…dev, tech problems and solutions.
I recently started digging into node.js and the express framework.
One thing i like about it is that it comes with the beautiful jade template engine by default.
Here are some things that come real hany when you are working with jade. Continue reading “Tools for jade template development”
This small composer.json file is used in a project i am working on atm, feel free to use it at own risk. I will provide non-periodical updates and hopefully soon a full upgrade to symfony 2.1.x including doctrine orm 2.2.x.
I still did not get the point regarding dependency resolution, so i simply “composed” the composer file by writing down my own requirements (“i want only the hottest, newest stuff!!”, then tracked down the error messages, removing them by explicetly writing down the missing dependencies by using the latest “dev-*” versions. After that i tried to run the project, which actually did not work, but selective downgrade of some of the bundles (framework, security-extra blahblah) finally did the job. Continue reading “[Symfony 2] composer.json for a assumed-stable symfony 2 distribution”
…for some reason i needed to get t h i s to work before going to sleep.
I’m running OSX 10.7.3 with macports which usually does the job, but Google’s V8 Javascript Engine is not available as a port yet. Continue reading “run JavaScript code in PHP 5.3 with the v8js extension”
When you duplicate a page in the Silverstripe Sitetree, related “has_one” Items are automatically copied, which is nice.
But if you have, lets say, multiple related images on that Page, those are not copied when you duplicate that Page. Continue reading “Silverstripe – has_many- and many_many-relations when duplicating pages”
Ever wondered how to use the modulo operator in twig, the template engine of symfony?
Actually its like in PHP:
{{ 11 % 7 }}
As described here
But i guess for most use cases modulus is used to check if a number is divisible by another number.
Therefore Twig has the very conveniant divisible by test function.
{% if loop.index is divisible by(3) %}
We thought we had to improve our SilverStripe setup script for our development environment.
So Max and me rewrote it to add submodules and some other improvements.
Just run:
./install_silverstripe.sh mynewproject tags/2.4.7
and you have
Using MongoDB in your Silex Project is quite easy.
I will show this with my Superleansilexplate and will integrate it there as an example.
Since i dont want to integrate MongoDB in Superleansilexplate it will just become an additional gist.
Given you have some smaller amount of data like a counter that needs to be stored or other loose coupled datasets, we simply speak to MongoDB “directly” and store the data via Doctrine MongoDB Abstraction Layer.
Since i presume the Data / Document Structure isnt that complex we dont use Doctrine MongoDB ODM (the Object Document Mapper).
If you want to use it instead, try this Silex Extensions.
Alright, SilverStripe again, still our CMS of choice.
Today i’d like to promote a very helpful module that provides Register and Profile Pages for Members for the Frontend.
The memberprofiles module.
It comes with a lot of features and customize options for nearly everthing you might need for Frontend Member Handling.
Further it is fully extendible to customize it even more.
For a starter tutorial i recommend a very good post by deadlytechnology.
I would like to describe how you extend it.
First lets install it (with the orderable module dependency):
A little making of history from duckduckgo search engine.
http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2011/12/duckduckgo-used-to-run-out-of-my-basement.html
LinkedIn node.js performance tricks
http://engineering.linkedin.com/nodejs/blazing-fast-nodejs-10-performance-tips-linkedin-mobile
introducing PHP’s composer
http://nelm.io/blog/2011/12/composer-part-1-what-why/
promoting PHP’s composer
http://nelm.io/blog/2011/12/composer-part-2-impact/
node.js and PHP
http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/dnode-make_php_and_node-js_talk_to_each_other/
JavaScript API for zooming
http://lab.hakim.se/zoom-js/
Gadget: little printer
http://vimeo.com/32796535
jQuery Animations with automatic CSS3 transitions when possible
http://playground.benbarnett.net/jquery-animate-enhanced/
Batman.js is a framework for building rich web applications with CoffeeScript or JavaScript.
http://batmanjs.org/
some HTTP-Status Cats
http://www.flickr.com/photos/girliemac/6508022985/in/set-72157628409467125
Caution: Scepticism ahead!
So i’d like to share some of my experiences in the cloud since i am still trying to figure out if it its worth for me or if i am better suited with an VPS.
Maybe somebody feels like feedbackin.
I tried PHPFog for PHP and no.de by joyent for node.js.
First i have to admit: yes i only tried the free models and of course they are limited and because its free you cant expect to get it all, right?
Yes and thats true.
With PHPFog i set up an app based on symfony 1.4. After some inital problems due to some bugs on PHPFog side, i got it running.
I really like to mention the kind and immediate chat support by PHPFog. It really made me feel like dealin with humans and not only machines. Big up!
By then everything felt really smooth with git deploy, configurations, mysql setup etc.
But i had to shut down the app again, because there are restrictions to PHP which killed the app like disabling “file_get_contents for remote URLS”, probably only in the free model. But that killed it for me at that point.
So read this carefully before going to cloud: http://docs.phpfog.com/index.php/features/article/shared_vs_dedicated
I guess with dedicated hosting you get more power, sure.