Review: PHP Web 2.0 Mashup Projects
by draicone |
0 comments | Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Web 2.0, as we will all have to consider at one time or another, calls for a new approach to development. Applications are not developed for developers, but for the end users, and web 2.0 has drawn our attention to the potential of a user-friendly web application. With the advent of developer-friendly web services, mashups are playing an important part in modern web applications, and as developers, being familiar with methods of exploiting this is clearly of great value, both on resumes for job interviews and in developing our personal projects.
Book Review: Learning PHP Data Objects
by draicone |
2 comments | Thursday, December 27, 2007
Learning PHP Data Objects is an introduction to the new PDO data abstraction system included in PHP5. PDO is widely accepted as an effective option for database access while keeping in line with best practices. In Learning PHP Data Objects, the author Dennis Popel examines this new system and explains how to begin using PDO in development as a replacement for typical database drivers. The book is an excellent introduction to the data abstraction layer and also provides essential insight into the inner workings of database interaction with PHP.
