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Thursday, 31 January 2008Development projects @ Ibuildings
For several years Ibuildings is known as a partner in PHP development projects for our clients. Last year the type of customers and the type of projects have changed. Several 'New media' customers found their way to Ibuildings and asked for specific custom made front-end and back-end solutions within a fixed budget and time scale.
Ga door met lezen van "Development projects @ Ibuildings" Wednesday, 30 January 2008Different methods of caching
Because we encounter PHP more and more in the enterprise market, the performance demands of websites we build are becoming ever more challenging. The usefulness of caching is often underestimated by developers (myself included). When using a lightweight framework like Code Igniter it is easy to assume caching is not needed or not necessary; still there are websites where performance optimization is needed and it is important to think about the performance and caching strategy beforehand. When writing the technical specifications for a high performance website the developer needs to be able to make the best choice for optimization.
For optimizing the performance of a website there are several techniques.The choice of the framework or CMS is important and the performance demands are a factor when determining which framework or CMS will be used, but it doesn't stop there. Ga door met lezen van "Different methods of caching" Four ways to become a better developer
I was just reading my daily portion of phpdeveloper.org and encountered this article with 4 ways to become a better developer.
The four options discussed might be obvious to most, but I know from experience that they're not obvious to everyone, so I think it's a good read. I especially like the fourth item, on how PHP developers should focus not only on PHP, but also look at Javascript, CSS and HTML. I think it's hard to build an application that consists of PHP only, and even if you have dedicated graphical guru's to do the difficult HTML/CSS stuff (like we do), developers still encounter a fair share of CSS/HTML and Javascript. And in general, it's good to widen your scope and also read about technologies that you might not use directly, but might encounter in the future. Tuesday, 22 January 2008My First Blog
I am delighted to be in the fast-moving world of PHP web application development. I thought I would occasionally put down some feedback from 'the field', as sales people call the (real?) world out there.
We are talking to many companies who depend on PHP for revenues, and who see Ibuildings as a natural partner and friend. They are delighted to find a professional, well-established organisation that backs-up the Zend products and initiatives with a trusted delivery capabilility. Ga door met lezen van "My First Blog" Flexiblity regarding development requests
At Ibuildings we highly value the principle of 'using the right tool for the job'. Of course: our own business framework ATK and our CMS WDE get our special attention, but we don't want to close our eyes for other open source frameworks or content management systems that are out there. Each of them excel at their own special field of expertise and it's just that what makes them suitable for the job at hand (or not).
Ga door met lezen van "Flexiblity regarding development requests" Tuesday, 15 January 2008London PHP Conference
On february 29, the London PHP Community is organizing their annual PHP conference.
I have been a fan since the first conference because they offer an informative program at a very reasonable price (90 GBP if you register now). It's also very easy to attend for Dutch PHP developers, there's a 7.20 am flight from Rotterdam airport that takes you to stansted, where you can take an express train that takes you close to the venue. To show our support for the conference, and to celebrate the opening of our office in London this year, we decided to proudly sponsor this years conference, together with Zend. Shameless plug: we are constantly looking for talented senior PHP developers/consultants. If you're interested talk to us at our booth at the conference.
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