JQuery UI

Did I say JQuery is brilliant? I'm not bad in JavaScript, but JQuery takes it a step further, sometimes beyond my understanding... No that is not true, it must be most of the time. So instead of learning JavaScript I now just learn JQuery, I now can do more with less effort.

And when you think things don't get any beter, there's JQuery UI. A front-end library for creating slideshows, drag and drop interfaces and whatever more.

JQuery UI website

Distributed Version Control

From Joel on Software:

"Whereas if you free your mind and reimagine version control, and grok the zen of the difference between thinking about managing the versions vs. thinking about managing the changes, you’ll become enlightened and happy and realize that this is the way version control was meant to work."

Full article: Distributed Version Control is here to stay, baby
Mercurial: Mercurial tutorial
GIT: Linus Torvalds GIT

Solar Framework for PHP5

Unlike Java there are not so many frameworks for PHP. The frameworks that are available are most of the time half finished. Therefor only a few are really used. Symphony for one, of course the Zend Framework and not to forget PEAR. For the later i am pleased to say that it is on the move again after a couple of years without much development.

But if we look at the new Solar framework, which is released only three days ago, it looks promising. Use of namespaces and design patterns makes it very neath. And some of the basics for RAD are there like authentication and session handling. I'm still missing templating and error-handling, but i won't be picky on a first release. I'm sure going to try it out.

Solar Framework for PHP 5