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by stryderjzw
Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Frameworks vs DIY
Replies: 1
Views: 893

Frameworks vs DIY

Frameworks or Do-It-Yourself? Ruby on Rails came out with 1.0 the other day... I'm now taking a look at symfony, a PHP5 framework, as well as Ruby on Rails. The problem I have with frameworks is that I get this weird, funny sensation inside of me, telling me that I'm not doing the work... which shou...
by stryderjzw
Sat Dec 10, 2005 7:23 pm
Forum: Testing
Topic: Types of Tests
Replies: 1
Views: 5838

Types of Tests

Just wanted to ask about all these different kinds of tests I hear people talk about... Acceptance tests Unit tests Integration tests I'm writing tests, but I'm not exactly sure differences. Also, most stuff I read are for applications and not for websites, how different are the acceptance tests for...
by stryderjzw
Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:52 am
Forum: PHP - Theory and Design
Topic: Template Logic
Replies: 13
Views: 5102

I had some stuff to take care of, so didn't get back to this until today... There does seem to be quite a bit of ideas floating around about ways to separate content and presentation... I guess it comes down to the needs and goals of the project and the people who's working on it... I'm leaning towa...
by stryderjzw
Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:30 pm
Forum: PHP - Theory and Design
Topic: Template Logic
Replies: 13
Views: 5102

Template Logic

Hi, Example: I'm writing a page displaying products resulting from a search. If there are no products found in the search, I should return no matches found. Should this logic be inside a template? Like (I'm using PHP as a template logic): <html> <?php if (count($products) == 0) ?> Sorry, No matches ...
by stryderjzw
Wed Oct 26, 2005 1:26 am
Forum: Testing
Topic: TDD Session
Replies: 11
Views: 13663

It takes time to learn and you'll probably have to be prepared to tear things up and start again more than once. It can feel like you're getting nowhere but each time you'll be learning a little bit more. That's exactly what I'm feeling, but I'm learning and getting there. Thanks for all the advice...
by stryderjzw
Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:27 pm
Forum: Testing
Topic: TDD Session
Replies: 11
Views: 13663

Thanks, McGruff, for the guidance. I'm going to try to work on a project using TDD, I'll post more if I have questions. My main issue is that I heard you should read books like PoEAA (in progress), and also I heard so much about MVC, Registry patterns and read all those Sitepoint forum discussions, ...
by stryderjzw
Sun Oct 23, 2005 3:10 am
Forum: PHP - Code
Topic: Underscore naming
Replies: 2
Views: 595

Underscore naming

Hi,

I've seen some php functions named, such as:

Code: Select all

$class->_database()
$class->_print()
What does underscore functions do?

My guess was in PHP4, there weren't private functions, so do underscore naming denote private functions?

Thanks![/quote]
by stryderjzw
Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:21 pm
Forum: Testing
Topic: TDD Session
Replies: 11
Views: 13663

I was getting some undefined index errors (I'd recommend E_ALL error reporting) but a minor change got everything running green again: I was able to get rid of them. Just to reaffirm, it's good to get rid of those E_Notice as well, right? I remember reading something about PHP5 and error notices, c...
by stryderjzw
Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:18 pm
Forum: Testing
Topic: TDD Session
Replies: 11
Views: 13663

Sorry for the delay, I had exams. 8) class PatternIterator { private $haystack; private $pattern; public function __construct($hay) { $this->haystack = $hay; } public function setPattern($pattern) { $this->pattern = $pattern; } public function next() { if ($this->pattern == '') { trigger_error('Empt...
by stryderjzw
Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:53 am
Forum: Testing
Topic: TDD Session
Replies: 11
Views: 13663

Thanks very much for your time, McGruff. Much appreciated. Note - I am using PHP5. I hope that's not an inconvenience. class PatternIterator { private $haystack; public function __construct($hay) { $this->haystack = $hay; } public function next() { if ($this->haystack == '') { trigger_error('Empty r...
by stryderjzw
Sun Oct 16, 2005 1:42 am
Forum: Testing
Topic: TDD Session
Replies: 11
Views: 13663

TDD Session

I don't get it. Well, I do... sort of. I get the gist behind the ideas of TDD. Now, as for execution of TDD, I have no clue. I heard we start testing top down. Also, TDD can drive the design. But how? I can't seem to figure it out. Looking at other people's fully done testing code doesn't seem to he...
by stryderjzw
Wed Sep 14, 2005 12:59 am
Forum: Linux
Topic: Installing PHP5 on Ubuntu
Replies: 3
Views: 3640

Just go to that site and take a look. There's both a PHP5 and a PHP4... you can alternate.
by stryderjzw
Sun Sep 11, 2005 1:52 pm
Forum: Linux
Topic: Installing PHP5 on Ubuntu
Replies: 3
Views: 3640

http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html

This is what I am using on my Ubuntu as development.
by stryderjzw
Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:45 pm
Forum: PHP - Theory and Design
Topic: Application Controllers
Replies: 14
Views: 6777

Hello. In a Page Controller based design: 1-2: Apache/File System 3: Page Controller creates a RequestGateway (HttpRequest) 4. Some sort of chain of Handlers attempt to "claim" the task 5,6. "Winning handler" preforms its action and selects a response 7. Template View/Transform V...
by stryderjzw
Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:00 am
Forum: PHP - Theory and Design
Topic: CoR and Intercepting Filter
Replies: 4
Views: 2838

CoR and Intercepting Filter

Hi,

I'm wondering if anyone can explain the difference between Chain of Responsibility and Intercepting Filters... They both use some sort of "chains", but what's the logic difference there?

Thanks!