Re: TestFest 2010

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Rafael Dohms <listas@rafaeldohms.com.br>wrote: > Awesome Eric, > > > > ##### When ##### > > I got quite a fair amount of feedback from people last year wishing the > > event ran longer. So I propose we run it from April to July 2010 (4 > Months) > > this year. > > Last year the PHPSP Group had its TestFest in August/September, the > testfest stretched a bit to fit in some more UGs, i think we can go > longer then July and would propose we go up until early September. We > already plan to have 2 editions of the testfest here, one in may/june > kicking it off.. and one in september to round off contributions, > which would motivate people to continue contributijg from one event to > the other. > > > > > ##### Test Repository - SVN ##### > > I've asked Rafael Dohms to look into this. > > > > Tracking people down, news soon. > > > ##### Development Environment Tools ##### > > I spent a lot of time putting together VMs last year as quick starts to > > testing. To say they were well used would not be a very true statement. > We > > used them at the Atlanta PUG TestFest and we ended wasting a lot of time > > getting them up and running and teaching people how to use them. > > > > After thinking about the situation a bit more, the VMs didn't really > provide > > the time save I thought they would. Most people who showed up already had > a > > PHP development environment setup on their computer. Maybe not the latest > > version of PHP and maybe not with every imaginable extension, but for the > > most part, they were pretty well setup. > > > > VM's were pretty useful for us, most people did not have environments > up and we were also able to setup computer in the university that > sponsored the event for people to use in case they did not have > laptops. > > We had some issues of compatibility with the VM's, so i was thinking > how hard it would be to have a Server VM, which we could host for the > users present and they would interact with it to run their tests, > maybe Microsoft could host some of these for us in the OpenSource HQ? > This is a great idea. Forget building VMs and requiring users to download and install VM software and then download the huge VM file and require the users to configure and get it up and running. Instead we could have Linux and Windows Servers running as virtual slices. I could pre-build limited user accounts on both platforms and allow users to pick their poison. Then all they have to have is RDP for the Windows server and SSH for the Linux servers. They could log in and be pre-setup to write, run and commit their tests. Simple, manageable, low maintenance. I love it. -- > Rafael Dohms > PHP Evangelist and Community Leader > http://www.rafaeldohms.com.br > http://www.phpsp.org.br > Eric Lee Stewart