Archive May 2009

Why use PHP as the development platform for you site? 0

May15

If you need to embed dynamic text into static text, you’ll find PHP extremely useful. It was designed for this, and it excels at it. PHP is also very useful for integrating web pages with databases.

The PHP scripting language resembles JavaScript, Java, and Perl, These languages all share a common ancestor, the C programming language.

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What makes a good developer? 0

May15

What makes a good software developer?

“Fundamentally a good developer has a high proficiency in programming with an innate ability to create well-crafted code – code that is simple, extensible, optimized and robust. He has fulfilled other roles in the project lifecycle, experiencing development from other perspectives – analysis (especially right up at the business end), architecture, configuration/build management, non-functional and user acceptance testing, operational roll-out, etc. He harnesses these experiences and distills knowledge, coupling it to his core programming skills. ”

Fairly standard stuff, so far.

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Why should you choose a freelance web site designer / developer for your website? 0

May15

So why should you make use of a freelance developer?

The main advantage of choosing a freelance web site designer over a large corporation is cost. It comes down to the bottom line again.

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