CodeIgniter
What would you like to see built?
I wrote a post the other day asking if any developers would be interested in getting together and writing a tutorial series for CI. The discussion has generated some interest, so now I’m trying to see what users would like to see built. I think that if we define what we will be working on [...]
Want to help me write a tutorial?
With the new version of CodeIgniter on the horizon I think it would be cool if we could get a group of developers together and build a tutorial series based on using CI to build a large scale web app. I think this has been attempted before but I’m not sure if anything has ever [...]
CI gets a pat on the back!
I just read a post on Sitepoint where the author, David Peterson, commented on a talk he saw Rasmus Lerdorf give. For those of you who don’t know, Lerdorf is the father of PHP and is still involved in it’s development. In this talk, Lerdorf decided to talk about PHP frameworks and why the majority [...]
CI Inferno
For those CI fans out there that don’t follow Elliot Haughins blog, he released an awesome project yesterday called Inferno. The idea here is to create a version of CI that has a bunch of third party code libraries already installed and ready for use. This could equate to a big time saver for those [...]
Generating PDF files using CodeIgniter
PDF files rock! Some of the programs used to view them could use some work, but the file format itself is real handy. As a programmer I have found PDF’s to be most helpful when generating reports that need to be printable. I know we are all supposed to be doing our part to make [...]
Simply perfect RSS parsing
RSS is a really useful tool for syndicating content between separate sites. Those people familiar with blogs and such are probably very familiar with RSS. Some of the clients where I work have taken advantage of RSS feeds provided by Web MD and other medical content providers to display new and updated content on their [...]
10 Reasons Why CodeIgniter Rocks
Every once and a while you come across a blog post or forum discussion about what PHP application framework is the best. They each have their own positives and negatives, but the true answer to that question is that it depends on the programmer. Each programmer has a different style and different priorities when it [...]
