Posts Tagged ‘book’

Last week, I explained on our company blog that I'm a fan of the London PHP Conference since its first edition 2 years ago, so I'm really proud that this weekend I've been contacted to do a talk there.

The slot became available when Wez Furlong had to cancel due to unforseen circumstances, which is very unfortunate. I hope to be able to do a worthy replacement presentation.

My talk will be about the PHP development process, related to the book I'm writing for php architect. There are so many area's to cover there that I have no doubt I will be able to fill the one hour slot I have available.

More info on the conference can be found at the conference website. There's an early bird discount: registration is only 90 GBP at the moment.

I am happy to announce that I've just signed a contract with PHP|Architect to write the book 'Enterprise PHP Development'.

It will be one of the first books about PHP that will not cover PHP code. It is loosely based on my 'enterprise PHP development' talk at the Zend UK Business Conference last year. It will cover the entire development lifecycle of a software project, but targeted at PHP development teams. From project management to test driven development and from architecture and design to release management. I will try to cover anything a development team needs to take their development efforts to the next level.

I'm planning to deliver a first version of the book in March, so I hope it will be released in the first half of 2008.

I'm currently working on the rough outline and writing the first chapters. I welcome any input from my blog readers. If there's any topic that you think should be covered in a book about professional PHP development, post your ideas below in the comments. Also, I will be looking for one or two case studies: companies that are already applying PHP in a professional context, and that have moved well beyond the 'scripting stadium'. If you work at such a company and are interested to work with me on a case study, let me know.