One thing great about Slicehost is it’s DNS API. You can programmatically deploy new web sites. Save the need retype things field by field. And best of all it uses ActiveResource. It may seem lame but the reason why Ruby on Rails is installed in my computer is just because of ActiveResource. (It was just yesterday I really understand how ActiveResource work and that it is just REST being wrapped nicely and I can use PHP to do the same saving the Ruby learning.)
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kahwee
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kahwee
PHP 5.3 has been released! http://www.php.net/archive/2009.php#id2009-06-30-1
This release is a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features and bug fixes.
Some of the key new features include: namespaces, late static binding, closures, optional garbage collection for cyclic references, new extensions (like ext/phar, ext/intl and ext/fileinfo), over 140 bug fixes and much more.
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kahwee
Found this rather informative website that benchmarks PHP functions: http://www.phpbench.com/
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kahwee
Google webmaster Eric Higgins gives tips on optimizing: PHP http://code.google.com/speed/articles/optimizing-php.html
But the PHP community reacts against those tips in Google Groups.
Still, both articles are good read. Codexon also wrote regarding Google’s odd optimization techniques.
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ridz84
During the IBM-PHP Developerworks session, I found out about Jazz.net which is an IBM initiative. Looks interesting. Especially looking forward to trying out the Requirements Composer.
What is Jazz?
Jazz is an open platform designed to support any industry participant who wants to improve the software lifecycle and break down walls between tools. Jazz is built on architectural principles that represent a key departure from approaches taken in the past. Unlike monolithic, closed products of the past, Jazz has an innovative approach to integration based on open, flexible services and Internet architecture.
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uzyn
This is why I like PHP, its official documentation ships with an apt XKCD comic: http://php.net/goto
[via @ditesh]
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kahwee
After playing with TextMate for a few days, I kinda miss NetBeans. The PHP don’t appear to be as good. Am I missing anything?
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kahwee
PHP introduces goto operators in 5.3? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Goto: http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.goto.php
goto, since it’s invention, has been rather misused most of the time.
On June 8, 1995, Rasmus Lerdorf issued the first public release of PHP. It’s a language that became the key development language of the Web 1.0 world powering millions of sites.
From http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/06/happy-birthday-php.html
And by the way, it’s PHP’s birthday yesterday!
kahwee
Just gotten Xdebug to work in my PHP installation. Now what do I do with it? Everything seems alien to me. :(
uzyn 7:01 pm on June 22, 2009 Permalink
Maybe it’s just that. It’s not even an IDE, but only a plain text editor.
kahwee 8:16 pm on June 22, 2009 Permalink
Yeah. Nice colors though.