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Blog Archive for April, 2010
Introduction to Unit Testing with PHPUnit
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Tagged: Website, General
I've just come back from a successful SydPHP meeting here in Sydney, Australia. The turnout was great, and the energy in the room was brilliant. It was really nice to see some faces from previous visits, and even more so to see new people joining the ranks.
I gave a very brief introduction to Unit Testing with PHPUnit. You can download the slides a the end of this blog post. The reception was great. There was a mix of people that have used unit tests, and some who have had little exposure, which is expected.
SydPHP SuperFun April 2010 Meetup
Monday, 19 April 2010
Tagged: Website, General
The SydPHP April 2010 meetup is only days away. With a spanky new venue, and a pre-talk social session, its bound to be a great time. All the details about the event can be found here.
My talk will be a brief introduction to Unit Testing with PHP. This will provide a good iverview of the benefits of Unit Testing, and the approaches you can use to integrate testing into your work regime. I'll be using PHPUnit as the testing framework, with a custom suite built for SydPHP. So don't miss it!
I'm urging everyone to come, whether you're new to code, don't code at all, or a hard-core long time developer. Everyone takes something away from these events, and its a great way to get to know people in the same industry. Personally I have seen a lot of contact come out of attending SydPHP, and its given me a chance to communicate and mingle with some other like-minded local developers.
PreBot gets a swanky new battery setup
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Tagged: Website, General
The Arudino based robot "Prebot" that I have been working on has just gotten itself a shiny new battery pack upgrade.
The previous one was constructed out of two individual 2xAA battery holders, some 9V battery connectors, and some rubber bands. This new setup should be smaller, easier to pack in, and stop any internal damage to the balsa chassis that was seen from the dodgy soldering job I did on the previous battery pack.
Introducing "PreBot", an Arduino Based Robot experiment
Friday, 2 April 2010
Tagged: Website, General
Over the last couple of weeks I have been building and programming for a small robot driven by an Arduino board. This was undertaken as a fun hobby with my good friend John who also bought a board and bits to build a robot.
Since I started building and posting progressive images via Twitter, people have been asking for more information, a website and images / media for the robot I have been building. Today I have made such a page available.
