I’ve got some extra time last week, so I’ve started a website aggregating blogs and Twitter accounts of PHP Developers in Ottawa, check out the new Ottawa PHP Community website or browse the source on GitHub. For the curious, it’s build with the Zend Framework.
I don’t know everybody in Ottawa that use PHP, so If [...]
After seven years of PHP development, I was wondering what my skill level was. I was doubtful of the Zend PHP5 Certification test, but as it’s the only PHP certification that I was aware of, I’ve taken the test in downtown Ottawa. I’m not allowed to talk about any specifics of the exam, as I [...]
Last week –after seven years of PHP– I have read php|architect’s “Zend PHP 5 Certification Study Guide, 2nd Edition.” I think that it will be a useful tools on my resume to have a PHP certification. More often than not, the HR peoples don’t trust applicants without a certification.
My first discovery was: On page 9-10, [...]
Today, I have followed a link on Craig Fitzpatrick’s blog. It’s about technical debt and it’s a really good read for any developer spending more time patching than coding, or for any manager that’s wondering why their employees can’t produce new feature as fast as before.
Why don’t we learn refactoring and unit/functional testing in school?
I’ve started year 2009 with one of the best team I have ever had the pleasure to work with. Unfortunately, there was some economic layoff and I’m not part of the team anymore. I have spent the last month job hunting, trying to find a team of motivated co-worker. One unrelated thing that I [...]
Benjamin Zander, this guy really loves classical music. He’s trying to give everybody enough understanding of the music to really appreciate it. By listening, you may realize that you like classical music too…
Benjamin Zander: Classical music with shining eyes
‘The Paradox Of Choice” is a great book by Barry Schwartz that explain why ‘less is more’. [...]
Why Ramaze instead or Rails or Merb? Because it’s a learning process, a Ruby learning process. I have build a website with Ruby on Rails, and I`ve thought: “Wow, this Ruby is a really nice language, let’s do something else with it.” Then I’ve realized how little I knew about the language, I knew rails, [...]
It’s this time of the year where we have to think about sharing. Merry Christmas!
What do I have to say about sharing?
If you have some knowledge that other doesn’t, good for you, you’re better than them. But there’s no challenge, you have a boring life. Now if you share this knowledge, first you gonna know [...]
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