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Local email testing of applications
In: tools
6 Oct 2009local testing of email applications
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Adminer – a fast MySQL administration tool
18 Aug 2009mysql administration program, adminer
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Detecting duplicate code in PHP files
6 Apr 2009Duplicated code in projects is a frequent thing and also the one ripe for factoring out in a new class or function. Cut/Paste coding is a common development practice among programmers, a lot of which can lead to code size increase and maintenance nightmares. PHPCPD (php copy paste detector) is a PEAR tool that makes [...]
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Checking coding standards with PHP_Codesniffer
In: tools
30 Mar 2009One of the important factors in developing a successful software product is the application of coding standards. And by successful I mean a product that is easy to develop, modify and maintain. Every developer likes to code in a particular style: in the way he declares variables or function blocks, the number of indentation spaces, [...]
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Web scraping tutorial
7 Mar 2009There are three ways to access a website data. One is through a browser, the other is using a API (if the site provides one) and the last by parsing the web pages through code. The last one also known as Web Scraping is a technique of extracting information from websites using specially coded programs.
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Browser based SQL schema designer
3 Feb 2009WWW SQL Designer is a free database designer. It allows developers to create database schemas using a graphical interface. The designs can be further saved/loaded and exported to SQL scripts. The software supports a number of databases and languages.
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Benchmarking PHP code
24 Jun 2008Code tuning is an essential part of programming. But most programmers would rather try to complete the project in hand then spend time optimizing a piece of code. A well tuned and optimized code block can speedup your application by an order of magnitude or even more.
Many people confuse profiling with benchmarking. A profiler is [...]
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