The document discusses various technologies and languages including PHP, Python, Ruby, Go, Scala, and Red. It mentions tools for mobile development like PhoneGap and frameworks like jQuery, Dojo, and Sencha. Other topics covered include Node.js, HTML5, cloud computing platforms, virtualization, and decoupled content management systems. Resources and links are provided for many of the languages and technologies discussed.

1. On Technologies and
languages
Pierre Joye
2012/09/17

2. Pierre Joye
@pierrejoye
pierre@php.net
PHP Core developer
Contributors to numerous OSS projects
Works with the ex-Dark Force
Portability fan

4. Topics
•History
•Status
•Some useless stats
•Tools, pointers and directions

5. Any PHP users around?
Any Python users around?
Any Ruby users around?
Any Go users around?
Any Scala users around?
Any Red users around?

6. b: 1
a: context [
b: 2
inc: func [i [integer!] return: [integer!]][
i+b
]
]
a/inc 5 ;-- will return 7

7. “You are not a good developer if you
know only one language, even as
expert.”

8. Languages do not matter.

9. Any Linux users around?
Any Windows users around?
Any Mac users around?
Any Solaris users around?
Any Android users around?
Any i* users around?

10. OSes do not matter.

11. Growing amount of clients

12. http://www.asymco.com/2012/06/19/the-evolution-of-the-computing-value-chain/

13. http://www.asymco.com/2012/06/19/the-evolution-of-the-computing-value-chain/

14. Mobile

17. http://www.asymco.com/2012/06/19/the-
evolution-of-the-computing-value-chain/

18. “No need for DOM abstraction libraries.”
“You don't have IE6 on mobile.”
PhoneGap Day Quote

19. “Most mobile players are contributing to PhoneGap
except Apple. Something wrong with them?”
“Yep.”
PhoneGap Day Quote

23. OSes do not matter anymore.
(take #2)

24. The Web is the (Open) Platform

25. HTML5

26. HTML5
==
(better)HTML + CSS3 + JS

27. •phonegap
•Jquery
•Dojo
•Titanium
•Sencha (touch, extjs, etc.)

28. Phonegap goals
. Make web 1st class app dev platform
. Cease to exist by becoming unnecessary shim

29. Server Anyone?

30. Platforms matter.

31. Cloud Computing!
(the new holly Grail)

32. Azure, AWS, Openstack, Linode,
SliceHost, AppEngine
More to come }:->

33. Aw Jeez, not this shit again! (take #2)

34. Moment of solitude

35. One goal, One Process, One team

36. DevOps
(or bringing Agility to all teams)

37. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.

38. This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons.

41. Virtualization for the masses

43. $> vagrant box add base http://files.vagrantup.com/deb64.box
$> vagrant init
$> vagrant up

44. VeeWee
https://github.com/jedi4ever/veewee

45. $> vagrant basebox templates
The following templates are available:
vagrant basebox define '' 'archlinux-i686'
vagrant basebox define '' 'CentOS-4.8-i386'
vagrant basebox define '' 'CentOS-5.6-i386'
vagrant basebox define '' 'CentOS-5.6-i386-netboot'

46. $> vagrant basebox define 'debian-60' 'Debian-6.0.1a-amd64'
$> vagrant basebox build 'debian-60‚
$> vagrant box add 'debian-60' debian-60.box
$> vagrant init 'debian-60'

47. StatsD
https://github.com/etsy/statsd

48. Fix the apps

49. Service Service
Opera Firefox IE
Client Client
NoSql
SOAP Tpl BL
Services
App
DBs

50. Consumers (apps, browsers, services)
JSON
Services
Node Node Nginx Rails Couch
DNode SAP
app app php +Thin base
DBs NoSql
Services

51. Smaller, faster, flexible

52. More Controls. More Releases.

53. Adapt or die.

54. Decoupled
(content, storage, service, etc.)

55. Decoupled CMS
Demo

56. create.js
http://createjs.org/

57. Javascript

58. •Jasmine
•Jasmine-node

59. •require.js
•common.js

62. Questions?

63. Resources
References
http://www.asymco.com/2012/06/19/the-evolution-of-the-computing-value-chain/
Toolkits (mobile, desktop, JS, app)
• http://phonegap.com/
• http://jquery.org/
• http://dojotoolkit.org/
• http://www.appcelerator.com/
• http://www.sencha.com/

64. Resources
Languages (mobile, desktop, JS, app)
• http://www.php.net/
• http://python.org/
• http://www.ruby-lang.org/
• http://www.red-lang.org/
• http://golang.org/

65. Resources
Node.js/Javascript
• DNode introduction, http://substack.net/posts/85e1bd/DNode-Asynchronous-Remote-
Method-Invocation-for-Node-js-and-the-Browser
• DNode for PHP, http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/dnode-make_php_and_node-
js_talk_to_each_other/
• https://github.com/substack/dnode-ruby
• https://github.com/substack/dnode-perl
• https://github.com/jesusabdullah/dnode-python
• https://github.com/aslakhellesoy/dnode-java
• http://mustache.github.com/
• http://backbonejs.org/

66. Resources
Node.js/Javascript
• https://github.com/substack/node-browserify
• http://www.commonjs.org/
• http://xcambar.github.com/shepherd-js/
• http://requirejs.org/
• http://backbonejs.org/
• http://mustache.github.com/
• http://createjs.org/
• https://github.com/wikidocs/wikidocs-examples
• http://uxebu.com/blog/2012/09/17/bonsai-fresh-from-the-pixelplant/
https://www.pixelplant.com/

67. Resources
Server/Dev/Infrastructure
• http://vagrantup.com/
• https://github.com/jedi4ever/veewee
• https://github.com/capistrano/capistrano
• http://fabfile.org/ (fabric)
• https://github.com/etsy/statsd
• http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2011/02/15/measure-anything-measure-everything/

68. Resources
Server/Dev/Infrastructure/QA/Misc
• http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-coremob/2012Sep/0021.html
(why html is slow for Facebook)
• http://travis-ci.org/
• http://vimeo.com/45633052 (Decoupled CMS talk, by @bergie)