Archive for April, 2008

Literary Spam!

Posted by Daniel Cousineau on April 17th, 2008. No comments.

At the risk of being marked as blog-spam, I got some pretty funny spam messages in my junk folder recently: Annoyed by fiasco in bed? Light up now! Leave tiresome experience behind! nice escape is attainable! Flood of feelings is just a few clicks away! Had enough of problem in bed? Cheer up now! Leave [...]

Pro PHP

Posted by Daniel Cousineau on April 16th, 2008. No comments.

My copy of Pro PHP: Patterns, Frameworks, Testing and More by Kevin McArthur has already been worth the money I spent on it. In our, albeit slow, upgrade to more modern development practices (code version and unit testing being the last elements on my list), I was particularly fearful of code versioning namely concerning issues [...]

Database Normalization and Design: Part II

Posted by Daniel Cousineau on April 3rd, 2008. One comment.

(This is the sequal to my previous post, Database Normalization And Design: A Primer)

Database Normalization And Design: A Primer

Posted by Daniel Cousineau on April 1st, 2008. One comment.

I am by no means a database expert, such titles are best left to people like Peter Zaitsev and Vadim Tkachenko, however one of my co workers has been asking me for some help on how I come about my database designs, particularly issues concerning normal form. Whlie I could spend several posts going over [...]