Chris Roane has a new post to his Montana Programmer blog talking about some of the things he's learned over the past few years in his development work.

Over the last few years I've become more familiar with multiple systems. I go over a few things that I've learned and the areas that I hope to improve upon over the next year.

His list of technology (including SVN, Drupal, WordPress and things like mailing list software and linux) serve as a good example to the wider world of developers out there to not become complacent in your skills and to be constantly learning. It doesn't have to be amazing, high level topics to be important - some of the best tools are the little things that help you work smarter and faster.

Nick Halstead has posted two more programming tips in his series - this time they cover "non-coding" and "XHTML analytics:

The first, tip #7, was written up by Jonathan Holland. He talks about a method of using metrics software that works correctly with XHTML syntax. His example script basically does a dynamic add to the page when it's loaded to put the script tag in after the validation has taken place.

The next tip, #8 (written by Dordea Cosmin), looks at "non coding" types of things you can do to help work towards success in your company. These sorts of things include diplomacy, being friendly, and continuing education.

With a reminder from the Zend Developer Zone today, Cal Evans re-mentions the upcoming webcast spotlighting the new (soon to be released) PHP 5 Certification.

Join Zend's Education Programs Manager, Dhwani Vahia, in discovering the new Zend PHP 5 Certification.

In this webcast, she will introduce the new Certification and cover: why Zend is implementing this exam, what the new exam covers, testing methodologies, upcoming support products, and more!

If you'd like to be in the know and find out all you can about this new certification, be sure to sign up and check it out on August 4th at 1PM EDT.