Web and application development
I find I use specific browsers for specific tasks, depending on how the site performs in the browser. I may be in the minority.
11:05am 17.05.12Follow meI've been working for a while on a command line PHP script that doesn't use the webserver. The main problem I experienced was the inability of Eclipse/PDT to successfully launch a command line debugging session. This was because the PHP config that was loaded didn't include most of the modules that I required (the first to error was MySQL). Well, I needed to get work done so I soldiered on with "classic" debugging, adding a debug mode that controlled several aspects of the execution of the ... read more
Command line debugging with Eclipse/PDTThis is just a quick post regarding non functioning jQuery plugins and Silverstripe. If, as a convenience to your admin users, you include the Silverstripe Navigator in your templates then just be aware that this could prevent any 3rd party jQuery plugins from working. If you are not aware of the Silverstripe Navigator, it is the little admin strip at the bottom of the page that provides immediate access to the admin area from the front end of your site. Whilst logged in you are ... read more
Using the SilverStripe Navigator and jQuery plugins?It may seem a little dull and mundane, but working with a consistent coding style will always benefit whatever project that you are working on. The style, or convention, that I'll be outlining here is what I have come to use over a long period of ... read more
MVC - Model View Controller, is a sofware design pattern. The aim of MVC is to provide clean separation between data (the model) and what visitors/users see (the view). The controller sits between the model and the view marshalling data between ... read more
It has taken a while, but I have finally gotten around to migrating my site onto Wordpress. There are a few reasons why I've moved to Wordpress, but the main one was I needed to get into how it all works. Many people have many different opinions ... read more