The Definitive Guide to Web Character Encoding
Original post provide by SitePoint.comWhat is character encoding? And which form of encoding should you use? Displaying humble text online has its challenges, but as Tommy explains, good character encoding practice takes no more than a little diplomacy in the form of some forethought, and consideration for your users and their systems. His definitive guide makes essential reading for anyone preparing content for the Web.
Php Architect Offers
For each of the following days you can buy certain products at heavily discounted rates. Today the offer is for 50% off the cost of the Zend PHP 5 Certification Guide book (both print and PDF version). This means you can pick it up for $17 instead of $35.
PHP|Architect's Guide To PHP Design Patterns
Title: PHP|Architect's Guide to PHP Design Patterns Reviewer: Marcelo Santos Araujo Category: PHP books Publisher: Marco Tabini & Associates Author: Jason E. Sweat Summary: Overall, this is a good book for PHP developers who want to start learning about the basics of software design patterns and test driven development techniques applied to PHP.
PHP DC Conference 2008
The DC PHP conference will include tracks pertaining to business cases, best practices, the art of PHP, PHP applications, PHP in the enterprise, and Open Source. The full speaker schedule will be announced shortly. For more information about DC PHP Conference & Expo 2008 and to register, please visit www.dcphpconference.com.
Chicago Php|tek 2007
php|architect is proud to announce php|tek 2007, which will take place in Chicago, Illinois (USA) on May 16-18, 2007. This year, the conference once again promises to be an excellent event for PHP developers of all levels, with talks from top PHP experts such as Rasmus Lerdorf, Chris Shiflett, Andrei Zmievski, Ilia Alshanetsky, Sara Golemon, and many more.
Building Custom PHP Extensions
Title: Building Custom PHP Extensions Reviewer: Marcelo Santos Araujo Category: PHP books Publisher: Lulu Press Author: Blake Schwendiman Summary: Overall this is a good introductory book on how to write custom PHP extensions. It is like of a series of how-to documents on this subject.
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Php|tek 2008: Chicago
Join us to hear top speakers such as Derick Rethans (eZ Systems), Lucas Nelan (Facebook), Chris Shiflett (OmniTI), Eli White (Digg) and yes, even Terry Chay (Tagged). For the past two years, php|architect's spring conference has sold out weeks before the start date, so if you're interested in attending, don't delay, and be sure to sign up ASAP!
The Shape Of Future Processors?
To me, it's not likely that any CPU vendor will come up with a hardware accelerator for PHP, but a CPU accelerator for .NET or java opcodes is a strong possibility. Thus in the long run, .NET or java compilers for PHP (and Python and Perl) could become mainstream.
Creating An Ajax Process Using PHP And Oracle
Use the power of JavaScript to add seamless database interactions to your Web pages.
PHP 4.4.6 Released
The main issue that this release addresses is a crash problem that was introduced in PHP 4.4.5. The problem occurs when session variables are used while register_globals is enabled. Details about the PHP 4.4.6 release can be found in the release announcement for 4.4.6, the full list of changes is available in the ChangeLog for PHP 4.
Learn Ruby On Rails: The Ultimate Beginner's Tutorial
In this action-packed adventure, Patrick provides rock-solid foundations in object oriented programming principles, and a detailed explanation of Ruby syntax. After this comprehensive tour, you'll plunge into the mysterious depths of the Rails framework. You'll emerge enlightened and ready to chart new web application territory.