Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       phpStorm and Subversion work together beautifully!  In large software projects, source control is a absolute must, and for this I love using Subversion (SVN).  Subversion allows you to save your changes in an organized manner and if you make a mistake, you can always go back to an older version.  Where more than one developer is working on a project, SVN handles change conflicts with relative ease. In phpStorm, the “changes” shortcut (usually located near ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 3 minutes       Welcome back CorePHP readers.  I’ve now had a chance to explore phpStorm a little more and I’ve found a few widgets that I think you might find useful when developing your own creations, but I’ll only talk about one today. One of the biggest widgets that I enjoy about phpStorm is the smart inspection widget that just works.  The smart inspection widget appears on the right hand side of the window when you are editing a file, just beside the ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       For several years now, our base development platform has been based on PHP version 5.2.  PHP 5.2 will run under Windows NT/2000/2003 with very few problems.  Of course, during this same time period, the environment has changed. The recommended version of PHP for production use is now 5.3.  5.4alpha1 was released on Jun 28, 2011 and promises to have improved memory usage and performance.  PHP 5.2, the version that we are currently using is no longer supported ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       Now that the school year is almost over, I’m sure many of you PD Place users have time to think finish up those unfinished projects from earlier in the year.  I’m hoping I may interject an idea into that list of unfinished projects.  Tell us what would you like to see in PD Place.  Over the years, we have seen a wide variety of ideas ranging from adding a new filter all the way up to integrating with other management systems.  When it seems all the ideas ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 4 minutes       If you’re like me, I’m sure you’ve said this at one time or another during the software development process.  The app that just takes forever to load – and then gives you that nasty fatal error message.  With some fiddling and a bit of adjusting, you usually get this to work, but it’s still slow.  What do you do? Following from my last blog, I’ve started using phpStorm for my developing here at CoreSolutions.  Part of this suite includes an ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 1 – 2 minutes       The last few weeks swept away much of the old. It was simply amazing – looking at how all the little tricks I did were no longer needed. The feeling of being free and unrestricted when software just works. The coming storm blows all the tumbleweeds away, removes all the cobwebs and frees your time for things that matter – speed and productivity. Ladies and gentlemen, please let me introduce phpStorm: PhpStorm is a new, lightweight and smart PHP IDE. It ... Read More

Estimated Time To Read This: 2 – 4 minutes       Welcome to my first blog and our new and much improved web site. I have to admit this is new ground for me and you need to know right now that writing is not a skill that comes naturally to me. Not everyone is a natural born writer and for me, I have to work hard at it, the words don’t always come easily. Having said that I do enjoy writing and the best part is when I’m finished and reviewing the final piece. Now that I’ve been brutally honest let’s get ... Read More