Re: [UG-ADMINS] PHP TestFest 2017

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Sounds great =F0=9F=91=8D

PHPMINDS is also in.

Thanks

Antonis


On Wed, 7 Jun 2017 at 13:52, Andreas Heigl <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'd say PHPUGFFM is also in.
>
> September would be great!
>
> Cheers
>
> Andreas
>
> Am 07.06.17 um 13:47 schrieb Eric Poe:
> > I love this idea! I second Beth's request for non-summer, non-December,
> as
> > well as Rafael's request for a few months' heads up.
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 3:34 AM Rafael Dohms <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> Hell yeah!
> >> PHPSP was the top contributor of 2009 and it was one of the most
> remakable
> >> events of my UG organizing years.
> >>
> >> I'll gladly help with material and presentation.
> >> For AmsterdamPHP any month should be good, but a few months heads up
> would
> >> be nice to get everything set in place.
> >>
> >> I've also got karma on the test folders so I can help with triage and
> >> mentoring.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:20 AM Boyan Yordanov <
> >> [email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> The idea sounds really cool. I didn't know that this was a tradition.
> And
> >>> some time after the summer sounds good.
> >>>
> >>> I like the idea to have a presentation that newer and smaller groups
> >> (like
> >>> ours) can use to introduce the initiative to members and also the
> >>> mentorship to help us prepare the actual event.
> >>>
> >>> I will mention it on our next meeting to see what reactions it will
> >> create.
> >>> Hopefully the people will get on board with it.
> >>>
> >>> Boyan
> >>> PHP Varna, Bulgaria
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 7:43 AM Beth Tucker Long <
> [email protected]
> >>>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> I love this idea. I will selfishly suggest September because then we
> >> can
> >>>> hold one at Madison PHP Conference, but Madison PHP will hold one
> >> either
> >>>> way, so I am open to just about any non-summer, non-December month.
> >>>> Beth
> >>>>
> >>>> Beth Tucker Long
> >>>> Treeline Design, LLC
> >>>> 807 Arbor Vitae Place
> >>>> Verona, WI 53593
> >>>> 608-770-6677 <(608)%20770-6677> <(608)%20770-6677>
> >>>> http://www.TreelineDesign.com
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Jun 6, 2017, at 23:01, Ben Ramsey <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi, all!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Years ago, PHP user groups around the world banded together to hold=
 a
> >>>>> yearly PHP TestFest. From my recollection, 2008 and 2009 were the
> >>>>> biggest years, with the most involvement, but some groups continued
> >> the
> >>>>> tradition for several more years.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So, what is the PHP TestFest?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here's the old description from the original TestFest page at
> >>>>> https://qa.php.net/
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> The TestFest is an event that aims at improving the code coverage =
of
> >>>>>> the test suite for the PHP language itself. As part of this event,
> >>>>>> local User Groups (UG) are invited to join the TestFest. These UGs
> >>>>>> can meet physically or come together virtually. The point however =
is
> >>>>>> that people network to learn together. Aside from being an
> >>>>>> opportunity for all of you to make friends with like minded people
> >> in
> >>>>>> your (virtual) community, it also will hopefully reduce the work
> >> load
> >>>>>> for the PHP.net mentors. All it takes is someone to organize a UG =
to
> >>>>>> spearhead the event and to get others involved in writing phpt
> >> tests.
> >>>>>> The submissions will then be reviewed by members of php.net before
> >>>>>> getting included in the official test suite.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> At php[tek], Sammy Kaye Powers gave a great presentation on writing
> >>> phpt
> >>>>> tests, and several folks began reminescing about the TestFest. One
> >>> thing
> >>>>> led to another, and we decided it's time to bring it back.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So, let's bring it back!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Here are a few things we should discuss:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * When should we hold TestFest? The goal is for as many user groups
> >> as
> >>>>>  possible to take part, so we should pick a month that works for mo=
st
> >>>>>  groups. A group may participate at any time during that month.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Resources? We used to have resources available at qa.php.net, but
> >>>>>  those resources seem to have disappeared (see below for archived
> >>>>>  links). I've set up a repository here, where we can start
> >>>>>  collaborating to assemble resources for the TestFest:
> >>>>>  <https://github.com/phpcommunity/testfest>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Prizes? The first TestFest included an elePHPant raffle, where ea=
ch
> >>>>>  good test submission received an entry to the raffle, and ten plus=
h
> >>>>>  elePHPants were raffled off to submitters. Should we do prizes? If
> >> so,
> >>>>>  how should that work? Should we ask companies if they'd like to
> >> offer
> >>>>>  products/services to give away?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * How should tests be submitted, and who can volunteer to review
> >> tests
> >>>>>  and work with those who have karma to php-src to accept and merge =
in
> >>>>>  the tests?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * We need mentors who can help UG leaders prepare for the event.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * It'd be great if we could assemble a presentation for any group t=
o
> >>> use
> >>>>>  that would introduce TestFest and explain how to get started. I kn=
ow
> >>>>>  several people had worked on virtual machines that groups could us=
e
> >>>>>  to get people up-and-running quickly; today with Vagrant/Docker, i=
t
> >>>>>  should be easier than ever before to put something together that's
> >>>>>  portable and useful.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * What else?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So, let's get the ball rolling and assemble the groups for TestFest
> >>>>> 2017!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Cheers,
> >>>>> Ben
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Relevant Links:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Original TestFest page:
> >>>>>  <
> >>>>
> >>
> http://web.archive.org/web/20080912150938/http://qa.php.net/testfest.php
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * TestFest on the PHP wiki:
> >>>>>  <https://wiki.php.net/qa/testfest>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Old source for testfest.php.net:
> >>>>>  <https://github.com/php/web-testfest>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Some blog posts from Stefan Koopmanschap:
> >>>>>  <http://leftontheweb.com/blog/categories/testfest/>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Philip Norton's post on the UK PHP TestFest 2010:
> >>>>>  <
> >>> http://www.hashbangcode.com/blog/php-testfest-uk-2010-and-testing-php=
>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * PHPBelgium slides for preparing for TestFest 2009:
> >>>>>  <
> >>>>
> >>
> https://www.slideshare.net/PHPBelgium/preparation-for-php-test-fest-2009
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Brazilian TestFest code resources:
> >>>>>  <https://github.com/PHPTestFestBrasil/PHPTestFest>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> * Sammy's php[tek] 2017 talk:
> >>>>>  <
> >>>>
> >>
> https://speakerdeck.com/sammyk/writing-tests-for-php-source-php-tek-2017
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
>
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