Archive for the 'Advanced PHP' Category

PEAR vs. Zend Framework

Friday, March 14th, 2008

PEAR vs. Zend Framework
Now that the Zend Framework is ready for ‘prime time’, I’ve been considering the Pear framework with regards to how it now fits in the PHP world.

NOTE:
Several picky nerds have pointed out that PEAR is not a framework - check out the comments below. OK, I would agree, technically speaking, PEAR is [...]

Zend Framework: Using View Helpers to Build Rich, Scalable, Controls

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Using View Helpers to Build Rich, Scalable, Controls
by: Jon Lebensold
Whether you’re developing an ASP.NET application, working with rails or dealing with a templating engine like Smarty, the idea of partial templates is not foreign. Partial templates allow developers and designers to work with panels or sub-groupings of content that need to be dynamic.
With a [...]

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 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.