Keywords and Language Simplicity
Well, I like programming language comparisons, so how could I resist this chart (via) promoting the simplicity of the io language by pointing out how few keywords it has. The interesting thing about...
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Working with PHP 5 in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Mac OS X is a great development platform for working with PHP. Leopard comes with Apache, PHP and many other development tools, such as subversion already installed. Leopard brings a much needed...
View ArticleThe Endpoints of the Scale of Stupidity on Video
A quote from Cal Henderson (via simonwillison) presents a “Web Application Scale of Stupidity:” | OGF (One Giant Function) ---- Sanity ---- OOP (Object Oriented Programming) | The scale that Cal is...
View ArticleBenchmarking PHP’s Magic Methods
Larry Garfield has an interesting set of benchmarks covering many of PHP’s magic methods. His results correspond pretty well to my own benchmarks in the area. The thing to take away is that its not...
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php | tek 2008
Well, I’ve made it to PHP|tek in Chicago. I flew in last night, had a beer with Jason and then used the WiFi in the lobby to spin up an extra large EC2 instance (via RightScale) to do some benchmarks...
View Articlephp | tek Wrapup
I really enjoyed myself at this year’s php | tek. The conference seemed even better than last year. Here are the slides from my talks… Exceptional PHP Coding for Success: Writing Software You’ll Be...
View ArticleClosures are coming to PHP
Dagfinn has a post looking at using the new closure feature of PHP 5.3. He compares using foreach for iteration versus array_map. “Interesting,” he concludes, “but not necessarily better than...
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Looking Towards the Cloud
Some people love their automobiles. They can tell you all all about their technical specifications. They buy upgrades and after market parts. Its a lifestyle and a hobby. I am not one of those people....
View ArticleZendCon: Writing Maintainable PHP Code
I’ve finally made it to my first Zendcon. Its nice to see some familiar faces and also nice to put new faces to familiar names. I gave my maintainable PHP talk this morning. I love doing this talk....
View ArticleRichard Thomas
I’ve received some sad news. Three weeks ago, A colleague of mine, Richard Thomas, passed away of a heart attack. Those in the PHP community may have known him by his cyberlot handle or by his...
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