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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.
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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.
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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.
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Review: The Art of Community - Jono Bacon
- August 11, 2010
I must confess that Jono Bacon actually caught me by surprise.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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