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This Weeks "Struggle"
This week at work I've been struggling with a relatively simple problem that is disturbingly difficult to solve (at least as a humble web developer like myself). Basically, I need to generate a...
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A Simple Replacement For Script.aculo.us: Rico
Just a quick hint for all you web developers out there in the world. The past week I have been struggling to implement a few draggable items and some accordion action on a project I've been working on...
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The Best PHP Framework: Is Symfony Really It?
Thanks to a great mentor (Greg) in my starting days of web development and a strong background in Computer Science from several excellent professors in college, I had a good start at web development a...
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PHP Web Frameworks: CakePHP Versus Symfony
Over the last few weeks, I have been attempting to learn two major PHP frameworks: Symfony & CakePHP. Originally, I had decided (in a bit of short-sighted wisdom) that Symfony was the obvious...
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CakePHP: Is It Truly The Best PHP Web Framework?
Lately, I’ve been taking some serious time out of my schedule to sit down and really examine a few of the top PHP Web frameworks (CakePHP, Symfony, & Zend) even more than I had previously. After a...
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Getting Started With CakePHP: No Frustration Permitted!
After literally weeks of tenuous back and forth rhetoric with myself (internally) and my fellow co-workers, I have finally, humbly, and assuredly concluded that CakePHP is the best PHP Web Framework in...
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PHP Security – Ensuring A Safe PHP Setup
One of the inherent flaws with any popular web language like PHP is the serious potential of security vulnerabilities from improperly set up installations and servers. Although ensuring a secure server...
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Is PHP better than Perl: CakePHP vs. Perl?
Recently at work, a brief discussion with a co-worker about Perl vs. PHP encouraged me to do some “reading” about the topic. Honestly, I had never really considered that people were still using Perl on...
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The Future of PHP: The Death of a Giant?
If you are a fan of language “X” and think it’s better than PHP, here’s your chance to convince me. After some discussion with colleagues, I’m very interested to find a general consensus as to which...
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Capistrano And PHP: Simplifying PHP Deployments
If you aren’t familiar with Ruby on Rails, there’s a good chance you’ve probably missed the proverbial boat on a powerful tool called Capistrano. Do you ever feel like you’re repeating previous work...
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Type Casting In PHP – What’s the Point?
Did you know that PHP has some pretty powerful type casting functionality built-in? It’s no surprise if you comprehend the roots of PHP (since it’s written in C), but I can’t help but think that...
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