Advent of Code 2023 programming language options
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
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
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
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
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…
Building Web Applications with Erlang
This review was originally printed in the September 2012 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Building Web Applications with ErlangAuthors: Zachary KessinISBN: 9781449320652 The first, and…
Why I don’t use hosting provider affiliate schemes
Every so often, a hosting company will contact me asking if I want to take part in their affiliate scheme. It's always sold as a win-win situation - they get…
Black Hat Python
This review was originally printed in the June 2015 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Black Hat Python (1st edition)Authors: Justin SeitzISBN: 9781593275907 As a developer…
Beautiful Code
This review was originally printed in the December 2007 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Beautiful CodeAuthors: Andy Oram, Greg WilsonISBN: 9780596510046 This book consists of…
Beautiful Architecture
This review was originally printed in the September 2009 edition of the UKUUG newsletter, which is now defunct. Title: Beautiful ArchitectureAuthors: Diomidis Spinellis, Georgios GousiosISBN: 9780596554392 Another release in the…