On may 3rd I will be doing a Competa Techtalk on REST. As for those who have ever dealt with writing a RESTful API: it isn’t as easy it it sounds and falling back to a XML-RPC (or worse) API is the result. During this talk I will not explain REST but will teach you how to deal with the practical side of implementing a RESTful API. How do we let someone login? How do we search through collections? How do we do asynchronous operations and how do we send emails from your API? Ultimately, it should allow you to think about problems facing everyday and turn them into truly RESTful solutions.

Entrance to this event is free. More information can be found at: http://www.competa.com/community/events.php/29

I’m invited to speak on the PHP|Tek conference in Chicago USA on may 22 to may 25. I will be speaking about 3 different topics:

• Public key encryption 101: the basics of public key encryption. What is is, why is it important and how does it work.
• Puppet for dummies: An introduction into Puppet configuration management.
• The Standard PHP Library: a set of standardized components for usage in PHP.

I’m very keen on going back to the states since my visit last October. PHP|Tek is one of the best conferences available for PHP developers, so I’m really happy to be part of it. Especially with three of my favorite subjects to talk about. And maybe, there just might be a surprise as well.. :-)

NoxLogic, together with Ingewikkeld.net will be sponsoring the PHPBenelux 2012 conference through TechAdemy. Because we believe that sharing knowledge is an important aspect of any developer or system administrator, we decided that it was a perfect way to return something back to the community.

For the readers out there that aren’t convinced on joining our TechAdemy workshops, we will raffle a free ticket to the PHPBenelux conference for one of the attendees of the January edition of Techademy. So make sure you don’t miss it!