and regrettably CVS.

Giveaway:
This is what we have to give away thanks to Github! You can thank them on twitter @github

The August meetup is just around the corner.

Remember that the date for this month is August 18th @ 7pm. You can find more details at http://www.meetup.com/DC-PHP/calendar/13958181/

This Month we have Andrew Nacin talking about WordPress 3.0

Talk Description:
It took less than six weeks after its release in June for WordPress 3.0 to reach 10 million downloads. What makes this platform so popular for users and developers alike? This talk will focus on how to leverage what 3.0 brought to the table -- powerful CMS capabilities in one hand, and blog networks in the other -- and a look at what's next for the increasingly powerful platform.

About the Speaker:
Andrew Nacin is an independent WordPress consultant in Washington, D.C., and since Feburary, a WordPress core developer and committer. He likes fast development cycles, prefers decisions over options, and blogs at http://andrewnacin.com

You can RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/DC-PHP/calendar/13958181/

Next meetup is July 14th 7:00pm at Fathom Creative

This month Brandon Savage will present a talk on,

Micro Optimize This!
Every few months someone writes a blog post about the virtues of micro optimizing PHP applications. But does it really help? In this talk we focus on some of the more popular micro optimizations in the PHP world, and discuss some tried and true optimization techniques that really do improve processing time and user experience.

A little bit about Brandon
Brandon Savage is an experienced developer with nearly five years of PHP and MySQL development expertise. With a portfolio ranging from The Pickens Plan to Greenpeace, Brandon is experienced with high volume, high performance websites, performance tuning, and a variety of tricks and techniques for dealing with large databases and high user counts. Brandon resides in Washington, DC and owns Blueprint DC. He can be found blogging at http://www.brandonsavage.net/

You can RSVP and find more information about this event at http://www.meetup.com/DC-PHP/calendar/13763836/

June's DCPHP Meeting is just around the corner.

This month Keith Casey will be presenting "Functional Flex in Fifty"

Description: Professionally, there are few things more intimidating than starting a new language. The structure is different, the keywords are different, and the process is different. Overall, this tends to add up to annoyance and frustration from mistakes that can quickly be fixed. This presentation will give you an overview of the environment and get you up to speed on a few common tasks.. so you can spend your time making more creative mistakes.

When: June 9th 2010 @ 7:00pm

Where: Fathom Creative 1333 14th Street Northwest Washington, DC 20005

How to find us: The meetup is upstairs, so press the button on the door leading to the stairs (which you can see from the street).

RSVP: We are now on meetup.com and it seems to be working well. You can RSVP @ http://www.meetup.com/DC-PHP/calendar/13565837/

Our next speaker will be Aaron Titus.

Aaron Titus is an attorney for J.C. Neu and Associates (http://www.jeffreyneu.com), a firm which specializes in Internet law, technology, and media.

The presentation will cover employment agreements in general, and specifically the Intellectual Property implications of employment agreements. We'll talk about how to negotiate a good employment agreement and the practical implications of IP law on the employment context, along with tips on how to avoid future problems. Topics will include: When you do a side job, who owns it, and can a former employer come back to haunt you? Can I use Open Source Code? NDAs, Non-Competes Clauses, and Consulting: Who owns it? Can you reuse your own code?

You can RSVP @ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107544022622856

Details:
Who: Aaron Titus
What: Intellectual Property & Employment Agreements
Where: ‪Fathom Creative, Inc.‬, ‪1333 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005‬
When: May 12th at 7:00pm
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107544022622856

See you on the 12th!

This week we will have a special presentation by Scott MacVicar on HipHop for PHP (http://wiki.github.com/facebook/hiphop-php/). Scott recently moved from England to San Fransisco where he took a job at Facebook as an Open Source Developer Advocate. Scott is also a Core contributor to PHP, and has worked on the following extensions: fileinfo, gd, hash, imagick, pdo, sqlite, sqlite3 and svn.

Details:
Who: Scott MacVicar
What: HipHop for PHP
Where: Fathom Creative, Inc. , 1333 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
When: April 28th at 7:00pm

You can RSVP to this event via the DCPHP Facebook Group @ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116349845056971&ref=mf

Tomorrow, March 10th, at 7:00 pm we'll have our monthly meeting. This meeting is held at Fathom Creative, which is located at 1333 14th St, NW, Washington DC.

Shaun Farrell will be moderating the meeting. This month we are doing a series of short talks, focusing on ongoing or past projects in the DC PHP community where the community members want to share the tips and tricks of what they did. We've got a great lineup of short speakers tomorrow night, but you'll have to come if you want to find out who. There will probably also be a group heading for drinks after the meeting, if you care to tag along.

Obviously everyone is aware of the heavy snow we've had and are forecast to receive starting tonight and lasting into tomorrow. Given the challenging conditions, I've been asked by several people what our plan are for the DC PHP meeting, scheduled for this Wednesday.

After talking with the speaker and Keith Casey, and debating rescheduling or having a virtual meeting, it appears that our best option at this point will be to postpone until next week. The host has indicated that it is possible for us to move the meeting. I will confirm with them and make an announcement later this week.