How to pass variable values to JavaScript

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A relatively common task in today’s Web 2.0 apps is passing values from a server-side script (or through a link) to JavaScript, affecting the client-side script execution. Not surprisingly, there are a few ways to do that. Let’s look at three and their pros and cons: Embedding scripts into templates Passing variables in URLs Using configurable scripts

Doctrine vs. Propel: 2009 update

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The best PHP ORM libraries, Doctrine and Propel. Last year I compared them to each other, and now it’s time to get a fresh look at how they have advanced in about a year – Is Doctrine still the better of the two? This time, I’ll also look at the features of each in more depth.

Do you need to go to school to learn programming?

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There was an interesting question recently on the Code Justin blog: Did you go to college for programming?, and how going/not affected you? I already left a comment on it, but I want to put some more thoughts about that to this post. My main feeling about this is that the answer is no, but also yes…