php in brazil
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Presentation given by Manuel Lemos in Microsoft Web Development Summit 2008 about the PHP community in BrazilTRANSCRIPT
PHP in BrazilPHP in Brazil
Manuel [email protected]
www.prophp.com.br
www.php.org.br
Microsoft Web Dev Summit 2008
Redmond, November 17, 2008
About Manuel LemosAbout Manuel Lemos
● Born and lived in Aveiro, Portugal until 1998
● Graduated in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering by Universidade de Aveiro in 1994
● Started working with PHP 2 in late 1997
● Wrote book “Estar na Internet” published by McGraw Hill in 1998‑
● Moved to Bauru, Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1998
● Created the PHPClasses.org site in 1999
PHP Community WorldwidePHP Community Worldwide● Estimated in ~5 million developers worldwide
according to Zend
● Top 10 countries with most developers according to PHPClasses.org statistics
1. United States 13.5%2. India 7.5%3. Germany 5.0%4. Brazil 5.0% ~250,000 developers5. United Kingdom 4.0%6. France 3.5%7. Netherlands 3.5%8. Russia 3.0%9. Spain 2.7%
10. Indonesia 2.7%
PHP user groups in BrazilPHP user groups in Brazil
● 15 groups registered in the PHPUserGroups.org site
● 35 groups registered in the PHPClasses.org site, 25 active
● ProPHP – Group of PHP Professionals in Brazil – formed in 2005 to organize a national PHP event
● PHP.org.br – PHP Brasil Comunidades – formed in 2008 to promote PHP user group cooperation, events and other initiatives of interest of the PHP community
Important PHP mailing lists in BrazilImportant PHP mailing lists in Brazil
● General mailing list: php-pt started in 1999, 6700 users, 600 messages per month, moderated
● Advanced mailing list: php-especialistas started in 2000, 3300 users, 120 messages per month, moderated
● Jobs mailing list: php-empregos started in 2001, 2900 users, 60 messages per month, moderated
PHP magazines in PortuguesePHP magazines in Portuguese
● PHP Magazine – PDF, Brazilian Portuguese
● Revista PHP - online, Brazilian Portuguese
● Revista PHP – PDF, Portugal Portuguese
Top Free Software events in BrazilTop Free Software events in Brazil
1. FISL – Forum Internacional de Software Livre – Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 9 editions, 7400 users
2. LatinoWare – Conferência Latino-Americana de Software Livre – Foz do Iguaçu, Parana, 5 editions, 4200 users, PHP track: CoLAPHP – Congresso Latino-Americano de PHP
3. CONISLI – Congresso Internacional de Software Livre – Sao Paulo, 6 editions, 1000 users, PHP track: CoNaPHP – Congresso Nacional de PHP
Questions?Questions?
Thank you!
Manuel Lemos
www.prophp.com.br
www.php.org.br