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CakePHP On IIS Troubleshooting & Help Guide!
If you are interested in using CakePHP on an IIS server, you may have experienced a few problems here and there. Mostly, the problems arise when you are trying to integrate Cake with an existing IIS...
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PHP Security – Ensuring A Safe PHP Setup
One of the inherent flaws with any popular web language like PHP is the serious potential of security vulnerabilities from improperly set up installations and servers. Although ensuring a secure server...
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7 Silly Symptoms Of Computer Addiction
As a web developer I spend a “small” amount of time in front of a computer. It’s to be expected, right? The other day a friend proposed that I spend too much time in front of a computer! Utterly...
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Is PHP better than Perl: CakePHP vs. Perl?
Recently at work, a brief discussion with a co-worker about Perl vs. PHP encouraged me to do some “reading” about the topic. Honestly, I had never really considered that people were still using Perl on...
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The Future of PHP: The Death of a Giant?
If you are a fan of language “X” and think it’s better than PHP, here’s your chance to convince me. After some discussion with colleagues, I’m very interested to find a general consensus as to which...
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Capistrano And PHP: Simplifying PHP Deployments
If you aren’t familiar with Ruby on Rails, there’s a good chance you’ve probably missed the proverbial boat on a powerful tool called Capistrano. Do you ever feel like you’re repeating previous work...
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Pretty In Pink: Rock The Runway 2007
I was asked by the owner of The Pink Papaya to donate some blog space to help sponsor a local charity event I’ve been involved with. If you are in the Northwest Arkansas area, please take a moment to...
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JQuery: The Best Javascript Library?
After stumbling across this article, I was in awe to see what has recently transpired in the world of Javascript libraries/frameworks. I had recently fell in love with Yahoo UI, but I was truly...
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Alarm.com Security System Review: The Best Available?
Being a computer geeky type, I have always been enthralled with technology. I suppose it makes sense then, that I recently started pondering security systems for my house. After spending “countless”...
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E4X: Explaining ECMAscript for XML
Right at this very moment, I had a thought cross my mind. If I wanted to use Javascript to modify XML on the fly, how in the heck would I make that happen? I think the answer is E4X, which is short for...
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Type Casting In PHP – What’s the Point?
Did you know that PHP has some pretty powerful type casting functionality built-in? It’s no surprise if you comprehend the roots of PHP (since it’s written in C), but I can’t help but think that...
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Open-Source vs. Home-Brewed PHP CMS
I’ve had a slew of requests lately from clients needing small web sites they can manage themselves (mostly small businesses). Truthfully though, I simply prefer the client to manage their content...
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Alarm.com – Updated Review
After reviewing the multitude of comments on my original review of alarm.com and realizing I had totally forgotten to write the next review, I thought I’d throw together something real quick for anyone...
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CakePHP – The Best PHP Framework
It has been a while since I’ve written much about CakePHP (let alone anything on my blog), but I thought I’d update the world with my latest thoughts in case anyone was interested. I’ve come a long way...
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This is fairly important, so take 5 min and read it. I’m a Credit Card Snob (or so I thought) I’ve always sorta “secretly” prided myself on my credit card perks obsession. Due to personal experience,...
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