Category: Events and Conferences

Leading Tech Event for Laravel Experts

Laracon India 2023 is a tech event for Laravel developers who use the open-source PHP web framework, Laravel. It is the first-ever Laracon event held in India and shaped the largest gathering of Laravel developers in the world.

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What was the aim of the Laracon India Event?

This Laravel conference aimed to bring together a diverse mix of Laravel and PHP experts from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in the Laravel platform.

Throughout the two-day event, attendees have the chance to learn from industry professionals and engage in interesting talks and presentations, network with peers and potential employers, and take part in workshops and open-source projects.

Benefits of Attending Laracon India 2023

Laravel developers’ community had amazing experiences in this 2-day event including:

Networking Opportunities

Laracon India Event 2023 has provided attendees with the chance to network with other professionals in the web development industry, allowing them to make new connections, collaborate on projects, and expand their professional network.

Exposure to new ideas and techniques

The event featured presentations and workshops from experts in the field, providing attendees with the opportunity to learn about the latest developments in web development, as well as new techniques and best practices.

Career Development

Attending events like Laracon India Event 2023 helped Laravel developers stay up-to-date with industry trends, increase their knowledge and skills, and advance their careers.

Access to new Technology and Tools

Many events like Laracon India Event 2023 often feature exhibits and demonstrations of new technology and tools, providing attendees with the chance to see the latest products and services in the web development industry.

Attendees also had the chance to participate in meetups and other exciting activities lined up for the event. Also, some of the key Laravel topics were discussed in the event.

The event featured keynote speeches from some of the biggest names in the Laravel industry. The speakers have shared their insights and experiences on various topics such as how to get the most out of Laravel, best practices for developing applications, and the future of the Laravel platform.

Wrapping Up!

Overall, Laracon India 2023 was sure an unforgettable experience for all Laravel developers. With its wide range of activities and speakers, it has promised to be the ultimate event for the Laravel community.

Largest laravel event of the year

Participating in conferences or events is an excellent means of acquiring fresh knowledge and establishing professional connections with peers in your industry. We were fortunate enough to attend the Laracon US 2023 and Laracon India event and it was truly an outstanding experience.

Laracon India centers around Laravel, a widely used PHP framework for creating web applications, and the event was hosted in Ahmadabad.

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The Laravel event offered an extensive selection of presentations covering various subjects relevant to Laravel and web development overall. Esteemed speakers, including Taylor Otwell, the creator of Laravel, and other renowned developers from the Laravel community, delivered talks at the event.

So, Laracon India 2023 was an awesome event that brought together a bunch of speakers from different backgrounds to share their knowledge and insights with attendees.

The talks covered a diverse range of topics, from beginner-friendly introductions to more advanced topics such as scaling Laravel applications and integrating with other technologies. In addition to the talks, there were also workshops where the Laravel developers’ community could get hands-on experience with Laravel and related technologies.

Here are some of the notable speakers

1. Taylor Otwell
2. Freek Van der Herten
3. Jess Archer
4. Marcel Pociot
5. Nuno Maduro
6. James Brooks
7. Gaurav Makhecha
8. Christoph Rumpel
9. Caneco
10. Shruti Balasa
11. Joe Dixon
12. Francisco Madeira
13. Bobby Bouwman

Another great aspect of Laravel Event India was the organization and attention to detail. The event ran smoothly, and the organizers were always on hand to answer questions and help attendees. The venue was also excellent, with plenty of space for the talks and workshops, as well as areas for networking and socializing.

Conclusion

Overall, attending Laracon India was a fantastic experience. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced Laravel developer, there was something for everyone at this conference. You have got a chance to learn about the latest trends in Laravel. We highly recommend attending if you have the opportunity, as it is a great way to learn new things, meet new people, know about Laravel news, and grow as a professional in the field of web development.

Curiosity sparks a journey, a journey that’s all about learning, knowledge-sharing, progressing and if the journey conveys hallmark of WordPress, there are never-ending things to learn, explore and gain.

WordCamps are Open, community-associated events that are organized by the WordPress enthusiasts. Everyone – the simple users, core developers, beginners or bloggers can participate in WordCamp and share their ideas.

For the first ever time WordCamp was held at Ahmedabad, our native place on the dates 6th, 7th and 8th October. The excitement was at the extreme level as we being the part of WordPress community got the chance to attend it at our business operation area. So, our eyes were constantly checking the updates on the blogs of WCAhmedabad website.

Finally, the most awaited event came, and two of our WordPress experts Kinjal Dalwadi and Mitali Rajpurohit attended it as representing ViitorCloud.

The WordPress experts of our organization share their experiences at WordCamp Ahmedabad 2017 for all three days that they attended.

Day 1 – WikiHow day

The day was for beginners and students who are ready and excited to embrace the power of WordPress, and this is what it was all about. There were sessions where Harshdeep Asrani delivered the “Life without Open-Source,” where he talked about the importance of open-source, what if it didn’t exist? How it impacts our day-to-day basis lives?

Another interactive session was by Dhara Vihol, on “Introduction to WordPress”, she delivered what is WordPress all about. It’s a journey as the Top Content Management System and Blogging Platform.

Day 2 – The geek’s day

The session conducted on this day by Devin Walker on “Pursuing Perfection in an Evolving WordPress Ecosystem,” focussed on project detailings and taking note of every minority to achieve perfection.

Another session was by Riya Parikh on “My journey with WordPress,” where she shared how her WP journey evolved. Her WordPress Ahmedabad Meetups experiences, visions and goals.

An essential session by M Asif Rehman, on “Content is the king, but are you paying attention to Content Distribution,” astonished everyone with his case study of ‘Dhaka Times.’ He emphasized on WordPress as the best platform for content distribution.

Day 3 – A day for WordPress

The last day, yet a significant day was for WordPress contribution. So, it was a contribution day in many channels like marketing, development, designing, documentation, etc.

Our Team at wordCamp ahmedabad 2017

WordCamp organizers conducted Social Media contests where the team member Kinjal Dalwadi secured a goodie for herself by sharing the pictures and selfies using #WCAhmedabad on her social media profiles.

There were different sponsor stalls; the setup was vibrant, so the girls enjoyed fantastic photography and selfie sessions. They met their community members and exchanged ideas on WordPress.

On Day-2, it was an excellent time for them as they got the chance to get interviewed by the Bluehost sponsors. They were delighted to share their WordPress journey experiences. They met the popular face of the WordPress community “Mr. Tudor Munteanu“, the author behind the Push Monkey Notification plugin.

Further, they enjoyed lunch there and had fascinating three days at L. J. Campus which was the event venue at Ahmedabad. Now the team is pretty excitedly waiting for WordCamp Udaipur which is soon going to be held in January 2018. The WordPress expert team of ViitorCloud is gearing up to mark their presence at the upcoming WordCamp events.

Every one of us as bloggers, developers or consultants loves to participate in accelerating technological progress, and in WordPress, we all have a special interest. So our director, Mr. Prakash Bhatt enthusiastically attended the WordCamp held in the city of dreams, Mumbai on the 25th & 26th of March, 2017.

Whatever your association with WordPress – some curious amateur geek, a common user, or an expert technical professional you can explore the new avenues of the most popular CMS through WordCamp conferences. Not our director met their Bloggers, developers, consultants, and professionals – all coveted to leverage the potential of WordPress.

Glimpses of WordCamp, Mumbai 2017

WordCamp Mumbai was a two-day conference, held with multiple of events. The first session began around 10:30 am, after the formalities of registrations and breakfast were done.

Events Covered

1. “Know your customers”  – Shailee Sheth
2. “Importance of Marketing & Content Writing”  – Vishal Kothari
3. Exchanging our plans with Rocío Valdivia, about our concept & outlining for the WordCamp Ahmedabad
4. “Developer tools to increase productivity as a WordPress developer” – Sudar Muthu
5. “Why Business Writing is important? – Fairy Dharawat
6. “Adventures in Entrepreneurship” – Nirav Mehta
7. “How to get (more) involved with WordPress”  – Rocío Valdivia
8. “Productivity: Chance or Choice”  – Mridula Harshvardhan
9. Vibha’s Panel Discussion
10. “Glimpse of WP-CLI”  – Anand Thakkar

Our Overall Experience

Our director as per him loves the concept of WordCamp, as the exposure, it gives to the vast community of technology adds knowledge to the profession.

LaravelLive held for the first time in India, on Sunday, 19th March 2017, was attended by our CTO Mr. Vishal Rajpurohit and the creative tech expert Ruchit Patel we have as Software Developer in our company ViitorCloud Technologies.

Not as such a big event, but the conference was attended by a high number of people from all over the country. As stated on the website –

LaravelLive India is a full-day event being curated with an expected audience of about 300 in New Delhi. Our goal is to bring together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, and on a wide range of subjects in PHP Laravel, to foster learning, and inspiration and provoke conversations that matter.

As per the attendees from our company,

It was a one-day event & had five speaking sessions, delivered by & on,

1. Frederick Vanbrabant, on “A bird’s eye view on API development”
2. Lalit Vijay, on “From development to production with Laravel”
3. Hannes Van De Vreken on “IOC container beyond constructor injection”
4. Freek Van der Herten on “Taking care of backups with Laravel”
5. Marcel Pociot on “From zero to multi-platform Chatbot with BotMan”

It was a worth attending event where we learned and explored new avenues of Laravel, PHP Framework.

The event was followed up by a great lunch, and at tea time we got to interact with the speakers and attendees.

As dusk approached, the conference came to a closure with an open panel discussion, which involved a diverse range of topics like open source contributions, better development plans, package suggestions, even career ideas, a couple of little scenario-specific problems, etc.