The DC PHP Conference for 2008 has just wrapped up and many of the speakers have already been posted their slides. Here's the list so far:

• Ben Ramsey - Distribution and Publication with Atom Web Services, Giv You Site a Boost with Memcache
• Mike Lively - Advanced PHP Unit Testing, Automated Unit Testing - Getting Started
• Tony Bibbs - Fed Up of the Framework Hype?, SOAP_Toolkit - Constact-First and Code-First Web Services for PHP
• an overview from Christopher Jones

Keep an eye on this post for more updates as other presenters post their slides and summaries of the event!

Tony Bibbs has posted about the upcoming DC PHP Conference (happening June 2nd through the 4th in Washington, DC) and his talk "Fed Up of Framework Hype?"

For those of you that occasionally browse these pages you may recall a prior post on the subject. Given there was a bit of interest in that post I turned it into a talk for this conference.

He includes the abstract for his talk that covers the Framework of the Day that seems to be happening in PHP and what really lies behind each new release. He will talk on how to evaluate a framework for your use and how to not get wowed by the Next Big Thing that comes along and claims to do it all better and simpler than any before.

You can find out more about the DC PHP Conference from their website and registration is still open for those that want to reserve their spot.

The keynote for this year's DC PHP Conference has been announced - Kshemendra Paul from the Office of Management and Budget:

The DC PHP Developers Group recently announced Kshemendra Paul as a featured keynote speaker at the DC PHP Conference & Expo, June 2-4, 2008, at George Washington University in Washington, DC. Paul, chief architect for the Office of Management and Budget Executive Office of the President, will be presenting on "Federal E-Government and Enterprise Architecture Updates."

Other keynote speakers include Chris Shiflett of OmniTI ("Security-Centered Design: Don't Just Plan for Security; Design for it") and Chris Jones from Oracle ("Accessing All My Date: Directions for PHP and Databases").

You can find out more about the conference including the schedule and how to grab your spot (hurry before the Early Bird special runs out!) on the main conference website.