Blogging Disadvantages

Date: 10 Mar 2010 Comments:0

We always read much about advantages of blogging, but in this post is about the disadvantages of blogging.

Here some things to consider about blogging:
1. It needs time – it’s the biggest disadvantage, you’ll need to spend a lot of time in planning, writing, learning, etc.
2. It show much about its author – if you have [...]

Why is === faster than == in PHP?

Date: 9 Mar 2010 Comments:0

First, let’s remember the definitions of the operators: The Equal operator ($a == $b) returns TRUE when  $a is equal to $b.

The Identical ($a === $b)  returns TRUE when $a is equal to $b, and they are of the same type.
When we use the identical operator $a === $b, first it checks to see [...]

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WordPress Resources

Date: 8 Mar 2010 Comments:0

If you are a fan of wordpress and you want to learn more about it, here are website where you can learn find wp resources:
1. WP Recipes – quick, clear and concise WordPress recipes.

2. Dig WP – a blog about digging into wordpress.
3. WP Engineer – WordPress news, tipps, hacks, tutorials, plugins and themes.
4. WP [...]

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Single huge css file vs. multiple smaller css files

Date: 7 Mar 2010 Comments: 1

In my websites, I usually use a single css file for all css code in the site. Today I though more is it correct to be done instead of adding multiple, but smaller css files, here’s what I found:
1. When you have multiple css files, when a page is loading there’ll be multiple HTTP requests [...]

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Analyze Twitter Traffic Tools

Date: 6 Mar 2010 Comments:0

If you have a Twitter account, you may want to be able to analyze the traffic to your micro-blog. Here are some free tools that could help you:

1. Tweet Stats – graph your twitter stats including tweets per hour, tweets per month, tweet time line and reply statistics.

2. Twitter Counter – it can show you [...]

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Convert URL to PDF

Date: 5 Mar 2010 Comments:0

I found a great tool that allows you to convert any url to a pdf document 100% free.

Just visit http://pdfmyurl.com, type your  url in the text box and click on the convert button.
I converted my site and I noticed that the tool works really fast. When I opened the pdf, I was pleasantly surprised to [...]

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Things you probably didn’t know about C# – Part 2

Date: 4 Mar 2010 Comments:0

After a post about Things you probably didn’t know about C#, here’s a new post from the series:
1. If you want to exit you app without calling any finalizers or finally blocks use:
Environment.FailFast();
2. Instead of
sting filePath = directoryPath + “\\” + filename;
you can use:
sting filePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(directoryPath, filename);

3. Forget about “\r\n” for new line, you [...]

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20 Blog Design Tips

Date: 3 Mar 2010 Comments:0

There are so many blog templates and you can even create the design of your blog easily. But what kind of design should the successful blog have?
I though more about the design of my blog. I read some tip about blog design and here’s a list of (in my opinion) best blog design tips that [...]

Common PHP Best Practices

Date: 2 Mar 2010 Comments: 2 so far

After posts about php best practices in security and performance, here is a list of common php best practices:
1. Always use the standard php tags, ex.
<?php echo “devtheweb.net blog”; ?> and never use shortcuts when declaring php code, ex.
<?=
echo “devtheweb.net blog”;
?>
or
<?
echo “devtheweb.net blog”;
?>
or even asp.net style
<%
echo “devtheweb.net blog”;
%>
All these declarations are deprecated. So, When you [...]

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Cool Websites March 2010

Date: 1 Mar 2010 Comments:0

Here’s the new portion of cool websites for design inspiration for March 2010. I hope you’ll like them:
1. Bandit3 – You walk through a city in 3D engine.

URL: http://www.bandit3.com/
2. Allen design Group – Interesting idea for website of design and marketing agency.

URL: http://www.allendesigngroup.com/
3. Lands’ End Canvas 1963 – interesting micro video website for clothes.

URL: http://mycanvas.landsend.com/
4. [...]