A PHP developer shares a workaround for the file_exists() function failing on files within ZIP archives, using stream wrappers.
Explores using asynchronous programming in ASP.NET to build scalable applications, based on a session by Jeff Prosise.
A developer's recap of Day 2 at a tech conference in Ghent, covering sessions on C# evolution, Windows Workflow Foundation, and continuous integration.
A developer's recap of Day 1 at the Belgium Developer & IT Pro Days conference in Ghent, covering sessions on Visual Studio tools, ASP.NET threading, and OpenXML.
A developer compares Git and Mercurial (hg), explaining why he switched to Git despite its flaws, citing its power, Unix-like nature, and improving community.
Guide to running Apache and IIS simultaneously on Windows XP by configuring them to listen on different IP addresses using the httpcfg utility.
Announcing the final 1.0.0 release of PHPExcel, a PHP library for writing and reading Excel 2007 files.
A gentle introduction to LDAP, explaining its core concepts as a read-optimized directory database used for authentication and address books.
A practical guide to setting up MySQL replication, covering master-slave configuration, log files, and initial data synchronization.
A technical guide on compiling a single Linux kernel module without building the entire kernel tree, using specific Makefile commands.
A guide to using a custom MyGeneration template for automatically generating Zend_Db_Table classes from a database in PHP's Zend Framework.
Announcement of an accepted talk on Apache Cocoon web development at ApacheCon EU 2007, with speaker reflections.
Introducing PHP for Microsoft AJAX Library, enabling PHP applications to use Microsoft's AJAX Library for creating web services.
Explains a PHP performance tweak: using array_flip() and isset() instead of in_array() for faster lookups in large arrays.
Developer provides a status update on his PHP library for generating Excel 2007 files, discussing its evolution from a test project.
A technical guide on customizing and cross-compiling software for embedded Linux routers using OpenWRT on a Linksys WRT54G.
A proposal for an ApacheCon Europe 2007 session on basic web application development using the Apache Cocoon framework.
A guide to the HUD Manager module for FreePBX, which simplifies exporting specific extensions to the HUD call center monitoring tool.
Explores two main approaches for data binding business objects in .NET: O/R mapping tools and typed DataSets.
A developer shares a set of PHP classes for generating Excel 2007 (.xlsx) files, supporting basic data types and formulas.
