21st May 2018: Jose Barrera on Laravel, Websockets, and VueJS

May 8, 2018 Article

So far, May has been scorching hot, and we’ve got a scorcher of a talk to suit on Monday 21st May, when Jose Barrera will be showing us how to develop a broadcasting web application with Laravel, websockets and VueJS!

We’ll have cool drinks, plenty of pizza, and lots of discussion, at our usual venue of The Student Room by Brighton Station (here’s how to find us); turn up any time from 18:15, and we’ll get the talk under way around 19:15.

So, mark your calendars, come along, and do get in touch if you have any ideas for the group, or would like to give a talk of your own. Read More

16th April 2018: Simon Downes on Microservices

April 12, 2018 Article

With April’s meetup only days away we’re pleased to have our own Simon Downes giving us An Introduction to Microservices.

So come and join us at the normal venue of The Student Room by Brighton Station (here’s how to find us) anytime from 18:15 on Monday 16th April, grab a drink and have a chat.  The talks start around 19:15 with the usual pizza, drinks, and in-depth discussion of whatever it is you want to discuss.

We look forward to seeing you there, and remember; this is a user group and would be nothing without you.  As part of that, we’d also love it if you would consider giving a talk sometime.  If you fancy that then let us know! Read More

19th March 2018: Michael Heap on Prometheus and Simon Downes on Data Processing

March 5, 2018 Article

We had some great talks in February but March is now upon us.  Thankfully we’re following on strong for our Monday 19th March meetup.  We’re pleased to have Micheal Heap joining us to say Move over Graphite, Prometheus is here! and also Simon Downes who will be giving us the talk Tales from the Coalface: Adventures with Data Processing.

So come and join us at the normal venue of The Student Room by Brighton Station (here’s how to find us) anytime from from 18:15, grab a drink and have a chat.  The talks start around 19:15 with the usual pizza, drinks, and in-depth discussion of whatever it is you want to discuss.

We look forward to seeing you there, and remember; this is a user group and would be nothing without you.  As part of that, we’d also love it if you would consider giving a talk sometime.  If you fancy that then let us know! Read More

19th February 2018: Matt Brunt on Behaviour Driven Development & Behat

January 24, 2018 Article

2018 has only just begun, and already we’ve had one night of amazing talks, and are looking forward to our next, on Monday 19th February when we welcome Matt Brunt to talk about BDD and Behat. Not sure what that means? Then come along and find out – turn up at The Student Room offices any time from 18:15, with the talk starting at 19:15. Afterwards, there’ll be the normal pizza, beer, and in-depth discussion of whatever it is you want to discuss. If you’ve not been before, here’s where to find us. See you there! Read More

15th January 2018: Dave Liddament brings us The Test Suite Holy Trinity and Andy Collington gives A Gentle Introduction to JWT

January 4, 2018 Article

Happy New Year BrightonPHPers! I hope you all had a good Christmas, and are full of enthusiasm to be back at work. Here at BrightonPHP we’re going to get off to a great start with two great talks for you on Monday January 15th 2018, at the normal venue of The Student Room by Brighton station. First up, we’ve got Dave Liddament bringing us The Test Suite Holy Trinity and then Andy Collington will be giving A Gentle Introduction to JWT.

Turn up from 18:15, the first talk will start around 19:15, and we’ll have the normal beer and pizza and general chit-chat between talks. Details of the venue are on this Meetings page if you haven’t been before, and do spread the word on Facebook if you’re looking forward to it as much as we are. Read More