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Book Review: The Art of Readable Code
- February 27, 2012
Lately I have been very involved with code quality, not just in terms of testing and actually working, but also on a deeper level, readability and plain good architecture. At my previous employer we had been working for a good while already applying rules from “Object Calisthenics” a concept by Jeff Bay, a simple set of exercises that helped identify bad code and improvements points. Once I saw this book show up at O’Reilly I did not blink and made a purchase.
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PHP Development in the Cloud by Ivo Jansch and Vito Chin
- August 5, 2011
Cloud computing is finally reaching a point of maturity and leaving its early “hype” years behind. Ivo and Vito do a very good job of bringing the topic into a PHP developer’s world in a very concise and objective manner, without leaving important platforms and concepts behind.
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Book Review: Being Geek by Michael Lopp
- March 24, 2011
I was very pleased with Being Geek, the author - Michael Lopp - does a great job of taking us on a tour of the geek’s perspective on life and career. The idea behind the book is to reflect on your career, as it is now and what you want it to be, and its a great read for anyone starting on a software development career and even for long time developer who have already walked a big chunk of the road.
Read MoreReview: The Art of Community - Jono Bacon
- August 11, 2010
I must confess that Jono Bacon actually caught me by surprise. While I was following the creation process of the book (O’Reilly invited UG leaders to send feedback) I could have never imagined I would one day have something so useful for someone who deals with communities on a day to day basis. In this universe Jono is a well known figure, with vast experience in managing and participating in online communities, which credits him as a perfect candidate to write a book like this one.
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Book Review: Guide to Date and Time Programming
- July 6, 2009
This review has been pending for a while, but recently I finished reading Derick Rethans’ book: Date and Time Programming. A first look at the topic (Date and Time) might get you thinking, “Why the hell do I need a book to teach me about time?” But further investigating, and some life experience will show you that dealing with Date and Time is not always as straightforward as “Its twelve o’clock”. Derick’s book gives you an in depth look into handling various factors of date and time such as timezones and days that did not exist, as well as finally delivering something missing from php.net: documentation of the DateTime Object.
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Análise: Essential PHP Security
- January 26, 2009
Embora publicado em 2005, o livro “Essential PHP Security” trata de um assunto que até hoje é muito atual. Escrito por Chris Shiflett o livro trata de todos aspectos de segurança relacionados a uma aplicação em PHP, por isso ainda hoje seu conteúdo pode ser considerado atualizado e aplicável a qualquer situação do dia a dia de um desenvolvedor.
Review: Essential PHP Security
- January 26, 2009
Even having being published in 2005, the book “Essential PHP Security” addresses a very up-to-date topic even today. Written by Chris Shiflett the book goes through various security aspects associated with a PHP application, for that reason even to today its content can be considered updated and applicable to various day to day situations faced by developers.
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Análise: Facebook - The Missing Manual
- March 31, 2008
Quando recebi este livro da O’Reilly, confesso que estava com um “pé atras” achando que não seria algo útil. Se era pra aprender a usar o facebook, porque não apenas ficar clicando até aprender? Mas o livro mostra o outro lado do facebook, dando uma visão de usuário avançado para o novato, acelerando este processo de aprendizado e montando uma caixa de ferramentas maior para o mesmo, e até em alguns casos surpreendendo o usuário avançado com novidades.
O livro começa dando uma explicação aos leigos com uma visão bem geral do que é e como funciona o facebook, e neste ponto já começa a dar algumas dicas interessantes de como usar o facebook profissionalmente. O autor realmente posiciona o leitor sobre o que o livro trata, deixando claro ser um livro que clareia as idéias sobre o facebook e faz recomendações de segurança e uso.
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