the article forgets the intended purpose
by iosicumine |
0 comments | Wednesday, August 22, 2007
If the author reaches the conclusion that the best solution around is using GnuPG Made Easy (read the Alternatives section), then why the heck isn't presenting that?! Merely using a shell command to encrypt/decrypt... anybody knows to do that.
On short, I wasted time to read the article.
On short, I wasted time to read the article.
Zend Framework and the New Hybrid Designer
by nicklo |
7 comments | Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Having a background in design, I’ve always felt a bit of a fake discussing web programming, however, the fact is that more and more designers are demonstrating that the whole left brain versus right brain, creativity versus logic idea is not as clear cut as is too often portrayed. While a good sense of aesthetics is important, it does not in itself directly equate to a well designed product. This is particularly true with web design, as a recent Web 2.0 Expo session entitled “The New Hybrid Designer” put it; “modern web design requires the coding savviness of a developer coupled with the aesthetics and user awareness of a designer”. In this article I’d like to expand on an idea, put forward in that session, that choosing a decent platform or framework can provide an easier route into more productive development. The article is targeted at readers who already have experience working with PHP and are eager to improve their skills but don’t necessarily have the background to know what they should be learning.
Refactoring loops
by vaultedceilings |
13 comments | Friday, June 22, 2007
Recently I was writing some code which manipulated a string based on the contents of an array. When I first wrote the code there were four methods which each iterated over a passed array. I saw this and thought it was a clear opportunity to refactor my code by moving the iteration into its own method. However as I was just about to do so I realized that the road was blocked; each method performed a slightly different operation inside the loop, so while it was clear that I had some redundancy in my system it was not clear how I could factor it out and preserve the unique contents inside the loops. Additionally I was uncertain whether it was worth the pursuing the common code which consisted of a single line. That was the end of the story, and the code never did get refactored. That said I was struck by a solution which I believe elegantly solves the problem outlined above and is well worth your time, and here it is.
Scalability and Responsiveness with Zend Platform's Job Queue
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The Zend Platform Job Queue is used to make applications more responsive by allowing tasks to be performed on other machines (e.g.: dedicated machine), and scheduling tasks to a future time (usually to low-traffic hours). Moreover, Job Queue supports more complex application-level logic such as recurring jobs, job dependencies, job priorities, different scheduling algorithms (by priority, application etc.), easy detection and handling of failed jobs. Job Queue offers both a web-based management UI, and a programmer-oriented rich API, which allows embedding sophisticated logic into applications. This article will demonstrate basic usage of Job Queue.
PHP 5.2.3 Released!
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Saturday, June 2, 2007
Fire up those downloaders, there’s new code to be had. PHP 5.2.3 is now available. This version has it all, bug fixes, security patches and it even fixes two “regressions” introduced in prior releases.
Alistair Wooldrige speaks on PHP Security
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Monday, May 7, 2007
Alistair Glen “Woolie” Wooldrige has posted a short but interesting article on what he sees as the main contributor to the impression that PHP is insecure.
PHP Adoption Statistics for April, 2007
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Friday, May 4, 2007
Damien Seguy of Nexen.net has released his monthly survey of PHP adoption statistics for the month of April, 2007.
PHP 5.2.2 Released
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Friday, May 4, 2007
The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.2 and availability of PHP 4.4.7. These releases are major stability and security enhancements of the 5.x and 4.4.x branches, and all users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to it as soon as possible.
Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in PHP Announced
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Friday, May 4, 2007
secunia.com released an advisory today on 11 security vulnerabilities in PHP versions prior to PHP 5.2.2.
Complex Views in the Zend Framework
by Cal Evans (editor) |
0 comments | Thursday, May 3, 2007
Padraic Brady has been posting a fascinating series of articles on his blog about complex views in the Zend Framework. If you are working with the Zend Framework or you are interested in a deep discussion about M-V-C then you’ll want to spend a lunch hour digesting these four articles.
