Sebastian Bergmann

I am happy, yet a bit late, to announce that I will present at this year's edition of FrOSCon next month.

Understanding the PHP Object Model

Initially designed for "simple" Web programming, PHP has developed to a general-purpose object-oriented language making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems. As of version 5 the PHP language features an object model that is similar to the ones of Java and C# and integrates ideas from other programming languages.

This talk will give an overview of PHP's object model, covering both basic OOP concepts such as interfaces, classes, and objects as well as PHP's "magic" interceptor methods.

The conference will once again have a strong PHP presence, have a look at the schedule for PHP-related talks to get an idea.

FrOSCon is a two-day conference on free software and open source, which takes place on August, 23th and 24th 2008 at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin near Bonn, Germany.

Focus of the conference is a comprehensive range of talks about current topics in Free Software and Open Source. Furthermore, space will be provided for developers of free software and open source projects to organize their own developer meetings or even their own program.

2008 will see the third installment of FrOSCon. It is organized by the deparmtent of computer science in collaboration with the Linux/Unix User Group Sankt Augustin, the student body and the FrOSCon e.V.

PHP Sub-Conference

In addition to the Call for Papers for the main conference, the Call for Papers for the PHP @ FrOSCon 2008 sub-conference is now open.

FrOSCon 2007 was awesome, and I do not expect this to be different this year.

Last weekend saw the second installment of the Free and Open Source Software Conference (FrOSCon) in Sankt Augustin. The conference revolved around a rich schedule of talks, highlighting current topics in Free Software and Open Source. Moreover, Open Source projects took the opportunity to organize their own meetings or even their own lineup of events. Just like last year, the PHP usergroups of Dortmund and Cologne/Bonn organized the PHP @ FrOSCon subconference with two full days of presentations.

For me, Sankt Augustin is conveniently located near to my hometown of Siegburg and so FrOSCon started for me on Friday night with greeting Giuseppe, Markus, Roland, and Beat from MySQL in Sankt Augustin for dinner. After dinner we made a quick excursion to Siegburg for the annual town fair that took place here over the weekend.



On Saturday, the first conference day, I attended a couple of talks (that I, apart from Arne's and Carola's presentation on XUL, don't remember). In the evening I attended the keysigning party before we headed out to Siegburg for dinner and another stroll over the town fair.



On Sunday, the second day of the conference, Tobias Schlitt arrived in Sankt Augustin and together we took care of the server that runs phpunit.de. In the afternoon, I gave my presentation on PHPUnit which was well received.



In the evening, we headed out to Cologne for dinner at a Brazilian restaurant were we enjoyed rodizio. Afterwards we walked to the Dom, took some pictures, and had some ice cream for dessert.

The second Free and Open Source Conference "FrOSCon" takes place on August, 25th and 26th 2007 in Sankt Augustin, near Bonn, Germany. The conference is once again hosted by the faculty of computer science of the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in collaboration with the student body and the Linux/Unix User Group Sankt Augustin.

In a Call for Papers, the organizers ask for submission of contributions. A broad variety of topics concerning free and open source software is desired.

Contributions can be submitted in English or German and should summarize the intended talk concisely and succinctly; talks should be no longer than 45 minutes in length. Deadline for submission is June, 4th 2007.

The second edition of the annual Free and Open Source Software Conference (FrOSCon) will take place on August 25-26 2007 at the University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in Sankt Augustin, Germany near the cities of Bonn and Cologne.

FrOSCon is a two day conference that revolves around a rich schedule of talks, highlighting current topics in Free Software and Open Source. Moreover, developers will be offered space to organize their own meetings or subconferences.

If you are interested in sponsoring this great event, do not hesitate to contact me!