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Masterminds of Programming

By Paul March 6, 2024Book ReviewsNo Comments

This review was originally printed in the June 2009 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Masterminds of ProgrammingAuthors: Federico Biancuzzi, ChromaticISBN: 9780596555504 Masterminds of Programming is…

Essential PHP Security

By Paul February 21, 2024Book Reviews, PHP, SecurityNo Comments

This review was originally printed in the June 2006 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Essential PHP SecurityAuthors: Chris ShiflettISBN: 9780596006563 As a PHP developer of…

2023 review of the year

By Paul December 29, 2023Annual Review, BusinessNo Comments

2023 was a tough year, and my turnover fell considerably (down 25% on 2022, though that was a record year). On the plus side, I'm now spreading my income over…

DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide

By Paul December 20, 2023Book ReviewsNo Comments

This review was originally printed in the September 2010 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: DocBook 5: The Definitive GuideAuthors: Norman WalshISBN: 9780596805029 DocBook has been…

Advent of Code 2023 programming language decision

By Paul November 22, 2023Advent of CodeNo Comments

After giving some thought to my Advent of Code 2023 programming language options, I've made the decision to use Go again, as I did in 2022. I eliminated all the…

Advent of Code 2023 programming language options

By Paul November 9, 2023Advent of Code1 Comment

Every year, I participate in (and financially support, though not enough for sponsorship) Advent of Code, a series of daily coding challenges from 1st December to 25th December. I'm intending…

Security support for PHP 8.0 ends in November 2023

By Paul October 11, 2023PHP, SecurityNo Comments

Security support for PHP 8.0 ends in November 2023. If you're running a web application on 8.0, you need to update to 8.1 (supported until November 2024) or 8.2 (supported…

Developing Large Scale Web Applications

By Paul September 13, 2023Book ReviewsNo Comments

This review was originally printed in the June 2010 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Developing Large Web ApplicationsAuthors: Kyle LoudonISBN: 9780596803025 This book claims to…

CakePHP Application Development

By Paul August 30, 2023Book Reviews, CakePHPNo Comments

This review was originally printed in the September 2008 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: CakePHP Application DevelopmentAuthors: Ahsanul Bari, Anupom SyamISBN: 9781847193896 For those who…

Building Web Reputation Systems

By Paul August 16, 2023Book ReviewsNo Comments

This review was originally printed in the June 2010 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Building Web Reputation SystemsAuthors: Bryce Glass, F. Randall FarmerISBN: 9780596159795 Building…