[FX.php List] Meeting of FX.php Minds at DevCon

[Bob Patin]

Hmm... good question.

My general feeling is that it might be more beneficial to all if it  
were a general PHP meeting rather than just FX, because after you get  
past the method of transferring data, it all comes down to PHP rather  
than FileMaker.

So from that viewpoint, I'd tend to think that it might be useful for  
other attendees if, as Steve suggested, some of us showed some of our  
favorite implementations, and perhaps talked about some techniques  
used to build the sites.

Most of what I'm getting excited about lately has more to do with  
tricks I've developed for writing sites, more than anything new I'm  
doing with FX--I use the same routines over and over with FX, for the  
most part. The tricks come in when it's time to figure out how to do  
some more exotic things.

For example, last year the good Mr. Michael Ward showed off his  
wonderful use of Lajax (Joel, correct me if that's the wrong name for  
what he uses); I wish I could've followed it better.

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On May 27, 2008, at 3:35 PM, Joel Shapiro wrote:

> I'm in!
>
> Last year we got one of the big conference rooms for Sunday eve, but  
> it was announced as a general "PHP user group" meeting, not just  
> FX.php.  I'd imagine that this year there'd be even more interest in  
> that since many more people are using the API now, but I'd also love  
> to meet more FX.php'ers from this list.  And a show-and-tell would  
> be great.
>
> So do we want to have an FX.php-specific gathering, or be part of a  
> general FM & PHP group, or both?  I'd expect FMI would be happy to  
> give a room again (w/ projector etc.) for general PHP stuff;  I have  
> no idea if they'd be as willing for just FX, but we could certainly  
> ask.
>
> Whadday'all think?
>
> -Joel
>
>
> On May 27, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Bob Patin wrote:
>
>> Chris,
>>
>> I think that's an excellent idea; we had some interesting meetings  
>> last time, where guys showed some great tools for writing web apps.
>>
>> Someone managed to get a room for us last year; hopefully we can do  
>> the same this time.
>>
>> On May 27, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Chris Hansen wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings!
>>>
>>> After taking last year off, I'll be going to DevCon this year.   
>>> No, I won't be speaking (I find speaking greatly reduces my  
>>> enjoyment of DevCon), but I will try to be generally available  
>>> should anyone wish to pick my brain...  That said, is there much  
>>> interest in an FX.php get-together at DevCon this year?  Of course  
>>> I'm sure there will be numerous small group discussions, and the  
>>> like, but what about an attempt to get all the FX folks together  
>>> at once?  Thoughts?
>>>
>>> --Chris Hansen
>>> FileMaker 8 Certified Developer
>>> FileMaker 7 Certified Developer
>>> Creator of FX.php
>>> "The best way from FileMaker to the Web."
>>> www.iViking.org
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