John Lim has a recent rant asking Is MVC over-designed crap?
I used to think so, but now having refactored some existing applications to use MVC, i see the value.
In my unscientific comparison of PHP and Java Job Markets six of ten java jobs ask for some Struts knowledge. While I am willing to believe [...]
The value of MVC
November 28th, 2004Installing Web Applications
November 24th, 2004Mac OS X has made an art of the process of installing an application on the desktop. For a properly packaged application, the process is:
Download.
Locate the application icon in your download directory and optionally move it to another location.
Double click on the application icon to run.
This is the essence of what apple calls Drag [...]
pear config-set preferred_state beta
November 24th, 2004I wish i could just do:
pear install Calendar beta
instead of:
pear config-set preferred_state beta
pear install Calendar
pear config-set preferred_state stable
programming has warped my mind
November 16th, 2004i love this: How programming languages have warped my writing.
I have a tendency to in appropriate capitalization in my human writing. If a Concept looks like it would make a good class, i tend to capitalize the Word, even in the middle of a sentence. These errors are sometimes hard for me to [...]
Funerals for Old Code
November 3rd, 2004I really like this story. Spontaneous team rituals are fun. HR constructed team rituals are silly.
Difficult deployments
November 2nd, 2004Difficult deployment prevents good software from being used. Dependencies are best avoided and minimized rather than managed.
more on PHP deployment.
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