Posts marked with “frameworks”
Zend Framework 1.9.8 and 1.10.3 released
A potential security issue in the Dojo Toolkit has brought to the public two new releases of Zend Framework, along with 80 bugfixes for the PHP components.
Development principles
What are the most important principles in software development? An insight on the basic motifs of the current methodologies.
Solar 1.0.0 Stable Released
Solar 1.0.0 Stable was released on Monday, and even Slashdot has noticed.
Contributing to Zend Framework
Contributing to your favorite open source PHP framework is a gift to the project’s community. Moreover, you will surely benefit from not having to patch it by yourself at every new release.
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.
5 PHP frameworks you should check out
Everyone is using frameworks these days, but which one is right for you?
Zend Framework 1.10.2, and a glimpse at 2.0
With the 1.10.2 maintenance release now available, the Zend Framework community is now turning its attention to the 2.0 release. Among the new features planned are namespaces, autoloaders and even a discussion on git vs. subversion.
Symfony 2 benchmarks: more than meets the eye?
Symfony 2 benchmarks released on his site show that Symfony 2 is faster than many of the common PHP frameworks out there, but Solar developer Paul Jones has had trouble confirming his findings.
Arrogance is Limiting Framework Adoption
Developers are notoriously self-confident in their ability to write code that is better, faster, cleaner and better-smelling than everybody else’s. In today’s environment, however, the focus is on producing immediately useful code—and, given the richness of today’s frameworks, those who eschew them in favour of home-grown solutions are forever running the risk of reinventing the wheel for no good reason. We have enough wheels—start building some cars.