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Tuesday 01 July 2008
PHP Google Maps made easy
Just found a great PHP class that makes GoogleMaps a cinch in PHP: Phoogle Maps. Only requires a few simple lines of code and it handles Geocoding too. See it in action on Indie Montreal. More
Sunday 29 June 2008 | 2 comments
First impressions of CakePHP vs Ruby on Rails
On the upside it's easy to install on a remote webhost, but unlike Rails, I never got Cake working on my local host as a result of mod rewrite problems despite the fact that mod_rewrite works on my webhost for other applications - so just gave up and moved to remote development. Yes it's nice to be able to easily deploy on a sha... More
Tuesday 17 June 2008
Web Scraping Adventures
When I moved from Vancouver to Montreal I was disappointed to find out that there were no sites like livemusicvancouver.com -- a great database-driven site for concert listings powered by user submissions. There was just a mildly inconvenient to access and very inconvenient to use montrealshows.com -- which is functions wonderfully as a forum about local goings on but for a quick look at what's playing tonight didn't meet my requirements. I set out to create an ... More
Tuesday 13 May 2008 | 2 comments
Rails Shared Hosting
I have been learning Rails over the course of the last year or two and have developed a number of small sites using the framework. Most of these sites are not highly profitable and so getting a VPS server did not make sense for me. Instead I stuck with my existhing Shared Host, A Small Orange. A Small Orange They had been a ... More
Sunday 27 April 2008
Great Rails Plugins
I have been learning the ins and outs of Rails development recently. One of the things that I love most about this incredible web development framework is the number and quality of plugins that have been developed that make life easier for Rails programmer. There are plugins out there for just about any task imaginable, some good, some great. The best plugins, in my estimation, are the ones that are easy to install and that add excellent functionality with no hassle. Here's an on... More