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Does every cloud have a Chrome lining?
I finally downloaded Google’s new browser Chrome. I had intended too the day it was released and procrastinated it for two more days. I downloaded it last night and have been playing with it off and on since then.
What does Chrome mean for web developers? For one thing it means that all development will need [...]
PHP: Manipulate Images with GD
I mentioned a personal project I was working on in the Comet: A Primer blog entry. I hate to mentioned my personal projects since I seem to start more than I ever finish. To let the cat out of the bag, so to speak, I am working on implementing a card game in a web [...]
Ajax Comet: A Primer
Comet is a programming technique that enables web servers to send data to the client without having any need for the client to request it.
In classic AJAX applications, web browser (client) cannot be notified in real time that the server data model has changed. The user must create a request (for example by clicking [...]
Model View Controller Explained
According to Wikipedia’s entry on Model View Controller:
Model-view-controller (MVC) is an architectural pattern used in software engineering. Successful use of the pattern isolates business logic from user interface considerations, resulting in an application where it is easier to modify either the visual appearance of the application or the underlying business rules without affecting the other.
MVC [...]
Ignite your PHP Code
While reading a couple of PHP blogs I ran across a couple references to a framework called CodeIgniter. I decided to take a closer look.
From the CodeIgniter website:
CodeIgniter is a powerful PHP framework with a very small footprint, built for PHP coders who need a simple and elegant toolkit to create full-featured web applications. If [...]
Web Development Cheat Sheets
Doing a google blog search on PHP I ran across a blog for someone that compiles ‘cheat sheets’ for web development technologies. What great about this is they are free in PDF/PNG formats.
PHP cheat sheet features things like functions, expressions, and techniques.
Subversion cheat sheet is good to have while working with saving source and managing [...]
What is a mashup?
I have recently have been hearing the term mashup thrown around a lot. To not be left behind, I looked up the Wikipedia entry on mashups. According to the article a mashup is a web application hybrid. By including content or functionality offered through third party services (typically through web services), making a new application [...]
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