Category Archives: Web 2.0

The real secret of a successful web application

By Patrick Reilly | Published: August 5, 2007
The amazing thing about “Flickr” is that nobody uses the service to upload pictures. Nobody says to themselves. I need to upload me some pictures. Instead, they’re satisfying some other need in their lives, like showing off the new kid to relatives. Or, showing their friends how their latest trip to Europe went. Or, letting [...]
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Zend Framework Project Teams Need You

By Patrick Reilly | Published: February 13, 2007
Most components and subprojects need volunteers to help with documentation, unit test coverage, code reviews, improving integration with other ZF components, and enhancing architecture and design for the purpose of improving extensibility and ease of use with new components. If you see a subject area or component that interests you, please contact any project members [...]
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Zend Framework Preview 0.7.0

By Patrick Reilly | Published: January 19, 2007
Zend Framework is a simple, straightforward, open-source software framework for PHP 5 designed to eliminate the tedious details of coding and let you focus on the big picture. Its strength is in its highly-modular MVC design, making your code more reusable and easier to maintain. Although it’s currently in preview release, take a look—you may [...]
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Renkoo Launches Beta

By Patrick Reilly | Published: May 4, 2006
Congratulations, to Adam, Joyce, and the rest of the Renkoo team on the launch of their private beta. They have procured, $3 Million in venture capital from Matrix Partners and are still in private beta. Also, check out how Adam decided to decorate his new (old) laptop….
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Comet: Low Latency Data For Browsers (long-lived HTTP)

By Patrick Reilly | Published: March 4, 2006
Comet is fundamentally, the use of long-lived HTTP connections to reduce the latency with which messages are passed to the server. In essence, they do not poll the server occasionally. Instead the server has an open line of communication with which it can push data to the client. Comet applications can deliver data to the client [...]
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