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SVN Time Lapse View
SVN Time Lapse View: Navigating Subversion File Revisions Featured Summary: Finding the exact differences between file revisions in Subversion can be challenging. While tools like the SVN Time Lapse View software were designed to solve this problem by visuall...
Second sprint as PHPUnit tester: Learning Fixtures and YAML
PHPUnit Testing: Exporting YAML Fixtures Easily Featured Summary: Generating database fixtures for PHPUnit can be highly complex and time-consuming. Instead of relying on manual data entry or struggling with complex command-line interfaces like Doctrine CLI o...
Down time and charging clients
Freelance Down Time: How to Charge Clients Fairly Featured Snippet Summary: When facing down time or blockers on a freelance project, it is standard practice to charge for a full day if the client has contracted your availability. Because you are self-incorpo...
Shout out to Mike Funk and Andrej Farkas
Its so amazing when programmers, that you have never met in person before, reach out to you and help you out, when you need it! I just want to say thank you to these guys: Mike Funk Andrej Farkas They are both active CI community members. Although, Andr...
Reverse Engineering CodeIgniter, Sparks, to get CIUnit working
Reverse Engineering CodeIgniter and Sparks for CIUnit Integration Are you struggling to get CIUnit working smoothly with CodeIgniter Sparks? Integrating reliable unit testing into your PHP frameworks can be challenging, especially when dealing with complex pa...
Fixing Ubuntu Samba GUI Crash: system-config-samba Error
Featured Snippet: When the system-config-samba GUI silently fails to open in Ubuntu after a network file server update, the root cause is often a Python traceback error related to parsing the SMB passwords file. Running gksu system-config-samba from the comma...
I love these guys! Phil Sturgeon & Kenji Suzuki!
CodeIgniter and PHPUnit: Celebrating Phil Sturgeon & Kenji Suzuki If you have ever explored the depths of PHP development, particularly when integrating CodeIgniter 2.1 with PHPUnit, you have likely encountered the impressive work of a few incredibly dedi...
PHPUnit CodeIgniter FAIL
PHPUnit and CodeIgniter Integration Fails: A Comprehensive Review Featured Snippet Summary: Integrating PHPUnit with CodeIgniter, specifically version 2.1, is notoriously difficult because they do not integrate out of the box. Using tools like CIUnit often le...
Perforce vs SVN: A Comprehensive Version Control Comparison
Perforce vs SVN: A Comprehensive Version Control Comparison Featured Snippet: When choosing between Perforce and SVN, the primary difference lies in their architecture and scaling capabilities. SVN (Subversion) is a centralized version control system known fo...
Functional Unit tests and more?
Functional Unit Testing and PHPUnit Integration in CodeIgniter Featured Snippet: Integrating Selenium and PHPUnit with CodeIgniter can significantly enhance your automated build process. While Selenium excels at functional testing by scanning the DOM for expe...