In a world of single page applications, touchable and swipable interfaces, canvas, browser-based storage and geolocation APIs, the humble PHP developer might be forgiven for thinking that their JavaScript colleagues are stealing all the glory. And, er, you'd be right. But getting the most from the browser means being smarter about what you do server-side, too.
This talk explores a number of different approaches to designing your web application's back end to make it easier to build awesome browser based applications.
Andrew Betts
Andrew is a London based PHP and JavaScript developer, founder of web technology firm Assanka, and PHP London regular. He's been using PHP for 12 years, building apps for publishers and finance companies, and is particularly interested in search, scaling, mobile web apps and PHP as part of a wider web development ecosystem.