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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
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" ...
Written by Gertjan on May 11th, 2009
One of the most annoying things about working with images is getting them into the right size. Screenshots start out huge - and you need to resize them to an appropriate size for your website. Some blogs automatically resize the pictures for you into a thumbnail - like the image to ...
Written by Gertjan on April 21st, 2009
As a developer you may run into a situation such as what I had, numerous applications deployed. With multiple logins for all the apps, we had to find way to integrate all logins for better management and maintenance. Since we were using Apache with a PHP server, the solution was to find ...
Written by Gertjan on February 3rd, 2009
Zend Framework is an open source, object-oriented web application framework implemented in PHP 5 and licensed under the New BSD License. Zend Framework—often referred to as ZF—is developed with the goal of simplifying web development while promoting best practices in the PHP developer community.
Written by Gertjan on December 8th, 2007
Want to export your cutenews posts to a mysql database? In this tutorial i will show you how to export your posts from cutenews into a mysql table.