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by mkeefe on May 8th, 2007

Diving into the Zend Framework

zend_framework.gifAfter a long day of compiling PHP, Apache, Imap, Mailman… and the list goes on I have the Zend Framework all setup. Haven’t ran any stress tests or long term analysis on the framework, but so far I am happy.

One super simple example is this Flickr Compositor which takes your search and creates a pretty neat composite image. There is also a bunch of other demos so in a matter of minutes you can really get an idea how powerful the Zend Framework is.

At the moment I have this system pretty feature packed, with apps such as:

When I get some more time I am going to be adding the Zend Framework to my development toolkit. I also plan to test out CakePHP and come up with a “best of” kit. The question is what do you prefer to use in your development?

by mkeefe on Apr 26th, 2007

Great SVN application for the Mac

svnx_2.jpgAfter trying some command line and GUI based SVN applications I think I finally found one that works well. It looks great, but even more importantly it works great. The tool would be svnX, currently available only on the Mac.

Two of my favorite features would have to be the Repository Inspector and the Working Copy Inspector both of which offer greater control over your files.

svnx_1.jpg

If you are looking for a powerful Subversion tool then I highly recommend svnX