Talks & Workshops
This page shows all the talks and workshops that I've done in the past, present and future. Note that not all of them are listed here (private ones for instance).
If you are looking for a particular talk or workshop for me to present during your conference or in your company, please contact me through the "contact" menu.
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19 december – Techademy – Netherlands
Introduction into the SPL
This workshop is a combination of an introduction into the SPL, plus handson assignments in using it. We will be talking about iterators in general, the SPL iterators, the SPL interfaces and the SPL exceptions.
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Since this is a workshop, no slides are available.
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17-20 october – Zendcon – San Jose – United States
15 Pro Tips for MySQL users
Using MySQL is an art. Most of the time, the bottleneck of a website or application are database performance issues. For instance, did you know about th e penalties for UTF-8 fields? Or about what can make or break your query caching? And what’s the deal with cardinality and selectivity and why is it important? During this talk, Joshua will show you 15 practical MySQL tips found in his daily work that can help you speed up your database and/or queries.
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Presentation on Slideshare
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17-20 october – Zendcon – San Jose – United States
Puppet for dummies
Puppet is a configuration management tool which allows easy deployment and configuration ranging from 1 to 1 thousand servers (and even more). Even though its common knowledge for devops, puppet is still a strange piece of software for developers. How does it work and what can it do for you as a developer?
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Presentation on Slideshare
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7-9 october – Jesien Linuksowa (Linux Autumn) – Kielce – Poland
Alice&Bob: public key authentication 101
HTTPS, SSL, SSH, PGP are terms most people know that they are somehow related to encryption. But how does it work? During this talk you will find out why even the most complex encryption algorithms used today are based on very simple concepts. We will dive into the basics of public key encryption, how it works and together with some (simple) examples, give you some insight on encryption in general.
And who the heck are Alice and Bob anyway?Links:
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7-9 october – Jesien Linuksowa (Linux Autumn) – Kielce – Poland
Puppet for dummies
Puppet is a configuration management tool which allows easy deployment and configuration ranging from 1 to 1 thousand servers (and even more). Even though its common knowledge for devops, puppet is still a strange piece of software for developers. How does it work and what can it do for you as a developer?
Links:
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6 october 2011 – PHPBenelux meeting – Ghent – Belgium
Puppet for dummies
Puppet is a configuration management tool which allows easy deployment and configuration ranging from 1 to 1 thousand servers (and even more). Even though its common knowledge for devops, puppet is still a strange piece of software for developers. How does it work and what can it do for you as a developer?.
Links:
Presentation on Slideshare
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17 september 2011 – PFCongress – Utrecht – Netherlands
15 Pro Tips for MySQL users
Using MySQL is an art. Most of the time, the bottleneck of a website or application are database performance issues. For instance, did you know about th e penalties for UTF-8 fields? Or about what can make or break your query caching? And what’s the deal with cardinality and selectivity and why is it important? During this talk, Joshua will show you 15 practical MySQL tips found in his daily work that can help you speed up your database and/or queries.
Links:
Presentation on Slideshare
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20 june – Dutch PHP Conference 2011 Uncon – Amsterdam – Netherlands
Alice&Bob: public key authentication 101
HTTPS, SSL, SSH, PGP are terms most people know that they are somehow related to encryption. But how does it work? During this talk you will find out why even the most complex encryption algorithms used today are based on very simple concepts. We will dive into the basics of public key encryption, how it works and together with some (simple) examples, give you some insight on encryption in general.
And who the heck are Alice and Bob anyway?Links:
Presentation on Slideshare
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16-17 april – loadays 2011 – Antwerp – Belgium
Deploying and maintaining software with RPM/APT
Just like any other programmer and/or company, you’ve probably made some in-house tools to make your life easier. But is everybody using the latest version? Are all servers that use your software up-to-date with the latests bugfixes? Do you have to write your own deployment scripts for every tool you make? Linux distributions are using very powerful package systems for deployment of software for many years now and it’s time that developers start using those systems as well. We talk about how to setup up a private repository, how to create RPM files and how incorporate this in your version control system so everything will work automatically. We also will talk about the pro’s and cons of the system, how to work with different package flavors and how we can use the system for other purposes… Both you and your system administrator will become best friends again!
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Presentation on Slideshare
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16-17 april – loadays 2011 – Antwerp – Belgium
Alice&Bob: public key authentication 101
HTTPS, SSL, SSH, PGP are terms most people know that they are somehow related to encryption. But how does it work? During this talk you will find out why even the most complex encryption algorithms used today are based on very simple concepts. We will dive into the basics of public key encryption, how it works and together with some (simple) examples, give you some insight on encryption in general.
And who the heck are Alice and Bob anyway?Links:
Presentation on Slideshare
Joind.in
