Posts Tagged ‘php’
Having my cake and eating it, too
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
I’m pretty fond of “from scratch” developing, but I decided, being a sole developer in cases, to check out some application frameworks on languages I already know. So in addition to Rails, I started using CakePHP, and it’s a pretty solid framework, but highlights some problems I have with PHP. Namely, everything uses arrays to a heavy degree. Granted, Rails does too, but it feels easier on the eyes and brain when you’re not trying to figure out an array within an array within an array within a class all using backwards-compatible PHP syntax.
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Tags: bexar county, cakephp, elections, houston, php, post office, rambling, san antonio, stupid, texas, usps, voting, web development
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So hard to do what you need to
Monday, September 15th, 2008
Recently I’ve been working with Substruct, an acceptable-at-best shopping cart app in Rails. It’s the first Poplabs Rails project, and for the most part straightforward, but it’s times like these I wish we were given the option of using Shopify.
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Tags: air san antonio, e-commerce, hurricane ike, php, rails, substruct
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SWSA: Day 2
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
In a total surprise, my idea was voted for in Startup Weekend San Antonio. We (they moreso than I, probably) are working hard to come up with something we can wrap up this weekend. I’ll give you more as we progress, and pictures later. I apologize for the cellphone-quality pictures. They are, clearly, from my phone.
Tags: css, dreams, military, php, ruby on rails, san antonio, swsa, vacations, xhtml
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