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Sean Coates
Web Architect, OmniTI

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Sean Coates has been developing Web applications professionally for over 9 years, and is currently a Web Architect for OmniTI. In the past, he has worked in various positions, from developing payment code that processed over one million dollars per day, to working as the editor-in-chief of php|architect magazine, and organizer of php|tek and php|works conferences. Sean has been a contributing member of the PHP community, from working heavily on the PHP manual, to maintaining PEAR code, speaking on the topic of PHP, and contributing to open source projects, including (most recently) the Habari and Phergie projects.

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8:30am Monday, 07/20/2009

PHP: The Good Parts

PHP
Location: Ballroom A1

Chris Shiflett (Analog), Sean Coates (OmniTI)

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PHP has a reputation for being poorly designed and inconsistent. This reputation has been earned through a lifetime of organic growth. Some of this criticism is deserved, but some parts—The Good Parts—keep us coming back for more. Join us as we discuss the reasons why PHP powers most of the Web despite its flaws. Read more.

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