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Add a turbo button with Nginx and friends

Whenever you build a dynamic site with user-specific content, each hit to the site causes a hit to the .Net/PHP/Ruby/Python backend, potentially causing scalability issues. In this talk, we’ll look at a new way of handling user-specific content which takes the load away from the backend. Be prepared to learn about some exciting tools that add a ‘turbo’ button to your infrastructure.

Caching and tuning fun for high scalability (45min session)

Caching has been a ‘hot’ topic for a few years. But caching takes more than merely taking data and putting it in a cache : the right caching techniques can improve performance and reduce load significantly. But we’ll also look at some major pitfalls, showing that caching the wrong way can bring down your site. If you’re looking for a clear explanation about various caching techniques and tools like Memcached, Nginx and Varnish, as well as ways to deploy them in an efficient way, this talk is for you. In this tutorial, we’ll start from a Zend Framework based site. We’ll add caching, begin to add servers and replace the standard LAMP stack, all while performing live benchmarks.

Caching and tuning fun for high scalability (1h session)

Caching has been a ‘hot’ topic for a few years. But caching takes more than merely taking data and putting it in a cache : the right caching techniques can improve performance and reduce load significantly. But we’ll also look at some major pitfalls, showing that caching the wrong way can bring down your site. If you’re looking for a clear explanation about various caching techniques and tools like Memcached, Nginx and Varnish, as well as ways to deploy them in an efficient way, this talk is for you. In this tutorial, we’ll start from a Zend Framework based site. We’ll add caching, begin to add servers and replace the standard LAMP stack, all while performing live benchmarks.

Caching and tuning fun for high scalability (45min session)

Caching has been a ‘hot’ topic for a few years. But caching takes more than merely taking data and putting it in a cache : the right caching techniques can improve performance and reduce load significantly. But we’ll also look at some major pitfalls, showing that caching the wrong way can bring down your site. If you’re looking for a clear explanation about various caching techniques and tools like Memcached, Nginx and Varnish, as well as ways to deploy them in an efficient way, this talk is for you. In this tutorial, we’ll start from a Zend Framework based site. We’ll add caching, begin to add servers and replace the standard LAMP stack, all while performing live benchmarks.

Caching and tuning fun for high scalability (45min session)

Caching has been a ‘hot’ topic for a few years. But caching takes more than merely taking data and putting it in a cache : the right caching techniques can improve performance and reduce load significantly. But we’ll also look at some major pitfalls, showing that caching the wrong way can bring down your site. If you’re looking for a clear explanation about various caching techniques and tools like Memcached, Nginx and Varnish, as well as ways to deploy them in an efficient way, this talk is for you. In this tutorial, we’ll start from a Zend Framework based site. We’ll add caching, begin to add servers and replace the standard LAMP stack, all while performing live benchmarks.

Beyond PHP : it’s not (just) about the code !
Most PHP developers focus on writing code. But creating Web applications is about much more than just wrting PHP. Take a step outside the PHP cocoon and into the big PHP ecosphere to find out how small code changes can make a world of difference on servers and network.
This talk is an eye-opener for developers who spend over 80% of their time coding, debugging and testing.

Caching and tuning fun for high scalability (45min session)

Caching has been a ‘hot’ topic for a few years. But caching takes more than merely taking data and putting it in a cache : the right caching techniques can improve performance and reduce load significantly. But we’ll also look at some major pitfalls, showing that caching the wrong way can bring down your site. If you’re looking for a clear explanation about various caching techniques and tools like Memcached, Nginx and Varnish, as well as ways to deploy them in an efficient way, this talk is for you. In this tutorial, we’ll start from a Zend Framework based site. We’ll add caching, begin to add servers and replace the standard LAMP stack, all while performing live benchmarks.

Creating Fast, Dynamic ACLs in Zend Framework

Zend Framework’s Access Control Layer system is simple and straight-forward; however, as the number of rules increase in size and complexity, maintenance and performance suffer. The solution: a dynamic, reflection-based ACL system, with built-in caching. Sound complicated? Don’t worry, it’s easy to setup and a lot easier to manage!

Making dynamic sites scale like static sites

Although tools like Varnish can improve performance and scalability for static sites, when user-specific content is needed, a hit to the (PHP) backend is still required, causing potential scaling issues. A brand-new Nginx module implements an ultra-fast and scalable solution to solve this problem. We’ll not only go into the details of how the modules works, but we’ll put the old and new setups head-to-head to showcase the performance and scalability differences.

Caching and tuning fun for high scalability (1,5h tutorial)

Caching has been a ‘hot’ topic for a few years. But caching takes more than merely taking data and putting it in a cache : the right caching techniques can improve performance and reduce load significantly. But we’ll also look at some major pitfalls, showing that caching the wrong way can bring down your site. If you’re looking for a clear explanation about various caching techniques and tools like Memcached, Nginx and Varnish, as well as ways to deploy them in an efficient way, this talk is for you. In this tutorial, we’ll start from a Zend Framework based site. We’ll add caching, begin to add servers and replace the standard LAMP stack, all while performing live benchmarks.

Creating Fast, Dynamic ACLs in Zend Framework

Zend Framework’s Access Control Layer system is simple and straight-forward; however, as the number of rules increase in size and complexity, maintenance and performance suffer. The solution: a dynamic, reflection-based ACL system, with built-in caching. Sound complicated? Don’t worry, it’s easy to setup and a lot easier to manage!

Slides : Zend.com

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Caching and tuning fun for high scalability (1,5h tutorial)

Caching has been a ‘hot’ topic for a few years. But caching takes more than merely taking data and putting it in a cache : the right caching techniques can improve performance and reduce load significantly. But we’ll also look at some major pitfalls, showing that caching the wrong way can bring down your site. If you’re looking for a clear explanation about various caching techniques and tools like Memcached, Nginx and Varnish, as well as ways to deploy them in an efficient way, this talk is for you. In this tutorial, we’ll start from a Zend Framework based site. We’ll add caching, begin to add servers and replace the standard LAMP stack, all while performing live benchmarks.

Caching and tuning fun for high scalability (2h tutorial)

Caching has been a ‘hot’ topic for a few years. But caching takes more than merely taking data and putting it in a cache : the right caching techniques can improve performance and reduce load significantly. But we’ll also look at some major pitfalls, showing that caching the wrong way can bring down your site. If you’re looking for a clear explanation about various caching techniques and tools like Memcached, Nginx and Varnish, as well as ways to deploy them in an efficient way, this talk is for you. In this tutorial, we’ll start from a Zend Framework based site. We’ll add caching, begin to add servers and replace the standard LAMP stack, all while performing live benchmarks.