Libertyvasion 2010
Schedule
phpBB Development Workshop (August 20th)
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome & Registration | |
| Introduction talks | ||
| 09:30 - 10:20 |
Git for phpBB developers An introduction to how Git works and how you can use it for phpBB MOD or style development. You'll learn about merging, the phpBB development workflow and its branches, and maybe a few more advanced commands. |
David Soria Parra |
| 10:25 - 11:15 |
Symfony & phpBB phpBB and Symfony are both open source projects with their own community. This talk will introduce both communities and show how Symfony and phpBB can benefit from each other as projects and as communities. |
Stefan Koopmanschap |
| 11:20 - 12:10 |
Symfony 2 Learn what Symfony 2 is all about and why it can help build a better and faster phpBB 4. |
Fabien Potencier |
| 12:10 - 14:00 | Lunch Break | |
| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Doctrine 2 |
Jonathan Wage |
| 14:45 - 18:00 |
Workshop Work on your project or ideas with the help of our experts. Discuss Git, Symfony, Doctrine or PHP in general with our guest speakers. Write the first parts of phpBB 4, a MOD for phpBB 3.1 or try out cool workflows with the phpBB repository and your own project. This part of the day is all about your ideas! |
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Conference (August 21st)
| Time | Subject | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Welcome & Registration | |
| 09:30 - 10:10 |
phpBB Development Update & Roadmap What has happened since the first stable release of Olympus 3.0.0? Where do we stand in Ascreaus 3.1 development? What is going on with phpBB 4? What's planned until the end of the year and the years after that? |
Nils Adermann & Chris Smith |
| 10:20 - 11:00 |
MODding phpBB What is the MOD team, how does it operate and how can you get involved? Information on the MOD validation process and the various tools for both MOD authors and validators involved in creating and validating MODs. |
David Colón, Sam Thompson, Igor Wiedler, Jeremy Lorenzo, Paul Sohier & Derk Ruitenbeek |
| 11:10 - 12:10 |
Building phpBB 4 on Symfony 2 phpBB4 is going to be built on the web framework Symfony 2. Find out what this means for phpBB developers, MOD authors, style authors and how this is going to change phpBB from an end user's perspective. Learn about state of the art PHP programming techniques in Symfony 2 from an expert. |
Fabien Potencier |
| 12:10 - 13:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 13:30 - 14:10 |
phpBB "Ascraeus" 3.1: News for MOD authors What new programming concepts and interfaces are there for MOD authors? What is the best way to write a phpBB 3.1 MOD? |
Henry Sudhof |
| 14:20 - 14:50 |
Automatic MOD Installation: Then and Now AutoMOD for phpBB 3.0 does some things well, this talk looks into what has changed for phpBB 3.1. |
Josh Woody |
| 15:00 - 16:00 |
phpBB Team Discussion Panel Ask all the questions you have always wanted to ask the phpBB Team. |
Representatives of every phpBB Team |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Break | |
| 16:30 - 16:55 |
Titania: The Customisation Database A brief history of the creation of phpBB's new customisation database together with international support sites and an overview of current functionality. |
Nathan Guse & Tom Catullo |
| 17:00 - 17:40 |
Building your Community Learn how to build a thriving community and avoid some common pitfalls. Attendees are encouraged to share their own tips and tricks during a discussion session. |
Cullen Walsh |
| 17:45 - 18:10 |
How You Can Support phpBB Gone are the days when only phpBB team members could make meaningful contributions to the project. This session will highlight the many ways that members of the phpBB community can contribute to making the project successful, regardless of free time or technical know-how. Learn how past and current contributors to phpBB helped make a difference in the project, and discover what you can do to strengthen the phpBB community going forward. |
Douglas Bell |
| 18:15 - 18:30 |
Closing remarks |
Yuriy Rusko. |
| from 20:00 | Social Event at Thalia 828 Eighth Avenue (50th Street) | |
