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The Definitive Guide to symfony
Apr 7th
I should state that I started investigating frameworks over a year ago and looked into symfony (around v0.6 at the time) , but now use the CakePHP framework for my current development projects. That said, I think symfony provides the most complete set of features of any PHP framework I’m familiar with- but at the same time, it has a bit of a steeper learning curve due to its flexibility and, some would say, wordy syntax. On balance though, what attracted me to symfony initially, was the excellent documentation, of which this book is part. Since learning a framework involves More >
Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax: From Novice to Professional
Nov 16th
The first chapter gives a brief history of GoogleMaps and its API as well as showing KML, a simple technique for creating maps that I wasn’t aware of ? in fact, it’s probably the quickest way (especially for a non-technical user) to add a map to a web page.
Chapter two covers most of how to add a map onto your web page, setting the area, what controls appear on the map and adding marker points. For many websites, this might be all you need. – then again you could also work this out on-line, but the book is just getting More >
