Deploying PHP in the Clouds – Windows Azure

The IT guys are being difficult about deploying yourapplication? Want to grow infrastructure as your application grows?If you feel any of these questions are appropriate for yoursituation, deploying your application in the cloud may be anaffordable and extremely scalable solution. Why not have a look atMicrosoft’s Windows Azure platform? Join me as I take you throughWindows Azure in this two-part article.—by Maarten Balliauw

Testable Code Is Successful Code

Testing an application should not be an afterthought; itshould be a significant part of design and daily development.Writing code that lends itself to testing can appear to be an artform rather than a science, but with some minor forethought andminimal investment of time to refactor, application code can bedeveloped and tested simultaneously.—by Jeff Carouth

Vector Graphics With Cairo

Cairo is a fast 2D vector graphics library already used bymany open source projects. The PECL Cairo extension can be usedwith PHP to create images, PDFs and PostScript files.—by Michael Maclean

Enterprise Design Patterns

In this article, we will go through the patterns that composean MVC architecture, learning how they should be used and where weshould place the specific logic of our applications for maximumcode reuse. The goal is to analyze their purpose and how theyshould be used, treating this article as a sort of Patterns BestPractices. Since those patterns are already implemented by webframeworks, we won’t revisit their implementation but will focus ontheir usage.—by Alvaro Videla Godoy

Going Industrial

Learn about growing industrial php development practices inthe enterprise.—by Stéphen Périn

Why Drupal Matters

Drupal is an extremely powerful, pluggable framework forbuilding cutting edge enterprise level web portals. Learn moreabout what makes Drupal so important today and how it can help youin your online projects.—by Adrian and Derek Webb

Security Corner: Important Security Advice – Or Something…

The more rules we put into place to help people make bettersecurity choices, the less of a chance they are going to followthem. Do our security rules even help?—by Arne Blankerts

exit(0): Ergonomics and Other Animals

Usability is so much more than making something look visuallyappealing – it actually has to work, and easily at that.—by Marco Tabini