Here are a couple of tools, useful for a web based ecosystem. Papetrailapp Site: https://papertrailapp.com/ Description: Web log management service. Librato Site: https://metrics.librato.com/about Description: Log metrics collection and visualisation service. Newrelic Site: http://newrelic.com/ Description: Web application profiling service (works well with PHP and Node.JS). Log4php Site: http://logging.apache.org/log4php/ Description: PHP logging framework – has a JS sibling, named log4js. Phing […]

In a previous notes entry I wrote about patterns used for Generating Objects, and facilitating Flexible Object Programming. In this entry I am writing about patterns used for Performing and Representing Tasks. Performing and Representing Tasks Problem: When classes provide too much functionality, the code tends to pile up, making it difficult to maintain or use. […]

To continue the series on Object Oriented Patterns, here is the first entry covering JavaScript; focusing on Object Creation Patterns. Namespace Pattern JavaScript doesn’t support namespaces, however, to avoid naming collisions and reduce the number of global variables, namespaces can be emulated using the technique of creating a global object, and adding functionality and variables […]

Design patterns are streamlined solutions to common problems. They provide guidelines that can be translated into code. This entry will focus on patterns used for Generating Objects and Flexible Object Programming; presenting the problem, solution and basic examples. The structure relies on Matt Zandstra’s second edition of ‘PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice‘, the ‘ZEND PHP […]