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Faker Update: Version 1.2 Is Released 10 Jun 2013
More than 7 months after the previous release, Faker version 1.2 is now available. Thanks to the work of 35 contributors, this new version provides 12 new locales, new types of random data, and more robustness. Read more »
You Should Write Ugly Code 04 Jun 2013
Some developers know how to tell beautiful code from ugly code. They will criticize you for writing ugly code. I personally think that developers shouldn't care about code beauty, because that's not their job. Instead, they should focus on creating great products, which is infinitely more satisfying. Read more »
Client-side full-text search in CSS 15 May 2013
Using data- attributes for indexation, and a dynamic stylesheet with a CSS3 selector for search, the implementation of a client-side full-text search is possible (and straightfoward) in CSS rather than JavaScript. The interest? Speed! Check out an example with commented code after the break. Read more »
Pourquoi Symfony est-il (encore) open-source ? 11 Apr 2013
English speakers: This post is based on the keynote speech I gave during the Symfony Live Paris 2013 conference. It's in French, and too long to be translated. But people from the audience asked me to publish it. Don't be afraid though: this blog is still mostly in English. Symfony paye une partie de votre salaire, et c'est pourtant le résultat d'un don. Mais pas forcément d'un don désintéressé. Après de petits détours philosophiques, sociologiques et économiques, nous verrons si l'Open-Source en général - et Symfony en particulier - sont l'aboutissement du rêve de doux dingues, ou l'amorce d'une nouvelle ère. Read more »
Older posts
- 04 Mar 2013 » Visual Patterns in Source Code Arrangement
- 20 Feb 2013 » Sequelize, the JavaScript ORM, in practice
- 15 Jan 2013 » Functional Testing For Node.js Using Mocha and Zombie.js
- 01 Jan 2013 » What a Happy New Year
- 11 Dec 2012 » Head Up: What If API Status Pages Were Standardized?
- 10 Dec 2012 » Company Name Generator, I Need You Again
- 07 Dec 2012 » Uptime V3 is Released
- 16 Nov 2012 » Uptime V3 Is On The Way: Join The Beta!
- 29 Oct 2012 » Faker 1.1 was just released
- 26 Oct 2012 » How I Found My Company Name
- 12 Oct 2012 » MongoDB New Aggregation Framework And SQL side-By-Side
- 03 Oct 2012 » Nancy
- 19 Sep 2012 » Uptime Is Now Node 0.8 Compatible
- 12 Sep 2012 » Open-Source Relies on Selfishness, But There Is Nothing Wrong About It
- 10 Aug 2012 » Node.js is Like PHP in the 00s: Already Ubiquituous, Just Not Detected Yet
- 09 Aug 2012 » How to Design REST APIs for Mobile?
- 06 Aug 2012 » Uptime 1.3 is released
- 03 Aug 2012 » Screenshot-As-A-Service Now In Beta: Test The REST Service Online For Free
- 25 Jul 2012 » Starting A New Adventure
- 26 Jun 2012 » USI 2012 Second And Last Day Wrap-Up
- 25 Jun 2012 » USI 2012 First Day Wrap-Up
- 17 Jun 2012 » Node.js For PHP Programmers #4: Streams
- 20 May 2012 » Switching Our Corporate Version Control System to GitHub
- 17 May 2012 » Enable Back Button Handling With Twitter Bootstrap Tabs Plugin
- 28 Apr 2012 » Faker For ORM: Now with Behavior Support
- 21 Apr 2012 » Uptime 1.2 is released
- 15 Apr 2012 » Node.js for PHP Programmers #3: Exceptions and Errors
- 28 Mar 2012 » Introducing Uptime, a Remote Monitoring Application That Just Works (Screencast)
- 07 Mar 2012 » The Best Way To Learn A New Programming Language...
- 08 Feb 2012 » Faker Is Now Available In 8 Languages
- 07 Feb 2012 » Node.js for PHP programmers #2: Modules, Packages, And The Strawberry House
- 23 Jan 2012 » Node.js for PHP Programmers #1: Event-driven programming... and Pasta.
- 10 Jan 2012 » This is not what you think. Beware of "this"... in JavaScript
- 14 Dec 2011 » Hacking Games
- 21 Nov 2011 » Internet Reduces Your Mid Term Memory
- 13 Nov 2011 » Open-Source is a Gift
- 24 Oct 2011 » Using Faker to Populate a Database: With an ORM, It's a Piece of Cake
- 17 Oct 2011 » Say Goodbye to Fixture Files: Introducing Faker
- 16 Oct 2011 » Welcome