The Suburban Chicago PHP & Web Development Meetup

Someone left a comment last month, and we got another one this month – people are having a hard time finding Viveli. And, I can’t really blame them. It’s not immediately obvious where they are. So, I recorded the final leg of my trip this month:

I normally get off 355 at Higgins and turn right onto National Pkwy, but I was so eager to get this recorded that I accidentally turned at Meacham. No harm done. Either way works, the important part is to turn into the first office park past the Doubletree on Woodfield Rd. and go around to the building in the back.

I noticed this month that the sign on the side of the road doesn’t say “1100″ on it, which might explain why people haven’t been finding the place. Hopefully this video will clear up some of the confusion.

Here’s a map to get there from 355 (Higgins to National Pkwy to Woodfield Rd):

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And here’s a closeup showing to turn in the second driveway (the one past the Doubletree) and kind of showing the driveway that goes around the building:

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Dave Bost from Microsoft will be filling us in on what the folks in Redmond (and everywhere, really) are doing with PHP these days. Turns out they’re a supporter of PHP, jQuery and other open source technologies. They also sponsor Tek-X (formerly PHP-Tek), an annual PHP conference here in Chicago.

Our group usually focusses on the LAMP stack, but Microsoft has become a formidable player once again. They’re not throwing monopoly muscle around either. They’re bringing impressive tools like Web Platform Installer (hint: one-click Drupal install) to the table.

Bring questions about PHP, IIS, and other web technologies to get a different perspective from our local Microsoft rep. And, of course there will be our usual pizza and caffeine, plus great opportunities to make friends and business connections.

Join us on March 4th, 2010 at 7pm in Schaumburg. RSVP here

Just a reminder that we’ll be meeting tomorrow, February 4th, to talk about HTML5. Come learn what new functionality this long-overdue upgrade brings. Also, what browsers support it and how you can cope.

We’ll also be raffling off a copy of HTML & CSS: The Complete Reference, Fifth Edition

Be sure to RSVP so we know how many people to expect.