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Stefan Mischook's Blog:
Aprenda Programacion Orientada a Objetos en PHP
0 comments :: posted Monday May 12, 2008 @ 16:34:54
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Stefan Mischook has released a Spanish version of his tutorial covering object-oriented programming in PHP.

I've released my tutorial on Object Oriented PHP in Spanish. You can download the PDF. Many thanks to Javier W. Barbieri from Iquitos Peru.

Check out the KillerPHP.com site for more great tutorials - including videos - released to learning PHP.

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Rob Allen's Blog:
A review of "Object-Oriented Programming with PHP5"
0 comments :: posted Tuesday May 06, 2008 @ 09:36:02
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Rob Allen has posted his review of another PHP-related book from Packt Publishing, "Object-oriented Programming with PHP5":

Packt Publishing recently sent me a couple of books to review, so let's start with Object-Oriented Programming with PHP5 by Hasin Hayder. According to the introduction, the book is intended for beginners to intermediate PHP5 programmers and the first chapter has a good introduction to what object oriented programming is and why you would want to use it.

He glosses over the first few chapters of the book (introductory stuff mostly) and points out three others specifically - Chapter 5 covering reflection and unit testing, Chapter 6 covering the SPL and Chapter 9 dealing with SimpleXML and DOM.

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Ken Guest's Blog:
Book Review Object-Oriented Programming with PHP5
0 comments :: posted Friday May 02, 2008 @ 08:47:33
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Ken Guest has reviewed one of the PHP offerings from Packt Publishing and written by Hasin Hayder - Object-oriented Programming with PHP5.

Putting the aspects of Hayder's grasp of the English language aside, the book is rather good as an introduction to the various technologies that it covers.

He points out a few things of note - the beginner OOP chapters (only made for the newbies out there), the contents of the main OOP chapter and the good section on PHPUnit and unit testing. He also has a few suggestions of things that could make the book a bit better, including a personal suggestion on code formating and braces.

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CodeUtopia.net:
Is PHP a good first language?
0 comments :: posted Thursday May 01, 2008 @ 13:39:53
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The CodeUtopia blog asks the online community for their opinion - what do you think of PHP as a first language?

Sometimes I've seen people say PHP is a bad first language, because it teaches bad programming habits. But is this actually true at all? Often those who say that don't really like PHP themselves either, many times because of equally untrue reasons.

They argue both sides of the situation, mentioning what could make for a good first language, why PHP is a "nearly perfect" fit for it and some arguing points for the other side as to why PHP isn't the best option.

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Debuggable Blog:
Programming Psychology - Return home early
0 comments :: posted Monday April 28, 2008 @ 14:36:43
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Felix Geisendorfer is taking an interesting approach to defining programming in this new post to the Debuggable blog - he's coming at it more from the level of the perception the programmer has about writing good code.

I believe understanding the patterns in your own thinking will by far make the biggest impact on how good you will get as a programmer. Forget design patterns, forget unit testing, forget all those functions you know. Important is to question why they exist and how they could be improved.

He illustrates through a few examples what he means. He describes one such thought method, the "return home early" process - basically, if something looks too complex for its own good, it probably is. He offers a different way of thinking about it too, a more visual way that can help simplify things even more by laying out the pieces and seeing where they all fit.

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php|architect:
Announcing our new Magento book
0 comments :: posted Monday April 28, 2008 @ 13:43:41
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php|architect has announced the release of a new book - the Guide to Programming Magento, now up for preorder:

We're happy to announce the upcoming release of php|architect's Guide to Programming Magento, the first comprehensive guide for developers who want to learn more about the Magento e-commerce platform.

The book, by Mark Kimsal shows you how to install and successfully deploy a Magento installation on your website. The preorder is available right now for a 15% discount and the full PDF version will be released on May 15th, 2008 (print on May 31st). Check out the product page for more information and to reserve your copy today.

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PHPClasses.org:
Book Review Object-Oriented Programming with PHP5
0 comments :: posted Tuesday April 22, 2008 @ 07:54:31
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PHPClasses.org has posted a new book review today. It's a look at another of Hasin Hayder's books, this one published by Packt - Object-Oriented Programming with PHP5 (as reviewed by Ryan Partington).

"Object Oriented Programming with PHP5" is a book that helps understanding many of the core OOP features within PHP, whilst looking at the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern and unit testing.

Ryan comments of a few issues he found with the book include the not-quite-an-introduction-level first chapter and the "More OOP" section that read like a copy of the php.net manual. Overall, though, his opinion is that it's a good book and provides a good overview of database functionality and the MVC design pattern.

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Sebastian Bergmann's Blog:
Generating Code from Tests
0 comments :: posted Thursday March 13, 2008 @ 08:43:50
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Sebastian Bergmann has posted a quick example of how to use the PHPUnit unit testing suite for PHP to create code for you (assuming you're using the test first method of development.

His example builds the class off of a set of test for a "BowlingGame" that ends up with roll() and score() methods based off of the naming conventions used in the test:

Following the convention that the tests for a class BowlingGame (see below) are written in a class named BowlingGameTest (see above), the test case class' source is searched for variables that reference objects of the BowlingGame class and analyzing what methods are called on these objects.
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ONLamp.com:
Using Zend Studio for PHP Programming
0 comments :: posted Wednesday March 12, 2008 @ 10:21:00
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On the O'Reilly PHP blog (ONLamp.com), there's a new post by Michael Ross with an overview of the popular PHP IDE from Zend, their Zend Studio for Eclipse:

Zend Studio for Eclipse is the company's latest update of its PHP IDE, and carries a version number of 6.0. As a foundation, it uses Eclipse, an extensible open source platform for software development that is growing in functionality and widespread usage every year. It also utilizes the PHP Development Tools (PDT) framework.

He looks at the product from all sides - the releases of the products, requirements, pricing, installation and an overview of the interface (complete with screenshots). He also mentions other features that come bundled with the editor like testing integration, file/version management and a built in debugger (as well as special support for the Zend Framework).

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David Goodwin's Blog:
Book Review Object-Orientated Programming with PHP5 (Hasin Hayder, Packt)
0 comments :: posted Thursday March 06, 2008 @ 10:28:00
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David Goodwin has posted a book review of a book put out by Packt Publishing, "Object Oriented Programming with PHP5" (from Hasin Hayder).

After an email out of the blue from someone at Packt publishing, here's a review of "Object-Orientated Programming with PHP5" I don't think I've done a book review before, so apologies in advance if it's not structured in any logical manner.

He's broken it up into a few lists to make it very straight forward and easy to see if it's the book for you - the pros, the cons, the contents of the book and a random code sample (this one showing the Decorator pattern in action).

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