Autoloading... if you do this long enough you will eventually get bit by include, require, include_once, and/or require_once. You may even use fun work arounds involving concatenating __DIR__ or __FILE__. Autoloading allows a more streamlined load of the whole solution, a long time feature of Java-- only loading the code you need when you need it. You might 'use' some code up top in Java declaring which library to pull the code from. But, if it never gets used the compiler leaves it out.



PHP doesn't have compiling per se-- autoloading is better in PHP because we don't bake unnecessary things into "binaries" we don't have. Our runtime execution can be leaner literally pulling only what we need into RAM for execution.



This is super important for virtualized and cloud (also virtualized most of the time...) systems where you get even less RAM than the purchasing department would put in physical bare metal servers of old as unbelievable as that may sound. This is one strategy for making the most of the general 2 to 4 GB of RAM many "machines" are operating with.



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Anna at StartMart just confirmed that we have the large conference room.



Noon to 4:00P is just devs clicking keys together.



4:00P to 5:30P is eating while shared media plays on the screen.



5:30P to 6:00P getting set up for the talk. --There is a more or less public project backed by local industry for hacktivism regarding Lake Erie where your technical skills may make a material difference in our own back yards. I've invited Max Herzog to give his spiel while I set up-- barring that I will play a quick elevator pitch video from him.



6:00P to 7:30P is the talk about autoloading. Autoloading using PSR-0 and PSR-4 without any framework or helpers. Using Composer to autoload a git and local, private, non-cvs repo library discussing structure options and some surprise issues. (Look for the youtube video of me practicing the content when I go on vacation.)



Hope to see you all there.



I want to make this a quarterly thing. This one will be catered by Zen Cuisine (not finalized, haven't talked with Tommy yet)-- mild oriental dishes made with fresh vegetables and ingredients. If you RSVP, there will be food for you.