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Written by Gertjan on May 14th, 2009
In the growing market of the software industry today, users are clamoring for client applications that can be run not only from a desktop environment but also from the Internet. Users want the same functionality and support from Web-based applications as they get from those on their desktop, preferably packed ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
If you’re looking to add some pizzazz to your PHP application, look no further—Adobe’s Flex is here to give your interface some polish. In this article Lennart Steinke shows us how to make a Flex widget with a PHP back end. Read carefully, because there’s a quiz at the end: ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
You can integrate your application with facebook in two way: with an IFRAME (using XFBML) or with FBML. You can embed your content in a Facebook page through FBML or use an IFRAME Facebook will be a proxy between your server and the user's browser: it will load a page form your ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
When it comes to building web applications in PHP, performance isn't typically a major concern. Features, usability and any business concerns are considered a greater priority, as they can be better demonstrated and visualised. Performance graphs don't make the boss's day. So, why should you as a PHP developer, worry about ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
PHP-GTK 2 is out, and with it, a fantastic means for PHP developers to build useful, reliable cross-platform desktop applications. This tutorial will show you how to get up and running with PHP-GTK in no time and build your first desktop application. Before you continue, have a brief read through my ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
Isn't writing new code great? Wouldn't the world be a better place if all were ever had to do is write software from scratch, not having to worry about methods of classes past? Unfortunately, we all know that this is not the case. In fact, estimates say that we spend ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
As Web sites and Web-based applications become more important to commercial firms and other organizations, so too does the methods used for storing data online, such as customer contact information, system login details, product data, and much more. Rewritable flat files may be sufficient for extremely limited data for which ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
For most dynamic websites you will want to create "Search Engine Friendly" or "User Friendly" URLs, rather than using ugly and meaningless strings or IDs to reference your content. The way you interpret the URLs and use them to get your content is for another article and I won't go ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
Memcache is a tool which can cache objects in memory – and is often used for speeding up dynamic web applications. PHP has a built-in module for working with memcache, and its a simple and convenient way of introducing caching to your application. PHP has a PECL module for talking to ...
Written by Gertjan on May 12th, 2009
The MVC architectural pattern is a smart and bright way of developing web-based applications. The acronym MVC stands for Model, View and Control: these are the three components that, according to the pattern, every application can (and should) be divided into. I would actually state that MVC is "the ultimate" ...