Earlier this year I pinged the NLUG asking for recommendations for easy network programming toolkits for a project I’m planning. Chris Booth suggested Jabber which, at the time, I dismissed. I was wrong. Having spent some time recently talking with the folks who’ll be using the projects output I ended up at the Jabber web… Continue reading Jibber Jabber
Author: Joshua
Version Control Techniques
I’ve spent quite a bit of downtime of late thinking about version control systems. There has been a lot of talk at the NLUG about DVCSs, Martin even gave a niece overview of current systems and techniques, which has lead to me pondering usage models for VCSs. More recently some of the developers of Adium… Continue reading Version Control Techniques
NLUG Talk; PHP Best Practices
We at the NLUG where treat to a good talk from the kind folks at Pale Purple. The talk was about PHP best practices and has convinced me that PHP is not inherently evil, it’s just that its low barrier to entry results in plenty of nasty code. Next time I want/need to write something… Continue reading NLUG Talk; PHP Best Practices