pitfalls

On PHPMaster.com today there's a new design pattern-focused that introduces you to using the Factory method to create new objects on the fly.

A few folks have sent over Cory Doctorow's recent Guardian column on "persuading people to pay" in the digital era when things are free.

Audio recording and editing with computers is still in its infancy, and is full of pitfalls. Just figuring out what hardware to use is enough to drive a person to drink.

But once you get it all figured out and get everything working, it's fun and powerful.

On The Bakery today there's a new post with a few things to watch out for when you're just getting started with the CakePHP framework.

Starting from scratch in cakephp is not always easy, especially when you are not used to MVC frameworks.

I hope this will help other beginners to make their life easier.

Pitfalls listed include:

Continuing on with her series of tips for those building web services Lorna Mitchell has posted this new item to her blog looking at the importance of a version parameter in each call.

PHPClasses.org has posted a new book review of a php|architect publishing book, their "Guide to Programming with the Zend Framework" (by Cal Evans).

Convenience and ease-of-use were NOT design goals of MPI. Learn how to avoid some common pitfalls.

If you use open source software (OSS), Gartner recommends you have an official OSS policy. But a surprising number of open source adopters are operating without one.