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Welcome to the June edition of the Zend IBM i Newsletter. This is a monthly newsletter dedicated to PHP for the IBM i community. Enjoy your summer!
ZEND IBM i PRODUCT NEWS AND UPDATES
Evans Data Corporation
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In May 2011, Evans Data Research announced results from their annual User's Choice Software Development Platform survey of 1,200 developers worldwide. Zend Studio was among the top 3 in overall user satisfaction, behind IBM Rational and Microsoft Visual Studio. Zend Studio was also the #1 choice of developers for Web design and development tools and availability of third-party tools.
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"Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP gives developers a single code base for applications for Android, Blackberry Tablet OS and iOS while sharing code from Web applications. Adobe Flash Builder 4.5 for PHP includes an integrated copy of Zend Studio 8, which allows developers to develop Flash based applications within ... a single UI framework to create Flex and PHP projects for desktop and mobile and the ability to connect to PHP services and generate ActionScript value objects."
Leena Rao, Tech Crunch
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Webinar: The Ideal Development Environment for IBM i Programmers
July 13, 2011 - 9:00 am PDT
Explore several of the key productivity features of Zend Studio for IBM i, as well as plug-ins, add-ons, remote project creation, and code portability.
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OCEAN Technical Conference and Vendor Expo
July 22, 2011 - Costa Mesa, CA
Mike Pavlak will cover object-oriented PHP as well as the open source XML toolkit that was developed by IBM and Zend and which is available as a beta in Zend Server 5.1.
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Webinar: A Tale of Two Toolkits
August 03, 2011 - 9:00 am PDT
Learn more about the exciting new open source XML Toolkit currently being developed in collaboration between IBM and Zend.
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Full-day Workshop for Association of Midrange Computer Users
September 14, 2011 – Atlanta, GA
Mike Pavlak tours the fundamentals of PHP functions and array processing, the PHP Toolkit, and an introduction to the object-oriented model.
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Zend PHP Conference
October 17-20, 2011 – Santa Clara, CA
Please mark your calendars for the 7th annual ZendCon, the premier PHP conference including a dedicated session track for IBM i users.
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UPCOMING TRAINING
PHP I: Foundations for IBM i programmers
July 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27 & 29 from 4-6 pm PDT
Aug 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17 & 19 from 9-11 am PDT
This online, instructor-led course is designed to provide ILE programmers with a foundation in the PHP language. This course guides you through the basics of PHP with an experiential approach, filled with examples and hands-on exercises, and references the similarities/differences between the PHP and RPG languages.
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Check out Zend Smart Start for IBM i
The Zend Smart Start for IBM i service is a training and consulting engagement designed to help customers who rely on the power of IBM i to rapidly modernize and adopt PHP for their web application projects. Customers receive comprehensive PHP training and knowledge transfer resulting in trained staff with basic understanding of PHP and a fully operational, (PHP-based) pilot project deployed on their IBM i.
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