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Best WAMP for Web Development (2013 Edition)

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Lex

I just wanted to put out there one guy’s opinion on the best WAMP package in 2013. I’ve had the chance to use all of the following, and here’s my rating from best (1) to worst (5). I should say first thought … Continue reading →

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WampServer vs XAMPP

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Lex

This is not an Earth shattering post. Moreover, it’s not an objective one, that is, it is based on my experience and my experience only. WAMP is a bundle of Apache, MySql, and PHP (though often also Perl and/or Python) … Continue reading →

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Commas in a PHP For Loop

Posted on April 24, 2011 by Lex

When generating a string that lists items (e.g. for a MySQL query) with a for-loop in PHP, you often need to add commas after every element except the last one. It may be trivial advice, but instead of having an … Continue reading →

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PHP IDE: Avoiding Emacs

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Lex

I love Emacs. I consider this a problem, because while it’s an exceptionally powerful and productive environment for a programmer, I feel like it’s a tool that has a good chance of being left in the dust of quickly developing … Continue reading →

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Ode to Emacs

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Lex

Source: XKCD’s tribute to emacs In a world of beautiful, powerful IDE‘s for programming in C++, Java, PHP, Perl, LaTeX, etc, I still use Emacs. For those that don’t know, Emacs is a editor which God used to program the Universe. … Continue reading →

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CRUD: Create, Read, Update, and Delete

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Lex

CRUD are the four basic operations commonly performed on a relational database. In MySQL for example, the four operation are implemented by INSERT, SELECT, UPDATE, and DELETE, respectively. The reason for this post is that I’ve had to program these … Continue reading →

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