What’s the most common pattern for error handling you see in beginner’s PHP code? – That’s right, do_X() or die(‘do_X failed);. That’s nice and all, as at least you have some sort of error handling, but I think this way of handling errors must go. There is no place for it in modern PHP code – it’s the worst way …
Wicket from the point of view of a PHP developer
Not long ago, I had to learn some Wicket. What is that? In this case it has nothing to do with cricket – The Wicket I’m talking about is a Java web application framework. I’ve mostly used PHP and Python to do server-side web application sort of programming. Compared to what I’m used to, Wicket is way different. Read on …
How to learn from Stack Overflow without asking questions
Stack Overflow is great for finding answers to programming questions. But did you know it’s good for learning even if you don’t ask any questions – just answer them?
Unity: The best game development platform?
One day I saw a webpage which had some game, and wanted me to download the Unity web player plugin for my browser. I thought “What crap is this? I’m not going to install it!”. That was stupid, because Unity rocks as a game development tool!