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Category Archives: General

Akra’s Zend Framework 1.10 Tutorial

From Akrabat’s blog: As a result, I have updated my Zend Framework tutorial so that it is completely current. The main change I made was to remove the _init methods in the Bootstrap as they are no longer needed. I … Continue reading

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HTML5 Canvas Tutorial

The Paint Application from Mugtug.com is very impressive. It uses HTML5. Very responsive. I found it in HN and the hackers seemed to be impressed as well. Around the web, people are already talking about HTML5 and Canvas as a … Continue reading

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An example of an Object-relational Mapper in PHP

Dennis Hotson posted in his blog a brief and good example of an ORM for PHP. What is an Object-relational Mapper? Data management tasks in object-oriented (OO) programming are typically implemented by manipulating objects that are almost always non-scalar values. … Continue reading

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A Quick Update

Hello All. Sorry for the few updates. I have not been doing any Zend Framework / PHP related work for over a month now. I am in Aurland, Norway for a training. I will be staying here for about three … Continue reading

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Excel-like Javascript Grid Editors

Here is quick quote: A short list of my favorite JavaScript grid components. How many times did you hear users asking you: “something simple, a grid like excel”? When I was a VB programmer, oh yes, I have this dark … Continue reading

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Zend Framework: Accessing configuration data in application.ini

Lately, I haven’t been doing any Zend Framework related things. Although currently tied up with other stuff, I check the community from time to time. Today, I found this quick and useful tip from Akrabat. Akra talks about how you … Continue reading

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My free WordPress Theme: Warmth

I got bored and spent a few days creating a theme in WordPress. This is a quick release of the theme and I tested this in Firefox and Chrome. You can download it here. Nothing special except that I spent … Continue reading

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I’m giving away 20 Google Wave invites!

I have 20 available Google Invites. Leave your email below. Format it to something like youremail[AT]gmail.com or something to avoid getting spammed. Just leave your email in the Email textbox when commenting First 20 legit emails will get the invites. … Continue reading

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CSS Buttons: Simply Buttons V2

Thanks to Jack for posintg this. And from the official Simply-Buttons V2 site: Benefits Buttons size to fit text. There are 3 states: Inactive, Active, and Hover. They look and behave the same way in every browser and operating system. … Continue reading

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Ekini Edit: A gEdit Scheme / Vim Scheme that is dark and suitable for low-light conditions

A dark scheme with reduced glare and improved readability. The scheme is called Ekini Edit, it is based on the Zendburn and Thankful Eyes. UPDATE: Wow, this post has recently been getting a lot of attention from StumbleUpon. Please keep … Continue reading

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