Blog

Here is a collection of articles that I have written about software development, software testing, DevOps, and developer education.

So you've gotten started with cloudControl; you've got a basic understanding of how to deploy with it. But today we take that further, showing you the MySQL add on and multi-environment deployment.

So you've heard all about the cloud. In the current day and age, you'd have to be living under a rock to have not encountered it by now. Whether it's Amazon, Rackspace, Microsoft or Apple's iCloud, The Cloud is Everywhere! But these aren't the only options available. Introducing cloudControl.

The Zend Framework Bootstrap can be one of the key aspects of getting up and running quickly with the Zend Framework. Let's make it easy.

Want to rename a file uploaded using the Zend Framework, without hacking or lots of work? Here's how.

The Zend Framework Bootstrap can be one of the key aspects of getting up and running quickly with the Zend Framework. Let's make it easy. In this, the third and final part of the series, I'm going to finish up by looking at application placeholders and surprise, no not logging as originally promised, but pagination. As an added extra, we're going to be using a key feature of Zend Application to make it a breeze.

The Zend Framework Bootstrap can be one of the key aspects of getting up and running quickly with the Zend Framework. Let's make it easy. In the first part of the series, you'll remember that we laid the foundation of our custom bootstrap class by creating a custom class directory structure, adding its namespace to the application ini and creating our custom bootstrap file that our application bootstrap will extend from.

The Zend Framework Bootstrap can be one of the key aspects of getting up and running quickly with the Zend Framework. Let's make it easy.

Want to use 2 or more buttons in a html form, but you're having trouble knowing which button you clicked to submit the form, when it's time to validate it? If you're using Zend Form, there's a very simple way to know. Let's look at it today.

Zend_Auth provides a very extensible workflow for creating new adapters to suit your authentication needs. In this post, we continue on with a Zend Config based adapter.

Zend_Auth provides a very extensible workflow for creating new adapters to suit your authentication needs. In this post, I start you off with a simple Test/Mock adapter.