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Hi, I was going to start this off with some analogy on how Ruby is like dating some ‘hottie’ that turns out to be crazy .. but I just couldn’t make it work … – When Ruby on Rails started to gain some momentum a year or so ago, I decided to take another look…

I’ve been involved in the tech business for many years. Though technology is constantly changing, there is a constant: Angry self righteous tech-nerds. Who are the angry-nerds? Angry-nerds are those programmers, network administrators or any other geeks that have a major chip on their shoulders. Typically, they are in their twenties, with little experience, and…

One of the most frustrating aspects of being a web application developer (a Web nerd) is found in the dynamics of dealing with clients. I’ve been known to say: “I love everything about programming … except for the clients!” This aspect of the web business (managing clients,) falls under the umbrella of project management –…

Part of PHP’s power is actually found in the variety of open source (free to use) PHP based applications. I’m talking about things like blogs, web frameworks, forums, cms’ etc … … I was just thinking, that a list of ‘killer’ PHP open source projects would be useful … for a few reasons: Once upon…

I just got back from a trip to Thailand, so I should be back creating new videos and articles on PHP. In the meantime, I have a few WordPress videos that might interest some of you. About the videos: I cover just the basics in the videos I have up now, but I am working…

The article’s title (I admit,) will get some people little miffed at me. But, what can I say, the truth hurts! Seriously, this statement is valid and is worth talking about because there are a lot of web designers out there who are considering the leap into building dynamic (database driven) web applications. And with…

Hi, This is a touch off topic but I thought that some PHP’ers out there might be interested nonetheless. Preamble: I got my first Mac about 8-9 months ago and I have to say after having used Windows (all flavors) since 1994, I have to admit that OSX is the best operating system I ever…

In my beginners php videos, I recommended XAMPP as the way to easily install Apache, PHP, MySQL on a MAC. Well, I just discovered something called MAMP at: http://www.mamp.info/en/index.php This nifty little application allows you to (really easily) install Apache, PHP and MySQL. You are provided with a standard DMG file that you simply drag…

Preamble I have written this article to speak to business owners and other non-nerd types. So you will not see me go into nerd-details regarding my arguments. Instead, I concentrate on the business arguments and only touch on the technological issues underlying them … when it makes sense to mention the nerd stuff. Introduction I’ve…

One of the two main reasons I put up Killerphp.com is that I believe every web designer should learn PHP. It is a position that (as far as I know) is unique on the Web – no other web-nerds have mentioned it so far. I suppose I could go on and write about why I…