Zend PHP Cloud Solution INFO
Zend Technologies has recently announced about PHPCloud, its cloud solution for PHP development. It is currently still in its beta phase. The following video clip created by Kevin Schroeder shows the first steps.
The Log4PHP Logging Framework PRO
Log4PHP is an open source project that provides a versatile logging framework for PHP. Log4PHP is part of the Apache Logging Services project and it works similarly to other Apache Logging Services sub projects, such as Log4J and Log4Net. I have just completed to develop the first two topics of my Log4PHP Basics course. You can […]
Lambda Expressions in Python PRO
Using the lambda keyword we can define an anonymous function. Unlike using def, when using lambda we can have one single expression. We cannot have a block of statements. ob = lambda a,b,c:a+b+c print(ob(1,2,3)) The following video clip provides more explanation about lambda expressions in Python.
The Google Store Chrome Zone in London BIZ
Google follows Apple and launches its first D2C store for selling chrome laptops and accessories. Seems that Google chose London as their entry point to the european market.
The Proxy Design Pattern in PHP PRO
The proxy design pattern provides us with a class that functions as an interface to something else. We usually use this pattern in order to deffer the creation of heavy objects. This video clip explains it using a code sample in PHP. You can find the source code available for free personal usage in my […]
The First Programming Language ACD
I was recently asked ‘what is your recommendation for the first programming language to teach in a three years academic program?’. Thinking about this question, it was clear to me the programming language itself is just a tool and the topics been taught are the ones that should be in question. Unlike many others, I believe […]
Generate Comments in Zend Studio PRO
We can easily generate comments for the variables/functions/types we define in Zend Studio. We just need to mark with our mouse the variable/function/type we want to comment and press CTRL + Shift + J.
CSS3 Basics PRO
I have recently completed to develop a course that overviews CSS3 capabilities. CSS3 is the latest standard for CSS. It extends the well known capabilities of the previous versions. Some of the more important new capabilities relate to transitions, transforms and animations. This course includes the following topics: Introduction Borders Background Texts Transforms Transitions Animations Columns You can […]
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 […]
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 […]