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It always the simplest thing!
I’ve been trying for MONTHS to get the very excellent XDebug PHP extension, written and maintained the PHP Jedi Master, Derick Rethans. XDebug offers some serious debugging capabilities to PHP that are second to none. It also offers some excellent profiling … Continue reading
A virtualized development environment
For quite sometime now, I’ve been developing all the projects I’ve been working on directly on my machine. This is handy for a number of reasons, the most important of those reasons being that I don’t have to be online … Continue reading
Posted in Rantings, Software
Tagged Linux, MySQL, PHP, Ruby on Rails, Subversion, Virtual Environment
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Dealing with older browsers
After working in the web development industry for the last 6 years or so, dealing with older browsers that lack decent support for CSS and Javascript is something I face and deal with on a near-daily basis. Why near-daily? Well, … Continue reading
Posted in CSS, Rantings, Web Design
Tagged CSS, IE6, Javascript, Progressive Enhancement
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CSS Hacks
Recently, I read a blog posted by an old workmate in New Zealand about CSS Hacks. More specifically, it dealt with CSS rendering differences between IE7, IE6 and browsers that actually render CSS correctly (ie. Firefox, Safari, Opera and Chrome… … Continue reading
Big wheels keep on turning
These last few weeks, I’ve been working away on a couple of projects that have REALLY made me appreciate just how important good architecture and planning really is, even with the smallest of projects.
phpUnderControl – Continuous Integration
Well, over the last 3 days or so, I’ve been doing some serious unit testing with PHPUnit. Unfortunately, I didn’t start writing any serious tests until two days AFTER I started having problems testing my class hierarchy. One of the … Continue reading
PHP Data Access Layer
For some time I’ve been toying with the idea of building my own, custom data access layer. Sure there are plenty out there. Some of them are HUGE (just think PEAR::DB, or ADOdb), which isn’t a bad thing in and … Continue reading
Posted in Database Abstraction, Software, Timeline
Tagged Database Abstraction, Fluent Interface, MySQL
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Upcoming ideas and projects…
Lately, I’ve been toying with the idea of developing a bunch of tools that will make my professional life just a little bit easier to manage. The most important of these is a timesheeting system and an automated invoicing system.
Posted in Software, Timeline
Tagged Design Patterns, MVC, MySQL, Software, SQLite, Timeline, Web Development
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