Happy 2010!

by jon on January 11, 2010

Just a quick note to say I'm still alive. I've moved in to a new place with my lovely wife and we're slowly settling into a routine. I'll be posting photos, videos and more code in the coming weeks. Lots of projects in the works that will be nearing completion soon!

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Speaking at Intuit about Google Wave, QuickBase and Zend

by jon on November 16, 2009

qb-gwave-promoOver the last 5 months, I've had the pleasure of working with some of the bright minds at Intuit (the makers of QuickBase and Quicken). Intuit decided to use the Zend Framework for their QuickBase marketing site and approached me to help them with the integration. With their recent acquisition of Mint, I have no doubt that their Web Applications are going to become a significant growth area in their business. I've also been fooling around with Google Wave and thought it might be neat to see if I can put together a simple application that utilizes Intuit's Online Database service, the Zend Framework and the Google Wave Gadgets API.

If you're interested in Google Wave, QuickBase, Zend my webinar on Wednesday, November 18 might help you with your own development in these areas. I invite you to register to attend this live Zendcast!

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Facebook’s Encouraging Worst Practices

October 31, 2009

I’m not a huge fan of Facebook to begin with, however they are an undeniable part of any online marketing strategy and are likely to remain as such for at least another 6-10 months (which is an eternity by web standards). I’ve recently been working on a Facebook application built on the Zend Framework. Our [...]

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Getting ready for PHP6

October 30, 2009

Stefan approached me awhile back to produce a short series of videos on what developers should be expecting as of PHP 5.3+. I try to keep the content of my tutorials in the context of trying to solve a specific problem. The project in this case is a home-grown MVC framework. I’ve borrowed some of [...]

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Interview with the Gang of Four

October 25, 2009

My father sent this wonderful interview to me with the author’s of the book “Design Patterns”. I still find that it introducing people who aren’t software engineers to the concept of web architecture, design patterns and software development workflow that it still takes a bit for someone to see how someone could appreciate the design [...]

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new jQuery set launched on KillerPHP

October 10, 2009

Stefan’s been a terrific resource for my own professional development and I’ve also had the opportunity to produce videos for his sites, KillerPHP and KillerJavascript. The latest video set will guide the viewer through developing a simple application with jQuery. I try and emphasize the software paradigm rather than building a particular controller since I [...]

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