php|architect

PHP on IBM i servers

Giorgio Sironi — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:30:13 +0000

Zend has announced via its CTO the availability of Zend Server and Zend Studio for the IBM i platform, enhancing PHP support on IBM servers.

oddWeek Episode #5

Cal Evans — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:00:19 +0000

This week we talk with Blue Parabola Alumni Matthew Turland about the awesomeness that is Phergie.

It’s Drizzling in the Clouds

Beth Tucker Long — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:21:34 +0000

Drizzle is poised to be the database of choice for the future of cloud computing.

Diem version 5.0.0 released, now stable

Koen van Urk — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:51:25 +0000

Since development of version 5.0 started Diem has been an open source initiative. The first stable version is now released.

Solar 1.0.0 Stable Released

Beth Tucker Long — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:30:56 +0000

Solar 1.0.0 Stable was released on Monday, and even Slashdot has noticed.

The Future Of PHP

Brandon Savage — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:30:38 +0000

There's been a significant decision reached recently concerning the future of PHP, in particular for the development of PHP 6. Yesterday, the PHP Internals group reached what seems to be a tentative agreement to postpone implementation of a Unicode PHP engine, and instead focus on developing PHP 5.3 as the main PHP development branch.

Query profiling

Beth Tucker Long — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:30:47 +0000

Open PHP MyProfiler could be the answer for your MySQL profiling needs.

Zend Framework 2.0 Taking Shape

Brandon Savage — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:52 +0000

There's been lots of buzz about Zend Framework 2.0 recently, and for good reason: the feature list is truly kick-ass. With dozens of proposed changes, the second iteration of the web's most popular framework is looking to be considerably better, more efficient and easier to use than the first, while still offering the functionality that framework users have come to expect.

Why TDD is based on testing first

Giorgio Sironi — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:30:11 +0000

Test-Driven Development is a test-first approach, and it could never be different. The advantages of test-first outweigh the time spent writing tests.

The Open Source Way

Giorgio Sironi — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:15:40 +0000

Red Hat has created the basis of a book on open source communities, and it will be completed with the very approach proposed in it.