Scott A. Wilburn
PHP/MySQL programmer in the Pacific Northwest
Posts tagged PHP
My Blog has a new look and feel
Nov 1st
My long-neglected blog now has a new look and feel, plus I have added new social networking features so that it better integrates into Facebook and Twitter. I plan on doing more posts about PHP and Zend Framework to make my blog more interesting to read.
ZendCon 2008
Sep 18th
I’m just about to fly home after spending the week at ZendCon in Santa Clara, California. It was my first trip to ZendCon and was glad to get the chance to interact with other PHP developers and other industry leaders. Nearly 700 attendees, including other PHP developers, managers and other professionals were on hand for the four day event. The hot topic for the conference seemed to center around the Zend Framework.
I had evaluated the Zend Framework about a year and a half ago, just shortly after it’s version 1.0 release. At that time, I was disappointed with the performance of the MySQL adaptor in the framework and decided not to use it as my MVC framework. But now Zend Framework has had some time to mature and I am again looking at using it for all my future development. Since it is very modular, I can choose which components to use and which components I can extend on my own. The other tool I plan on using is Zend Studio for Eclipse. I don’t currently use an IDE, and I think it is time that I start using one.
All in all, it was definitely a worthwhile convention. I hope to return for ZendCon 2009.
My Lastest and Greatest Web Project
Jan 21st
If you’re wondering why I’ve been so quiet lately, it’s because I’ve been working on one of the biggest sites I’ve ever helped launch: www.pchquiz4cash.com. The site is written using PHP/MySQL and offers quizzes which users can answer questions and win cash if they ace the quiz. The site was launched at Christmas and if you visit the site you can see how many people have taken quizzes. As of this post, it’s nearing 300,000!
That’s the good news. The even better news is that I launched this site not as a small employee of some large corporation, but as part of a business partnership. If all goes well, I will be able to say that I am successful in business and don’t have to depend on working for someone else for my livelihood.
New Smarty Extension for Dreamweaver
May 12th
I recently packaged a Smarty template extension for Dreamweaver which allows web designers who are working with Smarty templates to work on templates using Dreamweaver’s Design View. You can download the extension here. To install the extension, simply use the Macromedia Extension Manager. I offer no support or warranties for this extension, but welcome feedback about it.
