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6 books to master PHP
PHP is a wonderful dynamic language, and the addition of Unicode support, namespaces in the upcoming version 6 will make it even better. If you are new to PHP or are thinking of moving to PHP form...
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Which is the most popular version of PHP today
The graphic below displays the market share of each PHP version as on march 2008. The blue graph represents the sum of all preceding versions. PHP 5.2.5 now is the most popular version of PHP followed...
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Why clients want software developed cheap.
A couple of weeks back I was asked by a client to quote for a 25 page ecommerce website. After looking at his requirements I quoted him $450, which is quite low by any standards. The client called me...
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“why software projects fail” Poster
Software projects fail – that is a fact no developer is immune from; and the reasons for the same are quite simple and well understood. Still we encounter projects that have gone astray because...
View ArticleSoftware Peter Principle
Having to scrap a project after working on it for more than a year is not really an interesting way to up your morale. But it is one the most common things to occur in software development. To take a...
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Where did that bug come from?
This is the second time this week that I encountered a annoying bug, introduced just by a small change in the code. Just when you think you can get away with minor changes without testing, you are in...
View ArticleCreating win/win projects using Project Value Analysis
From a client’s perspective, the most important criteria when developing any new software is that it adds some ‘value’ to his company. Every software application has some financial and some intangible...
View ArticleSource Code Signatures in PHP
This post is based on Ward Cunningham’s Signature Survey: A Method for Browsing Unfamiliar Code article. Ward suggests that when studying new and unfamiliar source codes, it is vital that a programmer...
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