Archive for November, 2009

PHP 5.3.1 Released!

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
availability of PHP 5.3.1. This release focuses on improving the
stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, some of
which are security related. Al…

Google Releases its JavaScript Closure Tools

Do we need more JavaScript libraries and tools? Perhaps not, but since these power Google Search, GMail, Docs and Maps, they’re worth another look.

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Google Closure: How not to write JavaScript

What if Google released a JavaScript library that sucked, and no one noticed? JavaScript expert Dmitry Baranovskiy has peeked under the hood of Google’s new Closure Library, and he doesn’t like what he sees. Follow along as he points out a few of the library’s many failings, and why the Web deserves better from Google.

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Video: CSS Frameworks – Make the Right Choice

Choose the right framework and you’ll save yourself a lot of work. Choose the wrong one, and you’ll find your projects weighed down by restrictive assumptions and masses of code that you don’t understand. When it comes to CSS frameworks, making the right choice is everything.

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Tino Rachui: Using MySQL Cluster in Sun’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI3) is a desktop virtualization technology that provides virtual desktop access, brokering, and hosting, enabling Windows, OpenSolaris, or Linux virtual desktops. These desktops can be accessed by using existing PCs, Macs or thin clients such as Sun Ray.

PHP shell rocks

I’ve written about this before, but since the interactive mode of PHP (php -a) seems to be broken on OS X, I think it’s worth singing the praises of Jan Kneschke’s php shell project once again.
It’s a piece of cake to install the tool with the PEAR installer, and since I last used it 2 great [...]