LAMPsig - Meetings

Introduction to programming cool things with the Arduino Microcontroller

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400

Hello everyone,

Below you will find the details to the LAMPsig meetup for this month of April:

RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/114510472/

Topic: Introduction to programming cool things with the Arduino Microcontroller

Date/Time: April 20, 2013 at 1PM

Location:

Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Summary:

You may have heard about the popular Arduino board and may even have one collecting dust somewhere in the closet ... or not. Either way this talk will give you enough ammo to get started with the Arduino microcontroller, to the point that you'll find yourself moving to advanced projects in a very short amount of time. Are you terrified by hardware programming? Relax, Jorge Garifuna Jr, an eight year old, was able to create his first Arduino project with very basic understanding of programming. Whether you are a seasoned developer, a novice programmer or simply curious, this talk is for you.

Arduino is a single-board microcontroller designed to make the process of using electronics in multidisciplinary projects more accessible. The hardware consists of a simple open source hardware board designed around an 8-bit Atmel AVR microcontroller, though a new model has been designed around a 32-bit Atmel ARM. The software consists of a standard programming language compiler and a boot loader that executes on the microcontroller.

About the speaker:

Harrington Joseph is an Enthusiastic software developer/craftsman with a strong interest in programming languages, robotics and new techs.

RSVP at: http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/114510472/

Jorge Garifuna
President
LAMPsig.org

No LAMPsig meeting tomorrow, Saturday, 2/16/12. We'll see you at SCALE11x booth 36 next Saturday

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:00:00 -0500

Hello everyone,

There won't be a LAMPsig meeting tomorrow, Saturday, 2/16/12.

We will see you at SCALE 11x, booth 36 on Saturday, 2/23 & Sunday 2/24.

Kind regards,

Jorge Garifuna
President
LAMPsig.org
Tel: 213-915-4402

LAMPsig meetup about SCALE 11x Planning

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:00:00 -0500

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a great holiday!

As many of you may already know, SCALE 11x, is taking place on February 22-24 and as usual, we will have a booth. The booth will be shared by LAPHP, LA PhoneGap and LAMPsig.

We would like to use our LAMPsig meeting scheduled for this month of January to plan out our SCALE 11x strategy.

Please join us this Saturday, January 19th at 1PM, so we can have another successful SCALE year.

We will be discussing the project to present at SCALE, the volunteers needed and the distribution of the FREE SCALE tickets.

Below is the location of the meeting:

Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center

5213 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Please RSVP at:

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/99792732/

I look forward to seeing most of you there, this Saturday at 1PM.

Kind regards,

Jorge Garifuna
President
LAMPsig.org
213-915-4402

A practical intro to web development with MongoDB & NodeJS: When, Why and How

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 13:00:00 -0400

Hello everyone,

Below you will find the details of the LAMPsig talk for this Saturday:

Topic: A practical intro to web development with MongoDB & NodeJS: When, Why and How

Date: October 20, 2012
Time: 1PM - 3PM
Location:
Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Please RSVP at:

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/87272022/

Description:

Big Data, Huge Data and Humongous Data are all those new terms thrown around today to describe the present and future state of the web. But what if you just wanted to start, in fact, what if you just wanted to start small to wrap your head around these concepts? In this talk you will learn a practical way to getting started with MongoDB and NodeJS including:

- Installation of MongoDB.
- Connecting to MongoDB.
- Comparison of commands between MongoDB and a relational databases like MySQL.
- Adding, removing, updating and selecting data with MongoDB.
- Using MongoDB with a programming language.
- Replicating data across several servers.
- Building a web API with NodeJS & MongoDB
- and much more.

Knowing when, why and how to use MongoDB and NodeJS is a valuable skill to have in this market and whether you are a beginner, intermediate or seasoned developer, you’ll acquire enough knowledge to prepare you for the humongous benefits that MongoDB and NodeJS offers.

About the speaker:

Jorge Garifuna is a Professional Software Developer and Consultant with over 15 years of industry experience. His portfolio of technologies include but are not limited to various programming languages, Web 2.0, a diverse number of Frameworks, countless of databases and the latest and greatest in Mobile for popular platforms such as IOS, Android and BlackBerry, among many.

Over the years, Jorge has successfully Designed, Developed and Deployed (DDD) software in the areas of E-Commerce, Project Management, Content Management Systems (CMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to name a few. His technologies have been used by many consumers, employees and businesses.

Jorge prides himself as a happy contributor to various Open Source Projects, including the ATK Framework and vTiger CRM to name a few. He has also given various presentations in the topics of: Joomla CMS; ATK Framework; Wordpress; ELGG Social Network Framework; Integration of Linux, Apache, MySQL, SQLite with Mkahawa Cyber Manager and PHP; and Mobile Development for Web, IOS Native and Android Native.

Jorge joined LAMPsig over six years ago and is currently serving as the president of this dynamic LAMP community group.

Please RSVP at:

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/87272022/

The Amazon EC2 Installfest

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:00:00 -0400

Topic: The EC2 Installfest
Date: Saturday, 9/15/12
Time: 1PM

Location:
Topic: The Amazon EC2 Installfest
Date: Saturday, 9/15/12
Time: 1PM

Location:
Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

By Solomon Chang

Extensible Cloud Computing (AKA EC2) provides a fast, easy way to provision (that is, rent) Amazon's hardware so that you have a fully functioning server with a public IP on the internet. It has proven invaluable for quickly setting up Linux box with the usual services, without dealing with the hassle of shopping for a rackmount computer, assembling it, and then haggling with a data center to house your new rackmount. With EC2, all the data center management responsibility lies with Amazon.

The EC2 Installfest will help you start an Amazon account, an provision and instance that belongs to you and you alone. Granted, it is not free, and you do need a credit card, but the instances start very cheap, at 8 cents an hour (approximately 56 dollars a month). You can put your website on this instance the very same day, or if you prefer to save money, you can delete them outright at the end of the installfest. Conversely, you can start provisioning more instances, if you decide to get serious and need to start clustering or sharding or replicating information...

RSVP at:

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/82066572/

Intro to Mobile Development with Sencha Touch

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:00:00 -0400

Topic: Intro to Mobile Development with Sencha Touch

Date: Saturday, August 18, 2012
Time: 1PM - 3PM

Location:
Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

RSVP at:
http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/77879552/

Opportunities for mobile development are still growing at an accelerating rate!
Sencha Touch is one of the hidden frameworks for developing mobile apps for IOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch), Android and BlackBerry.
The industry calls this cross-platform mobile development and it's all done with HTML5.
Sencha Touch is the closest you can get to a true mobile native experience, while leveraging your existing skills, yet the learning curve for this framework could be very steep and at times intimidating.

In this talk, you are going to learn:

- How to get started with Sencha Touch.
- The life cycle of a Sencha Touch app.
- How Sencha Touch uses models, views, controllers and stores.
- How to test your app on IOS devices.
- How to test your app on Android devices.
- The easiest and fastest way to be productive with Sencha Touch.
- And if time permits, how to package your mobile app for submission to the App Stores.

About the speaker:

Jorge Garifuna is a Professional Software Developer and Consultant with over 15 years of industry experience. His portfolio of technologies include but are not limited to various programming languages, Web 2.0, a diverse number of Frameworks, countless of databases and the latest and greatest in Mobile for popular platforms such as IOS, Android and BlackBerry, among many.

Over the years, Jorge has successfully Designed, Developed and Deployed (DDD) software in the areas of E-Commerce, Project Management, Content Management Systems (CMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to name a few. His technologies have been used by many consumers, employees and businesses.

Jorge prides himself as a happy contributor to various Open Source Projects, including the ATK Framework and vTiger CRM to name a few. He has also given various presentations in the topics of: Joomla CMS; ATK Framework; Wordpress; ELGG Social Network Framework; Integration of Linux, Apache, MySQL, SQLite with Mkahawa Cyber Manager and PHP; and Mobile Development for Web, IOS Native and Android Native.

Jorge joined LAMPsig over six years ago and is currently serving as the president of this dynamic LAMP community group.

RSVP at:
http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/77879552/

MongoDB Schema Design By Example

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 19 May 2012 13:00:00 -0400

Presentation Summary:

MongoDB has been designed for versatility, but the techniques you might use to build, say, an analytics engine or a hierarchical data store might not be obvious. In this talk, we'll learn about MongoDB in practice by looking at hypothetical application designs (based on real-world designs, of course). Topics to be covered include schema design, indexing, transactions (gasp!), trees, what's fast, and what's not. Sprinkled with tips, tricks, shoots, ladders, and trap doors, you're guaranteed to learn something new in this interdisciplinary talk.

About the Speaker:

Kevin Hanson is a Solutions Architect, working to help make 10gen customers successful with mongoDB. Prior to 10gen, Kevin worked at MarkLogic as a Senior Consultant for four years. No stranger to document oriented databases, Kevin brings expertise in the database and search engine fields. He graduated from UC San Diego in Electrical Engineering, and he's a big sports fan - go Raider Nation and go Lakers! In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, snowboarding, boating, and playing with the latest and greatest gadgets.

Please RSVP at:

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/63455592/

Intro to Quick Web Application Builder (QWAB)

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:00:00 -0400

Please RSVP at:

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/59883992/

About the Presentation:

The Quick Web Application Builder (QWAB) generates complete functional web-based applications through a web-based interface in three easy steps. The generated applications are in PHP with supported databases: MySQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL, among many. Small and large-scale applications are equally supported and the object oriented code can easily be customized to fit any need.

QWAB was started in 2006 by Jorge Garifuna and it has been used successfully in production systems ranging from Advertising companies to Jewelry manufacturing companies to Government systems. QWAB continues to evolve with cutting edge technologies such as Boostrap from Twitter, the HTML5 framework that is rapidly gaining massive adoption.

Whether the project interacts with one or hundreds of database tables, QWAB builds a complete Web Application in 3 easy steps. For cases where rapid development is desired, QWAB provides standard PHP/MySQL CRUD in generic and Bootstrap (from Twitter) format in 2 steps, through its Web-GUI guided approach. Beginners and expert developers will equally benefit from having QWAB in their Development toolbox.

In this presentation you will learn:

• How to get started with QWAB.

• How to build your first complete functional Web Application in minutes through QWAB’s 3 step guided process.

• How to generate standard CRUD from QWAB in 2 steps.• How to generate CRUD for Boostrap from Twitter in 2 steps.

• How to customize the Object Oriented code generated by QWAB.

About the Speaker:

Jorge Garifuna is a Professional Software Developer and Consultant with over 15 years of industry experience. His portfolio of technologies include but are not limited to various programming languages, Web 2.0, a diverse number of Frameworks, countless of databases and the latest and greatest in Mobile for popular platforms such as IOS, Android and BlackBerry, among many.

Over the years, Jorge has successfully Designed, Developed and Deployed Software in the areas of E-Commerce, Project Management, Content Management Systems (CMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) to name a few. His technologies have been used, by many consumers, employees and businesses, some of which have grown to multi-million dollar businesses.

Jorge prides himself as a happy contributor to various Open Source Projects, including the ATK Framework and vTiger CRM to name a few. He has also given various presentations in the topics of: Joomla CMS; ATK Framework; Wordpress; ELGG Social Network Framework; Integration of Linux, Apache, MySQL, SQLite with Mkahawa Cyber Manager and PHP; and Mobile Development for Web, IOS Native and Android Native.

Jorge joined LAMPsig over six years ago and is currently serving as the president of this dynamic LAMP group. More details of Jorge’s professional qualifications can be found at: http://jgari.com/resume

Building for the real-time web with node.js

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 13:00:00 -0400

Hello everyone,

Below you will find the details of the next LAMPsig's talk.

Kindly RSVP at:

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/52754052/

Date: March 17th, 2012
Time: 1PM - 3PM

Location:

Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019

Topic: Building for the real-time web with node.js

About the presentation:

By Timothy Strimple

As websites become more interactive, the demand for real-time updates increases. Learn why node.js is a good fit for the real-time web and how easy it is to get started with it.

In this talk I will go over the following topics:

- What is node.js and what problems does it solve?
- Why Javascript?
- Performance and scalability with node.js
- Hosting and deploying node.js applications with nodester.

Kind regards,

Jorge Garifuna
President
LAMPsig.org
Tel: 213-915-4402

Intro to bash shell programming II

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:00:00 -0500

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Hello everyone,

Below you will find the details of LAMPsig's February presentation. Sitting might be limited, please RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/48519902/

One of the most popular UNIX shells is bash. At the February meeting of LAMPSIG, we are going to sharpen our bash programming skills, and you are invited. It promises to be a bash you won't want to miss.

Dallas Legan is giving his first presentation for LAMPSIG, an intro to bash shell programming II. This tutorial is recommended for all, with the emphasis on borderline transition from command line to scripting, with plenty of scripting tricks provided for even the diehard bash gurus. Dallas will also point out some differences between bash and ksh. So, bring your pencils and notepads and get ready to learn something.

Kind regards,

Jorge Garifuna
President
LAMPsig.org
213-915-4402

An Introduction to BASH Scripting

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 13:00:00 -0500

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Hello everyone,

Below you will find the details of the LAMPsig November talk:

RSVP Link:
http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/40412812/

Topic:
An Introduction to BASH Scripting

Date & Time:
Saturday, November 19, 2011
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location:
Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019

Details:

So you've learned a few Linux commands to get around the system, and unless you explicitly said otherwise during the installation process, you are most likely using the Bourne Again Shell (BASH). BASH offers much more than just typing commands to navigate around the Operating System - almost anything you can do in other basic scripting languages, you can do in BASH. This talk will cover:
- The structure of a BASH script
- Setting and reading variables and arguments
- Loops
- Branches and comparisons
- Piping
- Background Processes
- Output literals
- Commenting out code

This talk will include plenty of examples of useful BASH scripts to automate common database administration tasks. However, these concepts will be applicable to any aspect of system administration as well.

About the speaker:

Solomon Chang is MySQL certified, and works as a senior DBA for Ooyala. He is the former president of LAMPSIG and an evangelist of Open Source.

RSVP Link:
http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/40412812/

Intro to SendGrid - Learn how to build out a scalable email infrastructure

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:00:00 -0400

Intro to SendGrid - Learn how to avoid the pain of building out a reliable and scalable email infrastructure.

Summary:

Email delivery is a complex and difficult problem, SendGrid makes sure developers never have to deal with that type of pain.
Come learn how easy it is to replace your email sending infrastructure with SendGrid and all of the benefits to you and your customers.
Then, this question becomes less important: What does it cost you if an email does not get delivered to one of your customers?

About Presenter:

Elmer Thomas is a Developer Evangelist at SendGrid.com with experience as a developer and manager. His goal is to take the pain and suffering related to implementing email solutions away from developers so they can focus on realizing their passions through code.
If you offer him an IPA, it's likely his eyes will light up with glee.

Lambdas in PHP 5.3

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:00:00 -0400

What: Lambdas in PHP 5.3
When: Saturday, August 20, 2011 1:00 PM

Where: Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
213-915-4402

This is a Joint meetup between LAPHP and LAMPsig.

PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION

One of PHP5.3's terrific features is the ability to use lambdas. But, wait, didn't we already have that with PHP5? What was create_function() about after all? What is the difference between a lambda and a closure or is there any in PHP? Come and explore with me these and other questions in an adventure to discover the truth about lambdas in PHP. The presentation touches on the origins of the lambda and its implementation in PHP5.3. Far greater emphasis is on live code demonstrations of lambdas (and closures, too!) as well as in-depth discussion about the code.

ABOUT SHARON LEVY

Sharon is a Zend Certified Engineer in PHP5, equally comfortable working with UNIX, Linux or Windows platforms. Her accomplishments in public speaking include dynamic, multi-media presentations at code camps and PHP meetups. She has also presented at SCALE (WIOS) and was the local speaker representing the Los Angeles area at the 2009 Code Works conference. The premier magazine php|architect has published several of her articles whose subjects range from email verification to web-based retrieval, to her latest endeavor regarding PHP's support for lambdas. Writing and public speaking activities compliment her primary focus, providing professional web development services for companies in diverse industries, from startups to the Fortune 500.

RSVP at http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/24247121/

Intro to Twilio - Texting and Making Calls From Your Web App

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:00:00 -0400

Announcing a new Meetup for LAMPsig - Los Angeles Web Development User Group!

What: Intro to Twilio - Texting and Making Calls From Your Web App
When: Saturday, July 16, 2011 1:00 PM

Where: Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
213-915-4402

Summary:

PHP in the Real World: Reach Out and Text Someone

As software developers, we spend much of our time in a digital world.Ever wish your code could reach out and make your phone ring? Or textyour friends? In this talk, we'll learn how your web app can easilymake & receive phone calls and send & receive SMS messages.

About Presenter:

Rahim Sonawalla is a Developer Evangelist at Twilio. He spends histime traveling the nation attending Startup Weekends, hackathons, andhelping people make awesome things. When not on the road, he calls LosAngeles home.

Check it out and RSVP at!

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/23735201/

I look forward to seeing you at the presentation,

Jorge Garifuna
LAMPsig President
213-915-4402
http://lampsig.org

Getting started with Python

nospam@example.com (Jorge Garifuna) — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:00:00 -0400

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Topic: Getting started with Python
When: Saturday, June 18, 2011 1:00 PM

Where: Tom Bradley Youth and Family Center
5213 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
213-915-4402

By Solomon Chang

Python is an interpreted (as opposed to compiled) language created by Guido Van Rossum. Unlike most modern scripting languages, which can trace their heritage to C, Python has a number of unorthodox syntax idiosyncrasies, such as lines of code being terminated by newline characters (most of us are used to semicolons) and discrete blocks of code defined by indentation (most of us are used to putting them in curly braces). Despite these odd-seeming rules, Python is remarkably easy to learn, and flexible enough to accommodate anything between a quick and dirty service script to full blown object oriented projects.

This tutorial will focus on getting started with Python, with all the basics of any scripting language: I/O, loops, control structures. Any remaining time after that will be used for showing you how to do those things most people use a scripting language for: connecting to databases, sending out emails, requesting webpages, and other network operations.
Solomon is a fully certified MySQL DBA and former president of LAMPSIG. He uses Python in building a scalable storage engine for his current company. He spends too much time chasing after the latest geek toys.

Show up or RSVP at:

http://www.meetup.com/LAMPsig/events/21697631/

See you there,

Jorge Garifuna
LAMPsig President
Tel: 213-915-4402