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Will India become the number one source of PHP Developers?

João Morais — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:38:58 +0000

Manuel Lemos made an interview with Sandeep Kadam, a leader of PHP community in India which is also involved in PHPCamp organization, an event which is focused on PHP based web applications development targetted to all PHP enthusiasts and starters.

“The number of Indian PHP developers has been growing at a large pace in the last few years, when compared to other countries. A few years ago, India was just one of the top ten countries with more PHP developers. Now India is number two and is almost surpassing United States, which is still number one.”

This article presents some numbers based on PHPClasses statistics and a reflection about why this growth happened just in the latest years, as well what it means for the PHP world.

After reading the full article, I can’t help but wonder why doesn’t Portugal appear on presented statistics since there’s a huge community around PHP, there’s a couple of new job offers every single week and there’s also activities like PHP Summer School (3rd edition currently running) which seems to have great acceptance by the audience.

SRP160 – Review

João Morais — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:39:36 +0000

In the past Saturday around 06:00 I went to Serpa, I got there around 07:45 and that was time to take a few pictures to the people that was going to participate in SRP160.

There I met some nice friendly faces, everyone wanted to be photographed, so I took as many photos
as possible.

Unfortunately I could only take photos at the startup line, finish line and at the supply zone #1 of the half marathon, maybe next year I will be able to take some more in different places.

You can view the photo album here.

The event in general was very good and everyone was happy.

SRP160 – Skip to the next level!

João Morais — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:30:10 +0000

If you want to skip to the next level… you should be present at the 1st Ultra Marathon of Mountain Bikes made in Portugal, that is SRP160.

The event will take it’s place one week from now at the beautiful city of Serpa. The main goal for the participants is to run 160 kilometers on their bikes for the period of 12 hours, or 80 kilometers if they choose to participate in the half marathon.

If you love this sport you can’t loose this event! Take a look at the photo gallery and you will be marveled with the landscapes presented there.

All the informations you may need are at the official website, located here. You can also find me in the event day since I will be part of the staff, so if you have any questions feel free to get in touch.