Introducing Simple Components in Apache Tapestry
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Introducing Mediator Classes in PHP 5
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007The mediator design pattern can help you achieve and maintain synchronization between a group of PHP classes. In this first of a two-part series you ll be introduced to the mediator pattern how it functions and how it can help you with your application development.... Refurbished and Used ...
Introducing the Composite Pattern in PHP 5
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007The composite pattern is one of the less commonly used patterns in PHP 5. Nevertheless in certain situations it is very helpful. This article the first one in a two-part series will introduce you to the basic concepts of the composite pattern.... Refurbished and Used Networking Equipment ...
Introducing the Strategy Pattern
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007The strategy design pattern can be very useful in the context of form validation. This article the first of two parts will introduce you to the strategy pattern and give you some idea of how you can use it in your own PHP applications.... Web Application Load Testing Tool ...
Introducing the Flyweight Pattern with PHP 5
Monday, February 26th, 2007Among the considerable variety of structural design patterns that can be implemented with PHP 4 and PHP 5 by the way there s one in particular that deserves special attention. It s easy to apply in the context of a given web application and it ...
Introducing the Facade Pattern in PHP 5
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007The facade pattern may be one of the less well known patterns in PHP but it definitely has its uses. In this first article of a two-part series you ll learn the basics of how the facade pattern works illustrated with numerous examples.... Refurbished and Used Networking Equipment ...
Introducing the Memento Pattern
Monday, January 8th, 2007PHP developers frequently need to maintain the state of an object across several web pages. There are a number of ways to do this. In this article the first of two parts you will learn how to handle this task with the memento pattern.... Automate Software Builds with Visual ...
Introducing Bridge Classes with PHP 5
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007The bridge class or what s commonly known as the bridge pattern lets you create a class with its abstract functionality and implementation residing on different class hierarchies. This lets you decouple the class from its concrete application. This article the first of three parts introduces ...
Introducing the Chain of Responsibility Between PHP Objects
Monday, October 30th, 2006This article the first of three parts introduces you to the chain of responsibility pattern in PHP 5. This pattern is useful when a specific class cannot deal with a particular task and must therefore transfer a program s execution to another class with the appropriate capability.... Refurbished ...
Introducing Builder Objects in PHP 5
Thursday, October 5th, 2006In this article the first of a three-part series you will be introduced to the basics of creating directors and builder objects with PHP 5. As usual there will be copious examples to help you quickly start using the builder pattern in your own PHP projects.... Rackspace-Managed Servers, ...
Introducing Static Members and Methods in PHP 5
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006Static properties and methods can be quite useful in a range of situations not merely for constructing a Singleton class. This article the first in a two-part series introduces the basic concepts of static properties and methods using plenty of hands-on examples.... Rackspace-Managed Servers, Fanatical Supportâ„¢ Full-Scale ...
Introducing Visitor Objects in PHP 5
Thursday, August 3rd, 2006Although the article s title may seem a bit intimidating the truth is that things are much simpler than you think. Like many other programming languages PHP also allows you to construct and use visitor objects with minor hassles. But before I go deeper into the subject ...
Introducing SimpleXML in PHP 5
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006In the first article of a three-part series you will learn the basics of using the simplexml extension that comes with PHP 5. This library is primarily focused on parsing simple XML files and can save you a lot of work.... (Advertisement) Refurbished and Used Networking Equipment ...
Abstract Classes in PHP: Introducing the Key Concepts
Wednesday, January 25th, 2006An abstract class is a class that cannot or should not be instantiated. They are surprisingly useful for certain purposes. In this article you will learn the important concepts related to abstract classes in PHP 4 and see many hands-on examples that will allow you to ...
Error Handling in PHP: Introducing Exceptions in PHP 5
Wednesday, January 18th, 2006Welcome to the last part of the series Error Handling in PHP. In two parts this series introduces the basics of error handling in PHP. It demonstrates some of the most common methods for manipulating errors in PHP 4 and explains the implementation of exceptions in ...
