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Web Development Intoxication
Free Web Development eBooks
May 19, 2009, 28 Comments
In celebration of my new blog, and in the spirit of my recent work with Python, I have two Python themed books to give away. Update: I have given away the books. Thanks for everyone who showed interest.
My New Pylons Powered Blog
May 19, 2009, 6 Comments
It has been at least 3 months since I started coding this blog, and last Friday I finally deployed the thing. Those of you who read my blog likely know that this project was born from a graduate school independent study proposal. No good has ever come from a Friday afternoon deployment (at least for me), however my graduation was this past Saturday (Wo0t) and I had challenged myself to a pre-graduation launch. My primary motivation with this post is to enable and test comments in production. I want to see if things fall apart, and if my primitive spam detection holds up. So, feel free to leave a comment, good or bad.
Book Review: Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 1.6
April 15, 2009, No Comments
I was recently contacted by PACKT Publishing and asked to provide a review for Building Websites with ExpressionEngine 1.6. Following is the review.
An Update for April '09
April 15, 2009, No Comments
March and April have been pretty busy months for me. Here are some things I’ve been working on, reading, studying, thinking about, etc.
Breaking the Maintenance Budget
March 19, 2009, No Comments
Anyone who works in web design and development is familiar with spending a lot of time implementing client requests: modify this photo, change this footer text, add this navigation item, remove this link, etc. Knowing this, I try to think about the decisions I’m making while putting together a template or writing code. I often ask myself if the decision I’m currently making will impact maintenance later on.
Poor decisions during development/implementation lead to poor decisions during maintenance. (via Twitter)
An Update for March '09
March 13, 2009, No Comments
As the month mark approaches since my last post I figured I would take a few moments to talk about some of the things I’ve been working on. I’ve been working on:
Web Server Transition Complete
February 26, 2009, No Comments
This blog is now being hosted from my own web server. Slicehost has served me very well for the last 6 months, however, complete control over every aspect of my server is something I’ve wanted for a long time. The transition didn’t go as smooth as I would have liked (the DNS record was pointing at my home IP address rather than my static IP … whatever), but things now seem to be in working order. If you notice any odd behavior please let me know. For the more curious, here are some facts:
Book Review: Pragmatic Version Control Using Git
February 15, 2009, No Comments
I recently finished Pragmatic Version Control Using Git. Following is the review.
Building the new Web Server
February 12, 2009, No Comments
In an earlier post I mentioned the fact that I will be rebuilding this blog. One of my goals was to move away from Slicehost and onto my own server. I now have the server in my office, and I am starting the process of building the server to meet my requirements. Here are some specs and some images in case you are curious.
CakePHP vs Django vs Rails vs Who Cares - Make a Decision
February 11, 2009, 6 Comments
As someone who:
- has made a framework choice, and developed numerous projects on that framework (CakePHP) and,
- is always poking around with other frameworks
I am often asked about the tough choice of picking among all the great framework choices (both in and out of the PHP world). My advice is always the same.
