Event Driven Programming
During my Live Coding sessions at TEK·X* last week, one of the questions that came up repeatedly was: Events… what…
Tag: software architecture
Innovation and Frameworks
This past weekend after my web2project presentation at NoVaLUG, we ended up in a side discussion on languages, frameworks, etc. …
Does Templating Make Sense?
There are quite a few PHP'ers that I've talked to who openly disdain templating tools like Smarty, Flexy, and whatever…
Zend Framework 1.0 Release
Those in the US might have missed it but last week was a big announcement for the Zend Community: Zend…
IBM and the LAMP Stack
One of the announcements during the MySQL Conference last week was IBM's new partnership with MySQL on using DB2 as…
Big Systems 101: Spec'ing it Out
This is the first item in what I hope to become a series covering one of the largest systems I've…
On Planning and Architectures
Over the Christmas Holiday, I was back in Northern Illinois visiting friends and family like I always do. Since I…
System Failure Strategies
Recently while heading into the DC Metro System, I saw something that reminded me of system failure and thought I'd…
On Choosing Proper Models
When software developers talk about a project, concept, or just about anything else, we normally speak in reference to models.…
Stovepipe Systems can be Good
Over the past 5-10 years, nearly every organization – private or public, small or large, commercial or non-profit – has…