Talks around PHP, Computer Science and Stuffs
In: PHP| Programming language
20 Mar 2009One of the characteristic of PHP is that it doesn’t do strong typing.
PHP 5.1 introduced Type Hinting. Functions were able to force parameters to be objects (by specifying the name of the class in the function prototype) or arrays.
I recently read one RFC (Request For Comments) - on PHP.net wiki - from Felipe [...]
In: PHP| Programming language
18 Mar 2009I had the chance to attend the PHP Québec Conference this year. It was very interesting. I highly encourage anyone to attend such conferences if he / she is interested by PHP.
Anyway during one of the presentation, I discovered an interesting little script / tool named PHPLoc. It is written by Sebastian Bergmann and It [...]
Ever wondered what is the fastest programming language ? Here you will find some benchmarks. Have fun comparing the results.
Languages benchmark
Well, guess in what position is PHP ?
Thank god Ruby is here…
This website should add some “energy” to the never ending debate “What is the best programming language”…
In: Editor| PHP| Programming language
18 Mar 2009There are many posts about what editor to use when programming with PHP.
I have been using VIM since about 7 months, I got convinced by a fellow coworker to use it. I gotta admit, it was a headache at the beginning, but the more I use it, the more I like it.
If you ever want [...]
In: PHP| Programming language
18 Feb 2009So.. I finally decided to start my own Blog.
Why? Well, like many fellows, I do spent time to read about “stuffs” on the web and I felt it was time to share some of my findings.
What do I read about usually ? Actually, kinda anything…
Ok, I will start with a framework that I just discovered, [...]
My name is Bashar Al-Fallouji and this is my Blog. I currently work at Nstein as a Senior Solution Architect & Business Analyst. Nstein Technologies develops and markets multilingual solutions that power digital publishing for the most prestigious newspapers, magazines, and content-driven organizations.
I am particularly interested in Web applications, Open Source Development, Software Engineering, Information Architecture, Unit Testing, XP/Agile development, etc.
On this blog, you will find mostly technical articles and thoughts around PHP, OOP, OOD, Unit Testing, etc. I am also sharing a few open source tools and scripts.