rvdavid: A Web Developer's Blog

How would you handle this? – Service Layer slowly getting polluted (or so it seems)!

rvdavid — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:02:07 +0000

Just going through the motions here using Zend Framework and an implementation of Service Layer and Domain Model to form my domain layer. I must admit – I thought I had made a break through, but alas, more analysis paralysis. I’m finding that I’m abusing the accessiblity of the Service Layer. Here’s an example: I’ve got an application which [...]

Test Results on Memory Usage of Zend Framework and Doctrine with APC

rvdavid — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:55:46 +0000

After investigating a recommendation to use Doctrine by a fellow blogger, Brian at Real of Zod, I have decided to run with Doctrine as my Domain Model in Zend Framework projects. The thing is, if I’m going to commit to this, I need to know that applications I build in the future with the Zend [...]

Zend Framework Model – Research into Possible Domain Model Solutions

rvdavid — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:34:46 +0000

I’ve managed to spend some time sitting back and looking over some of hte projects I’ve worked on for the past year or so with the Zend Framework and decided that it was finally time to look into something that has always bugged me since the old Cubix Framework days. That was the lack of decoupling [...]

Trying out some of The best 100 Linux Software from Ubuntu Repos

rvdavid — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 12:46:42 +0000

Ever get the itch that there is a lot of free applications that you’re missing out on? Well I do – every now and then, I like to google “best linux software” and try a few of them out. Don’t ask me why, I just do it. Anyway, todays post is basically to bring your attention [...]

Guake: FINALLY! A viable gnome native Drop Down Terminal

rvdavid — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 23:30:11 +0000

I’ve been using YeahConsole for quite some time now and snobbing off Yakuake because I am using Gnome for my Desktop GUI. But missed the flashiness of Yakuake – it was flashy especially with the true transparency. GUAKE! Years ago prior to checking out YeahConsole, I found Guake. Guake at the time, was buggy as hell. at [...]

I’ve got a lot of unfinished posts that were half written and have now deleted!

rvdavid — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:01:37 +0000

I’ve just gone through my unpublished posts and deleted most of them. I’ve thought about it a little and reflected as to why I never finished these posts, but I guess it’s because I’m finding it difficult to word out certain things. I guess it’s more a beginner thing, but I type differently to how [...]

Ubuntu Linux: Forcing sound out through your external USB Sound Card

rvdavid — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:53:17 +0000

So… long story short, I messed up my headphone jack on my notebook which where I use Ubuntu Karmic Koala Alpha x (6 I think) as my primary OS. Luckily though, I found an old sony external sound card lying around the office at work. One of the artifcats that had been left behind by [...]

Ubuntu Linux: Fix for the disappearing Firefox Web Developer toolbar

rvdavid — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:25:07 +0000

I use firefox as my browser on Ubuntu Karmic Alpha x (can’t remember which one). During one update, my firefox web development toolbar disappeared. There was nothing there aside from the blank grey bar. How do you fix this? To fix this, I did the following steps: Right click on the blank toolbar – this will bring up [...]

Well, it’s been a while…

rvdavid — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:20:30 +0000

It has indeed been a while since our last update – and even then, it was a forced check out the new episode of “the developers” post for my “friendly” devproducts on blogger administrator. Since then, my team and I have finally finished one of the hardest, if not _the_ hardest, project that has spanned [...]

New Episode of “The Developers”

rvdavid — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:44:33 +0000

Well, my wonderful “DevProducts on Blogger” editor and designer has done it again with a new episode of the developers online comic. We’re now up to episode 10 and again, I’m in the firing line! I wish I had more input on this but my ideas about drawing up MVC diagrams and ERDs are always [...]