Category: PHP

Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to – A short, well-focused guide – #programming #bookreview

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Instant Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to A practical guide to getting started with PHPUnit to improve code quality Michael Lively (Packt Publishing – paperback, Kindle) PHPUnit is considered by many to be the leading tool for testing PHP code. This “Short, Fast, Focused” book (82 pages digital, 69 pages in paperback) is a recent addition to … Continue reading Hands-on Testing with PHPUnit How-to – A short, well-focused guide – #programming #bookreview

WordPress: The Missing Manual – Covers what you need to know & can profit from – #bookreview

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WordPress: The Missing Manual Matthew MacDonald (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) It’s easy to set up and launch a basic WordPress blog. But once you do, it’s also very easy to just keep blogging and ignore the many other options and features that WordPress offers. (I’m guilty of that, which is why I’m happy to see … Continue reading WordPress: The Missing Manual – Covers what you need to know & can profit from – #bookreview

CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide – #programming #bookreview

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CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide Tim Juravich (Packt Publishing, paperback – Kindle) CouchDB and PHP can be a formidable team when used to create web applications.  “CouchDB is a database that completely embraces the web,” according to the Apache CouchDB website. Data is stored with JSON documents; documents can be accessed with a web … Continue reading CouchDB and PHP Web Development Beginner’s Guide – #programming #bookreview

Drupal for Designers – Putting Drupal to work, with good planning and design up front – #bookreview

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Drupal for Designers Dani Nordin (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) Drupal has (1) a lot of fans, (2) a lot of people who wonder what the heck it is, and (3) a lot of people who complain about it. Sometimes, a Drupal user is each of these at the same time. Officially, Drupal is “an open source content … Continue reading Drupal for Designers – Putting Drupal to work, with good planning and design up front – #bookreview

PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Ed. – A popular how-to guide updated – #bookreview #in #php #programming

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PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Edition Kevin Yank (SitePoint, paperback, list price $39.95; Kindle edition, list price $29.95) A key measure of a programming book’s usefulness and popularity is how many times it has been revised and reprinted. Kevin Yank’s book first was published in 2001 under a different title. Eleven years later, … Continue reading PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 5th Ed. – A popular how-to guide updated – #bookreview #in #php #programming

MongoDB and PHP – Document-oriented data for web developers – #bookreview #in #programming

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MongoDB and PHP By Steve Francia (O’Reilly, paperback, list price $19.99; Kindle edition, list price, $14.99) You can’t blame Steve Francia for being vocal in his praise for MongoDB®. He’s the chief solutions architect at 10gen, Inc., which develops and supports this well-respected document-oriented database. One consequence of the current, explosive growth of social media is … Continue reading MongoDB and PHP – Document-oriented data for web developers – #bookreview #in #programming