Monthly Archives: May 2006

Solar 0.19.0 released

Posted on Thu, 25 May, 2006 by pmjones

(Solar, the simple object library and application repository for PHP5, is both a library and framework for developing web applications in PHP5.) The single biggest change in this release is in the license; we have moved from LGPL to New … Continue reading →

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Database access problems

Posted on Tue, 09 May, 2006 by pmjones

Right after I posted last, there was a database hiccup at my hoster. They’ve reset it now. Sorry for the site access delays.

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“Do Your Best” Is Not A Plan

Posted on Tue, 09 May, 2006 by pmjones

Don’t be a Dirk: telling developers to “do their best” is not a management goal, it is a way for the manager to avoid the hard work of defining expectations. Continue reading →

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Developers and Managers

Posted on Tue, 09 May, 2006 by pmjones

Do you manage other developers? Then don’t be a Dirk. Continue reading →

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Solar 0.18.0 released, and more about testing

Posted on Mon, 08 May, 2006 by pmjones

I released Solar version 0.18.0 over the weekend. The biggest change is in the testing methodology (yes, again ;-). Continue reading →

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PHPBlox from Zend?

Posted on Mon, 01 May, 2006 by pmjones

I just read this article from PHP architect about QEDWiki, and at the end they mention something called PHPBlox. A quick Google search reveals this .swf presentation at Zend Devzone. Anybody know if this is supposed to be a replacement … Continue reading →

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