PHP 5.3.2 released
The PHP development team today released PHP 5.3.2, a maintenance release fixing a large number of bugs and a few security issues as well.
Static methods vs singletons: choose neither
Comparing the performance of a static method with that of a singleton ignores an important issue: that neither is the best answer to the problem they try to solve.
Can Flex save Flash?
Is Flash dying? Despite the many cries to the contrary, hardly so—at least for people who need to get practical things done within realistic deadlines, rather than spend their time pontificating about esoteric conspiracy theories.
oddWeek Episode #4
oddWeek Episode 4. The one where Elizabeth Naramore talks about PHPWomen, Python websites and open source projects not run by douchbags. Come join us
2010 Future of Open Source survey now open
The 2010 edition of the Future of Open Source survey is now available. This survey is backed by the Future of Open Source Forum, and has collaborators including such well-known Open Source leaders as North Bridge, RedHat, MySQL, Novell, SugarCRM, and others.
Saving Images in AIR Applications
Our own Cal Evans has been documenting his adventures in AIR land for a while on his blog—and now brings his musings on the subject of image encoding to php|architect. Read on for some fun with Flex!