Kores random thoughts
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Generating XML schemas from XML data
by Kore Nordmann at Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:20:26 +0200
Already some time ago I published a tool on Github which allows you to generate (or learn) XML schemas from XML data. You provide the tool with a set of XML files and you get a nice, human readable, XML schema (XSD, DTD, …) from that. Read more for the details. read more…
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static considered harmful
by Kore Nordmann at Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:54:37 +0100
This is a provoking title, but, in my honest opinion, a very valid rule of thumb. During the last years of teaching other developers, developing PHP libraries and applications and doing quality assurance on other peoples software I came to this rather abrasive conclusion - let me tell you why… read more…
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PHP @ FrOSCon 2010
by Kore Nordmann at Tue, 03 Aug 2010 08:25:38 +0200
This years FrOSCon - one of the most awesome open source software conferences - is right ahead and we are organizing a PHP track again this year. Read more for details. read more…
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Presenting: PHP Commit Hooks
by Kore Nordmann at Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:28:08 +0200
In our company blog I blogged about a pet project of mine: PHP Commit Hooks. This is a follow up to my earlier blog posts: SVN commit hooks, which was inspired by a discussion on an earlier PHP Unconference in Hamburg. Read more in the the Qafoo blog. read more…
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PHP quality assurance tools
by Kore Nordmann at Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:57 +0200
Some of the most important tools for quality assurance in PHP projects are PHP_Depend and PhpUnderControl. In the future Qafoo will provide support for both, read on for details. read more…
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Starting Qafoo logo contest
by Kore Nordmann at Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:51:57 +0200
We are starting a logo contest for Qafoo now, and you can win 350€ (~450$) in it! Read more for details. read more…
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Native parallel PHP job queue
by Kore Nordmann at Thu, 06 May 2010 17:42:50 +0200
To make use of multiple cores for some rather long processing operations I needed a way to fork multiple workers from a single PHP script multiple times lately. So I created a small project on github which implements this in a way, so that it should reusable by anybody. Read more for the details… read more…
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Designing a generic web installer
by Kore Nordmann at Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:49:13 +0200
Each somehow popular web applications needs one: A proper web installer - but there still is no general solution for that. Read more, to see what we are planning to do about this… read more…
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FrOSCon - Call For Papers
by Kore Nordmann at Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:08:01 +0200
One of the most amazing conferences will take place this summer again - the "Free and Open Source Conference" - FrOSCon. We will organize a PHP-track again, read more for details. read more…
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Where do the eZ Components go?
by Kore Nordmann at Mon, 19 Apr 2010 16:43:15 +0200
Like Toby wrote in his blog, he and me left eZ Systems last month, to focus on out diploma thesis and for some new challenges. But where does that leave eZ Components? read more…
