Namespaces in PHP PRO
PHP 5.3 allows us to group the classes, the constants and the functions we define into separated groups, also known as namespaces. Doing so we can cope with possible names collisions. Unlike previous PHP versions that introduced new features their syntax derive from Java (e.g. the extends and implements keywords), this time the developers of the PHP […]
Patterns Matching in F# PRO
Patterns matching allows us to check the exact type of a value we hold. Think about writing the code in C# for getting the same outcome. Patterns matching allows us to write shorter programs simpler for maintenance. You can find the source code in my F# Fundamentals course. You can find its community version available […]
Modules in F# PRO
Module is a simple container of values, types definition and sub modules. There are two types of modules. Local modules and top level ones. The following video clips show how to define them. You can find the source code as part of my F# Fundamentals course. Its community version is available for free personal usage […]
Develop REStful Web Services using Jersey PRO
REST stands for Representational State Transfer. It is a web service architecture that focuses on the system resources. Each resource is identified by a URI (Unified Resource Identifier). Accessing the resources is done using HTTP. The server reply is the representation of the resource we try to access. This representation is usually an XML document. JSR 311 specifies Java API for […]
JSON Support in PHP PRO
Since the emergence of PHP 5.2, the JSON extension is already compiled into the PHP execution environment. We can use it out of the box without any specific configuration. The json_encode function receives an array in PHP and encode it into JSON format. The following video clip shows that. The json_decode function receives a string […]
PHP SOAP Web Services PRO
PHP supports a wide range of web services types, including REStful Web Services, WDDX Web Services and SOAP Web Services. The following video clip shows how simple it is to consume a SOAP web service in PHP.
Hello World in PHP using Netbeans 7.0 PRO
In my daily work I use the Eclipse. I hardly find my self using Netbeans. Nevertheless, following the release of Netbeans 7.0 I chose to give it a try. I downloaded the Netbeans 7.0 PHP version and installed it. The following video clip shows how simple it is to develop PHP applications using Netbeans 7.0. […]
The Faces Application INFO
The Faces application assists teachers with remembering their students. It is a simple application to use that most of it was developed in Scala. It uses the Bing Java SDK for fetching the students images from the web. It was developed by Dor Schaike, Oded Azulay and Nofar Chanuka, who took part in the Internet […]
The Google +1 Button BIZ
Google has started (currently still an experiment) to allow its search engine users to recommend sites they find through google by pressing the +1 button. I have just enabled google +1 button experiment in my google account. The following video clip shows how does it work from the private end user perspective. The following video clip […]
The ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit PRO
The ASP.NET Ajax Control Toolkit assist with the development of Ajax based web applications in ASP.NET. The following video clip explains how to install the Ajax Control Toolkit into our Visual Studio. The following video clip explains the important for the ToolkitScriptManager control. The following video clip explains the code behind the creation of a […]