Opening:
- Attendees introduced themselves.
- Brought up question of interest for hosting the meetup at another location such as ODU. Parking was noted as a consideration.
- Recap of discussion topics from last meeting
Presentation:
- Chris Ryan presentation on PHPUnit
- PhpUnit PHP User Group Jan2014
Discussion:
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Introduce a problem to solve every meeting
- Discuss the possible solutions at the next meeting
- Chad provided the first problem sourced from a post from Reddit
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Group members can bring problems to the next meeting for review
- Group can vote on problem to solve by the next meeting
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GitHub repository available for custom built framework
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Possible upcoming topics
- S.O.L.I.D principles
- PHP code sniffer
- PHP mess detector
- Continuous Integration
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Meeting format and schedule
- Group interested in 2 meetings per month (1st and 3rd Thursdays)
- 1 meeting for presentations and the other more dedicated to actual development time
- Monthly problem solving to be handled on the 3rd Thursday
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Next meeting
- Following the group's interests, we will be working to schedule the next meeting for the 3rd Thursday in January.
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February schedule
- The scheduled meetup for Feb.6 will be a problem due to DE Hack-a-thon 7
- Looking at the following Thursday, Feb. 13 as a potential alternate
- Presentation will be based on Object Oriented PHP presented by Troy Connor
Monthly Problem Solving: