Oracle’s Acquisition of Sun is Great for MySQL

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Today, Oracle announced the acquisition of Sun Microsystems. Many developers are now very worried about the future of the ubiquitous MySQL database system which is currently owned by Sun. However, the Oracle acquisition of Sun can only mean good things for MySQL.

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New Article at Webdesigner Depot

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MAMP Article by Derek Underwood at WDDI’ve been commissioned to write some articles for Webdesigner Depot (WDD) and I’m pleased to announce the publication of “Quick and Easy WordPress Development on a Mac with MAMP.” Read the rest of this entry »

A little Rails for PHP (part 1)

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Ruby on Rails (”Rails”) is a great development platform because it is specifically designed for rapid development, deployment, and maintenance of database-driven websites. But what if you are still using PHP and you are not ready or able to switch to Rails? Luckily, a lot of the concepts that are built into Rails are also good concepts to keep in mind when using PHP. Read the rest of this entry »

Faster and Easier Templates with PHP

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SuperEasyPHPTemplate system is a quick way to build powerful template functionality into web projects with a minimal learning curve. And yes, it’s free! Read the rest of this entry »

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