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.NET : IEnumerable + LINQ Extension Methods
Before I begin, I am going to make clear that I have harped on the evils of LINQ in the past, although I mostly said this in the context of LINQ-2-SQL (and not being aware of what you are doing!). … Continue reading
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Full Text Indexes – Not So Hard
As a software developer I have always had my fair share of interaction with databases; many different types of them in fact. Databases are not my favourite thing to work with, but let’s just say they are something which is … Continue reading
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Lovely WordPress
I have been doing some custom wordpress plugin development over the last week or two, and this time has afforded me the opportunity to become more intimately familiar with the way in which the entire codebase works. I have worked … Continue reading
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Debugging and Performance with PHP
Debugging I wanted to note we were using PHP5 by this time… I talk about PHP3 and PHP4 because at the time good tools were hard to find! In the early days of PHP3 and PHP4 us web developers could … Continue reading
MVP (Model View Presenter) – Supervising Controller
I talked a little while ago about the MVP pattern, but at the time I was considering using the passive view structure. I realized after attempting to implement this pattern for a few of my views it seemed to be… … Continue reading
LINQ-2-SQL – The Good and the Bad
It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted an update on here, and I do have a good excuse! My brother is getting married (today – July 17th), I ended up going to Vegas for his bachelor party, and I’m … Continue reading
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Model View Presenter (MVP) – Passive View
It’s time to get back to the project I was talking about the other day which required some refactoring. I started yesterday afternoon ( our bi-weekly kickoff was in the morning ) and finished modifications early this afternoon. Technically, removing … Continue reading
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Zend Framework – A Win
Update 2011-04-30: See bottom for data binding update I’m certain there must be thousands of other posts out there like this already, but I felt the need to address my love for the Zend framework personally. I have picked it … Continue reading
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Design, Design, DESIGN
I am currently working on a large solo project which is comprised of both a website and a web service. The site is a content driver for another project which will communicate via the service. Even with a decent amount … Continue reading
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