Tag Archives: Web Development
The perfect web application framework
Posted on 17. Nov, 2008 by forouzani.
When talking about frameworks such as Ruby on Rails or Symfony, it is often expected that the framework should solve all your problems out of the box. Unfortunately, this is almost never the case. If it were as black and white as this, most web developers would not currently have their job. The issue is [...]
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Derek Silvers – unafraid to tell the truth
Posted on 25. Sep, 2007 by forouzani.
The rails community has been in flamewar shock over the past few days. One of the Ruby on Rails ‘icons’ – CDbaby – has turned around and given rails a major slap in the face. I have nothing more than respect for Derek. That doesn’t mean I agree with his conclusions, but in a time [...]
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Zend Studio Neon – IDE Beta
Posted on 13. Aug, 2007 by forouzani.
As a quest to find the perfect IDE, I am always eager to try new applications that arrive on the market, and the latest arrival is Zend’s latest eclipse project. As Zend have asked all private beta testers not to disclose information regarding the project, I will not be releasing any specific details, but rather [...]
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Agile Development and Legal Contracts
Posted on 20. Jun, 2007 by forouzani.
Anyone who has experience in working as a freelance developer or running a software development business, recognizes the need for a solid contract when providing a quote or costing a project. This is not too complex a task when the requirements of the client are set in stone. But when a business conducts software development [...]
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Zend Framework out of beta
Posted on 05. Jun, 2007 by forouzani.
After completely losing the php framework wars to symfony, Zend Framework has come out of beta with v1.0 RC1. Personally, Im not a big fan of the zend framework, simply because I think naming it a ‘framework’ is a bit misleading. Its just a bunch of classes, without enough cohesive coupling to earn the title [...]


