Are you trying to squeeze every last drop of performance out of your Zend Framework application? Once you have implemented caching for queries, templates, etc. there is still one other piece of the puzzle you can cache, the application.ini config. For every page load, this config has to be read…
CF Quick Tip: Display a CFINPUT Element from a CFC
Let’s say you want to write a helper function in a ColdFusion Component (CFC) library, that will draw a HTML FORM field for you and you need to do so using a CFINPUT tag. The ColdFusion compiler will complain if the CFINPUT tag is not inside a CFFORM tag inside…
SVN Tip: Preview Incoming Changes (With GIT Bonus)
I had to figure out if any of the incoming Source Code Control changes from the upstream SVN repository was going to clobber any of my local changes. Any time I have to google and figure out the best solution I think it is a good time to share. This…
Zend_Test: Dealing with Dates
I have been writing a lot of integration tests lately and wanted to share a quick tip about how to deal with datetime and timestamp columns in the table you are testing.
Balancing Best Practices with Rapid Development
Rushing a project is the easiest trap to fall into as a developer. Working fast is a must in today’s marketplace, however foregoing a plan and ignoring best practices will ultimately slow down a project and create more work later. So how does one balance best practices with rapid development? I think the answer is in the question: Balance.