September 2006
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PHP frameworks overview
PHP is one of the most popular scripting languages around and when used properly it can become web developers best friend. Newcomers to web development are usualy drawn to PHP because the results of their work can be seen fairly quick, with little or no programming background. As tempting as writing everything yourself is, it is not always the best idea. Unless you have a complete grasp of the inner workings of the PHP core, your attempts in writing a good framework will fail sooner or...
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Switching RSS readers
Bye bye Rojo, hello Newshutch! I've had it. Rojo was offline over the weekend (I was a nervous wreck lacking my daily news feed, shaking, screaming...ok not really, but a real annoyance non the less). Apparently they decided to update their feedreading service and forgot to warn their trusted users that the service will be unavailible for a while. Not a good move, but I was being a good sport, waiting patiently. When the service was available again they moved the starting page. Nothing too...
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CSS guidelines
When I was just getting into CSS a few years back, I was desperately searching for an article, that described how to structure my CSS, what techniques to use when in doubt, and such. While much can be found on the world wide web, I still prefer a good book over a lengthy article. Perhaps only a personal preference, but I tend to trust books more :) Anyway, over the years I've formulated a few simple ground rules, that make my development much easier. Getting all browsers on the same page...
