Archive for June 6th, 2006
PHP Developer - June 6th, 2006
Matthew O’Phinney has posted his own rebuttal to the wide-spread Why the Light Has Gone Out on LAMP article posted recently.
In the post, the author makes an analogy of using PHP + MySQL as the equivalent of using BASIC, and then uses a quote that claims BASIC “has become the leading cause of brain-damage in proto-hackers.”
I’m sorry, but using a language doesn’t cause brain damage. And there are many levels to programming. And using Python, Ruby, C, C++, Java, etc., does not automatically make you a better programmer than those using one of “those other languages”. You can write crap code in any language. You can also write great code in just about any language.
Matthew also mentions a real truth behind programming, no matter who you are - that it takes practice, lots and lots of practice. That’s what it is - constant practice so you know better how to combat the troubles you might find the next time they rear their ugly head.
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PHP Developer - June 6th, 2006
Sometimes, just the idea of starting off a new project makes developers shy away from an idea. They think about everything they have to set up even before they get to the real work. Thankfully, there are solutions out there to help you get down to the real work real fast. For example, the ATK Code Generator, an application designed to simplify creation of an application to a few clicks. This new tutorial from Jorge Garifuna shows you how.
Developers can spend their time creating robust database schema and feed it to the ATK Code Generator to see instant web applications customized for the schema. Something that used to take months to create, has been cut to minutes and instant results.
He mentions specifically a three-step method to create an “application” around a database table. The user views the tables in the software, customizes the options for it, and clicks to have the ATK Code Generator build it out for them.
Also included in the post are links to the project’s homepage, some documentation, and screenshots of the application at work.
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PHP Developer - June 6th, 2006
Whether you’re just getting started with PHP development or are wanting to branch out to a LAMP-based architecture (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP), making the jump from a Windows environment can be a bit difficult. Thankfully, there are tools like WAMP to help make the transition a bit smoother. It provides the same Windows-type interfaces you’re familiar with, but is powered by the same technology you’ll see on a LAMP install.
In this new tutorial, Bhaskar Karambelkar will walk you through the installation, configuration, and enabling of the server software.
Windows OSes since 2000 i.e. 2k, XP , 2k3 have been extremely stable as opposed to their predecessors. So if you are proficient in Windows, then there is no reason not to use it for web hosting. (barring security, but that’s another issue).
Secondly if you want to develop your site off line and then move it to a LAMP Stack, and you are not familiar with Linux, then WAMP serves as an ideal prototyping environment. You can do almost every thing in WAMP that you can do in LAMP.
Each step of the way includes descriptions and screenshots to help make the points even clearer, and, thanks also to the well-developed package, you’ll be up and running in no time.
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Dev Shed - June 6th, 2006
Object serialization in PHP is very easy and can be used for a variety of different purposes. It can be used to perform some fairly complex operations in fact. This article the first of a three-part series introduces you to object serialization and a number of the tasks for which you can put this approach to use….
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PHP Developer - June 6th, 2006
DevShed has the first part of a new three-part series posted today, a look a serializing objects in PHP.
Object serialization in PHP is very easy, and can be used for a variety of different purposes. It can be used to perform some fairly complex operations, in fact. This article, the first of a three-part series, introduces you to object serialization and a number of the tasks for which you can put this approach to use.
What should you expect from this series? By the end of it, you should be equipped with a decent knowledge of how to serialize/unserialize objects without losing their methods and properties during the transition, as well as constructing persisting and session objects, and much more.
This tutorial is idea for anyone not really familiar with why or how you could serialize objects with PHP, and just for those people they start at the best place - the beginning. They lay down the core concepts for serializing, including a sample DataSaver class to help. With that tool in your belt, they demonstrate how to modify it to automatically create and serialize the object automatically. The next, and final step in this part, is to take it even one step further and make self-saving object functionality as well.
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