Monthly Archives: May 2008

On Database Abstraction, PHP, and Ruby

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Andrew

It took me a couple days on my current PHP/MySQL project to get the DB abstraction with proper error handling, input validation, and relational support coded to the point where I’m happy with the model. This was after trying Zend_Db, … Continue reading →

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Barcamp Boston 3 Recap

Posted on May 20, 2008 by Andrew

I spent this last weekend attending Barcamp Boston 3, a two day grassroots technology event on Saturday and Sunday, as well as the Barcamp pre-event party at Betahouse. I put some pictures from Barcamp up on Flickr, and here are … Continue reading →

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Paradigm Shift in Web Development to MVC

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Andrew

A few days ago, I started development on the web site portion of one of my new projects. The project is comprised of mobile applications working in tandem with a main web site to deliver a service. However, this post … Continue reading →

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