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Implementing the Singleton Pattern in PHP 5

As you probably know, in software engineering there is a set of design patterns that are universally tested, approved and accepted as advanced recipes for programming. One of these patterns is the Singleton design pattern, which is based on the mathematical concept of a singleton (a set with a single element)...read more

A Nice PHP image resizer class

For the longest time I had been using a function I wrote some time ago to handle resizing of images through PHP. I decided it was time to convert it into a class and give it it's own special place in my application workspace. It works so well I figured the least I could do is share with the world....read more

Everyone Loves PHP

This isn't an article about HipHop and how awesome it is, though. What I'm trying to convey is our love affair with PHP. Take a look at the top hundred sites by traffic, size, or whatever other metric you fancy, and there is a high chance that they're using PHP....read more

Building Mobile Apps with PHP

we now have a convergence of new technology that makes building web apps-mobile and otherwise-much easier. jQTouch, Sencha Touch, and more recently, jQuery Mobile take a lot of the pain out of writing cross-browser JavaScript for mobile browsers....read more

Mobile Web

5 Pitfalls to Avoid When Developing a Successful Mobile App

The way that people choose, buy, access and use mobile apps is, in many ways, fundamentally different from the way they behave on the traditional web, and so the rules have to change. The issue is that there isn't yet the same level of widespread understanding about apps that there is about web design...read more

Programming Apple Push Notification Services

One of the key limitations of the iPhone is its constraint on running applications in the background. Because of this, applications cannot keep running in the background when the user switches to another application. So, applications that require a constant state of connectivity (such as social networking applications) will not be able to receive timely updates...read more

SEO

Landing Page Optimization Tips (Study)

After having analysed 50+ sites to find out what increases sales and conversions, A SEO Expert shares with us his thoughts on the four most common issues that affect conversion rate and sales...read more

Solving 6 Common Ecommerce Problems in Google Analytics

If you use Google Analytics for your ecommerce business, Google Analytics: Understanding Visitor Behavior by Justin Cutroni (blog) is a great resource (provided you already have a general understanding of basic web analytics). It covers a broad range of applications including creating an implementation plan, how to use profiles and filters, marketing campaign tracking, CRM integration and enterprise implementation...read more

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