The Zend PHP Conference 2009 (ZendCon) is the largest event of the PHP
community and a unique opportunity to meet with PHP developers, web
experts and IT managers. This year’s conference will be held
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Archive for August, 2009
ZendCon 2009!
PHPterror on OXID eShop
I can’t believe Zend is publishing articles on OXID eShop, this is definitely some of the worst code I have seen in ages.
As “the PHP company” I think Zend ought to at least select projects that have some merit in terms of software design, as surely beginner PHP devs look to Zend for good examples [...]
Introducing PHPterror: bad PHP usage exposed
A new look at how to create unit tests – using Photoshop! Sense of humour required …
CSS Font-Sizing: a Definitive Guide
CSS font sizing appears to be easy until you try it. Craig provides a handy guide to the CSS font-size property and makes several useful recommendations.
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Cross-browser JSON Serialization in JavaScript
JSON serialization can be incredibly useful, but few browsers support it. Fortunately, Craig has provided a few lines of code that could be your serialization savior.
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Are PHP Namespaces Really So Bad?
Namespaces have caused a divide amongst developers who either love or hate their implementation in PHP 5.3. Craig looks at the issues and assures us there is little need to worry.
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How to Use Operating System Styles in CSS
CSS can reference fonts and colors defined for the underlying Operating System (Windows, Mac OS, Linux etc.) Craig discusses when this might be useful and provides a useful list of property values.
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Zend Framework 101: Zend_Soap
By Quentin Zervaas. In this article I will introduce you to the Zend_Soap component of the Zend Framework. This component allows you to easily create and consume SOAP web services. We will create a simple web service with several methods using Zend_Soap_Server, and consume the service with Zend_Soap_Client.
Build A Better Twitter Chat Client Than Chamillionaire
Tuesday evening, August 4th, the musician Chamillionaire launched a live, first showing video on his website along with a Twitter-based chat client. While the Twitter chat client worked from a data perspective, based on what the code showed it looks like most browsers would crash.
– Chamillionaire, known for his song, quot;Ridin’ Dirty quot;, announced a live event on his website located at http://www.chamillionaire.com/live.html. While traffic spiked, the site appeared to be functioning slowly but fine. However, a clever implementation of a twitter chat client may have ru…
Add More Sparkle with CSS3
Have you noticed that when EA Games release a new title they often simultaneously release the game for every gaming platform from PS3 to Nintendo DS?
There are huge differences in the capabilities of those devices…
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