Archive for November, 2007

The Zend Framework: Writing Object-Oriented PHP with Ease.

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

Introduction
In my attempt to turn you nerds into uber-nerds, I’ve been lucky enough to get the young and talented Jon Lebensold (my right hand nerd) to bang out a few articles (and soon videos) on some of the emerging PHP technologies and working practices that take PHP into the enterprise arena.
Enterprise arena = sophisticated [...]

What Makes a PHP Web Application?

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Once and a while a get an email question put to me that I think many others are probably wondering about the same thing.

I got this email from Jordan:

Hi Stefan,
I am very interested in learning how to program, specifically with php. I went through all you videos which are excellent!
My main question [...]

Why ASP, ASP.NET, JSP, Ruby and Cold Fusion Suck .. for web designers.

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

The article’s title (I admit,) will get some people little miffed at me. But, what can I say, the truth hurts!
Seriously, this statement is valid and is worth talking about because there are a lot of web designers out there who are considering the leap into building dynamic (database driven) web applications. And with so [...]

What is Source Control and Why Should I Use It?

Monday, November 5th, 2007

By: Jon Lebensold
So you’ve started developing this application for a client and naturally, he or she is really pleased with your development. Six months pass. You’re called in again to add a couple features to your existing application. Unfortunately, as you begin development, changes in the source code begin to occur.