by:björn
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PHP is the Devil!
I’m a big fan of podcasts, and recently I stumbled upon this jewel. It’s not a podcast per se, but eight audio files containing presentations from Carson Workshops entitled ‘The Future Of Web Apps’. I’ve listened to three of them by now, and here’s what I’ve learnt so far:
Joshua …
Cutting the Gordian Knot
“Gordius, the King of Phrygia, once tied a knot that no one could untie. It was said that he who solved the riddle of the Gordian Knot would rule all of Asia. So along comes Alexander the Great, who chops the knot to bits with his sword. Just a little different interpretation of …
Code checklists
The best things in life are free smart and simple! As code checklists for example. I’m currently reading Bob Walsh‘s recent book Mirco-ISV – From Vision To Reality, which is a book about running your own Micro-ISV (independent/internet software vendor). Micro-ISV’s are often …
The Java community retaliates – "PHP is …"
Ok, it’s time to let the people of #java on Ef-net let us know what they thought of PHP in the period from July to December 2005 (read: yes, I’ve done a grep -iH “php is” on my #java irclogs). Of course, we all know the PHP developers had strong opinions on Java, so this will be …
Why don't they come with 'Save as DocBook'?
It’s great with all these Web 2.0 applications with tools to help with all aspects of our life – like lists & tasks, calenders, project management – and of course, web based word processing.
I like the idea of web based word processors, like Writely. I have a laptop, a …
The IRC community speaks out – Java vs. PHP
Welcome to my new column. It’s basically a grep of all mentions of java in #php from July to December 2005.
The nicks have not been hidden to protect the guilty.
This is what the people in #php on ef-net think about Java as a programming language: < Johnboyo> java is awful, …
PHP Frameworks that I have on my to-checkout list
It’s exciting times for PHP. Quality frameworks are popping up like daisies mushrooms skunk cabbage, and it seems like every bob the builder out there is releasing one. Please leave a comment if you know of a framework I haven’t mentioned, or if you have experience with one in …
How to get the AJAX In Place Editor to use ISO-8859-1
When implementing script.aculo.us’ AJAX In Place Editor for a project I’m currently working on, I ran into some character encoding problems. My PHP framework uses ISO-8859-1, while the ajax script was submitting UTF-8 to my server. Reading the wiki documentation, I discovered …
Debugging JavaScript with MS Visual Studio
There’s an ancient fable that tells of a frog that falls into a pail of milk. Unable to scramble out, the creature trashes around, seemingly drowning. Eventually however, his frantic struggles turn the milk into butter – and he hops away.
Until now, that fable has been a good …
Search engines the new bad, says Jakob
In his latest Alertbox column Jakob Nielsen (you know, the usability guru) writes:
I worry that search engines are sucking out too much of the Web’s value, acting as leeches on companies that create the very source materials the search engines index. He argues that people are …