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Author Archives: Aaron
Keep your Admin Interface CSS Separate
There are a number of performance arguments about combining assets to reduce HTTP requests and speed up your site. I agree! However, I do have to say that there is such a thing as overkill – to the detriment of … Continue reading
PHPUnit Mock Objects: Only Mock What You Need
I was looking at mock objects in PHPUnit the other day and started to get confused. When I asked for a Mock object, the entire object was a mock. In all actuality, it wasn’t so much a Mock of the … Continue reading
Translate Your Error Messages in Your Zend Framework Controllers
I’ve been making a push to have more of my projects multi-lingual. However, one thing I kept forgetting about was those super-rare error messages that have to come from the Controller. For the most part, all of your errors should … Continue reading
Site profile: thebetterbachelor.com
Goal: to create a bachelor cookbook and sell it to other bachelors online. The price of the cookbook was to be very cheap so that it wasn’t too much of a risk. The book itself was supposed to be picture … Continue reading
Filtering and Validating Discussion
I came up with a great topic to write this blog entry about: filters and validators. Then, I got to thinking – maybe I can get more feedback from other programmers I know. I decided to send a note out … Continue reading
Service profile: mketweeps
Goal: I came up with an idea that I wanted to find local people in our area and mention them using a twitter bot. Pretty simple. Two requirements were they either had to use the word milwaukee in their profile … Continue reading
Site profile: jemdiary.com
JEMDiary Goal: In 2001, having an online diary was only being piloted by a few people. Blogging was big, but considering it a ‘diary’ was not that popular. Only a few competitors existed: myopendiary and teendiary. I started my own … Continue reading
Extend Zend_Mail to use Views
I love working in the Zend Framework view system. One thing that bothers me, however, is that I must create a complex set of models when trying to send email. I decided that I’d like to move all of this … Continue reading
Site Profile: amazondiscount.me
The goal was to use links that Amazon provided themselves to showcase categories and percentage discounts with my affiliate tag. The thought was a clean interface would easily encourage people to click a discount of say 90% but send affiliate … Continue reading
Site Profile: name-tag.me
Note: I have shut down name-tag.me. These notes were taken before I pulled the plug. The goal was to make a “hello my name is” style name tag without the use of images but with a handwritten font. Trouble I … Continue reading