This entry is part of an ongoing series involving the review of a code sample and it’s refactoring. For the original code sample, see here. Editor’s Note: The response of the community to this series has been great, and I’ve been given a large number of suggestions. I’ve incorporated some of those suggestions into the [...]

This entry is part of an ongoing series involving the review of a code sample and it’s refactoring. For the original code sample, see here. There are a number of fundamental concepts in object-oriented design that we should take notice of. One of these concepts is abstraction. This is what we will focus on today [...]

If you need a sample of the code, please visit here. One of the first things I look for when I check out code is how is the code organized? Is it laid out well? Is it coded to a particular standard? In our code sample, the first thing we should address is how does [...]

The Alternative PHP Cache (APC) is a tool that offers a massive performance gain to almost any PHP application simply by turning it on. This extension to PHP provides both opcode caching and user caching, placing files and data into memory for fast retreival, and, if used correctly, eliminating some of the bottlenecks of the [...]

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