Food for thought: utilizing models in MVC

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“What is a model” and “Is Zend_Db_Table a model” seem to be asked once in a while on #zftalk. Frameworks say they have a full model available, thus they are MVC frameworks ORM libraries say they generate models. It seems the ActiveRecord pattern has become somewhat synonymous with model. Pádraic Brady wrote an excellent post on how models are misunderstood, …

First Opera 10 alpha out

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Those who are following me on Twitter probably already saw this, but this deserves a post here as well: The first alpha release of Opera 10 is out.

NetBeans 6.5 review

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During the weekend, I tried out NetBeans 6.5 and its new PHP related functionality. I had earlier seen some quick shots of how the support was, and it seemed like a good contender for big names like Zend Studio. What features does NetBeans 6.5 have for PHP developers? How does it compare against Zend Studio for Eclipse?