Updated info: AtlantaPHP March 2021 online meeting
Chris Spruck
Announcing a new Meetup for the AtlantaPHP User Group!
When: Thursday, March 11th, 2021 — 7pm-9pm
NOTE: We are meeting remotely via Zoom. See the link below.
Please RSVP at: https://www.meetup.com/atlantaphp/events/276856438/
PRESENTATION: "Unicode and how to avoid trouble" by Paweł Łuczkiewicz, Software Engineer, Wayfair
Unicode
is a beast, and it's documentation has often been described as scary.
If you want to ship reliable work, Unicode's monster-like reputation
must be tamed and understood.
In this talk, I'll be documenting
the trials and tribulations I've experienced when working with Unicode;
from encoding, to normalization, and the not-so-obvious differences
between alphabets. I'll take you on the usual Product/Engineering
journey where requirements can change, bugs are discovered where you
least expect them, and your knowledge of Unicode needs to be as flexible
as your Product Manager's priorities. You think 'Gemüse' === 'Gemüse'?
You might be wrong!
Attendees will walk away wielding newfound
Unicode knowledge like a mighty sword, ready to slay an array of
production issues related to characters and bytes. You'll get the most
out of this session if you're required to show or produce text to users,
but don't quite understand the barriers that exist. I've befriended the
Unicode monster, and you can, too!
About Paweł: Paweł is a
software engineer at Wayfair in Berlin, Germany. They describe
themselves as "the laziest ambitious person they know", which often
leads them to find simple solutions to complex problems. Paweł loves
understanding technology in very intricate detail, and on a Friday
evening, you can probably find them reading Unicode specification,
Intel's manuals, or PHP source code.
Register and join the Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/451710299
(Due to COIVD-19 limiting in-person meetings, we've joined forces with Boston PHP and Austin PHP to form MergePHP, your new PHP Mega Meetup Group! We'll be working together to provide high quality speakers in a multi-group session. Otherwise, it'll work like our previous online meetings but NOTE: we'll meet on the second Thursday of the month for now, instead of the first Thursday.)