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It’s been a while, but I finally have some time to get back to summing up the world of PHP-GTK. Things have slowed down a little in the past few months on the development side but that doesn’t mean that the world of PHP-GTK 2 has stood still.

Development

A Call for Help:
The number of developers actively writing C code for the PHP-GTK 2 extension stands at a whopping 4! And of course all four are rather busy as of late. If you feel comfortable writing C code and are looking for an opportunity to contribute to the project please contact the developer’s mailing list and ask how to lend a hand. There are plenty of little features that need to be implemented and some bugs that need to be fixed that will give you more than enough opportunity to learn and contribute.

General

Taking Conferences by Storm:
It’s conference season in the PHP world and no PHP conference would be complete without a PHP-GTK 2 presenetation (you hear that DCPHP!). First up, and going on right now, is PHP|Works in Toronto. Andrei, is scheduled to speak Friday morning (Sept. 15th). He will be demonstrating how easy it is to create powerful desktop applications with PHP-GTK 2. Next, in October, I will be speaking at the Zend/PHP Conference. My talk will look at wrapping a web service API in PHP-GTK 2 to make life easier for yourself and your users. Finally, in early November, Steph will talk about the new features of PHP-GTK 2 at the International PHP Conference and demonstrate how to make lightweight cross-platform applications.

PHP-GTK 2 in Print:
The word of PHP-GTK 2 has been spreading in magazines lately too. For all you German-speaking programmers out there, an article by Christian Weiske has been published in PHPMagzin. The article is now available online for everyone to read. Not to be outdone, PHP|Architect published a two part article on developing PHP-GTK 2 applications by Anant Narayanan. The article can be found in the July and August issues of PHP|A.

Online Help:
A new set of online tutorials has sprung up recently kksou.com. The tutorials are short and to the point. They cover those nagging issues that don’t necessarily prevent you from completing your application, but add a great deal to the finished product. I highly recommend even the most accomplished PHP-GTK developers to check them out.