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Les First Jeudis du libre Nantais
C’est quoi ?
Les first jeudis sont un rassemblement mensuel de geeks ( appelé affectueusement barbus ou barbuses ) qui a lieu — comme son nom l’indique — le premier jeudi de…
Pomm: a concerto for PHP and Postgresql
The weather website.
You can find the git archive of this tutorial on github.
After we did a discover of…
Your queries will never be the same again
It took me months not to say years to figure out. I was first frustrated because ORMs did not let me use the cool features in Postgresql like types and operators, this is why I made…
PHP function arguments by reference
A short article on PHP function arguments
Everyone knows since PHP5, objects are passed by reference to the functions and methods. That mean modifying an object in a function…
A gentle introduction to Pomm
h2. Writing PHP application with Postgresql: Pomm
It has been a long time since I wrote an article on my blog. Well, lot of things have changed in my life last couple of month and…
Using VALUES in SQL queries
The power of VALUES
VALUES is a very useful SQL statement that can make very efficient queries. In fact, as soon as you write a bit of SQL, you use VALUES ... in the INSERT statement…
Velibs, Pomm and Silex
Pomm + Silex + Velibs
I want to ride my bicycle
Paris has changed since the apparition of Velib’s stations. Wherever you are, there is a velib station near you where you…
Few words about Postgresql's window functions
Ranking
Understanding the principle of window functions is easy as soon as you realize it has to do with rankings. Let’s take a practical example:
CREATE...
Pomm's website is out
The pomm’s website is born. It includes Pomm‘s documentation and download page. Of course, Silex extension and Sf2 bundle have not been forgotten. ...
Using Pomm with Silex
Pomm and Silex: FAST !
I must say I am quite impressed by Fabien’s microframework known as Silex . I needed to give it a try as I have lot of demands…
PommBundle Tutorial - day 2: Think different
This is the second part of the The PommBundle Tutorial where we were wondering how to display…
The PommBundle Tutorial: a Not So Simple website
This article is following Web developers: what can Postgresql do for you? and in case you haven…
Web developers, what can Postgresql do for you ?
Where does it come from ?
Why is there so mush fuss about the fact Postgresql is the most advanced free database system ? Because its code has roots deep in the 20th century,...
A glance at ooc
A breath of fresh OO programming
Ooc is an object oriented programming language that aims at efficiency and readability. One of ooc’s great stength is that…
MVC in symfony 1.x : the geek, the artist and the businessman
MVC ? Wasdat ?
I have been doing code audits for several years now and I am still amazed at the use of symfony’s MVC by some developpers. Miles long actions, sfContext singleton…
First jeudi de la rentrée !
C’est la rentrée ! Après les vacances des first jeudis à Pornic le mois dernier, ils reviennent à leur port d’attache
Au programme, comme d’habitude il y aura boissons houblonnées…
Databases and web developpment
It is not a news that With HTTP, you need a database if you want to store persistant data trough the multiple connections a client makes on your application. Since I have been working…
Utiliser l'historique du shell
Jeudi dernier, c‘était le first jeudi nantais de juillet. Celui là était un peu spécial car il était consacré aux shells et plus particulièrement à bash...
Tableaux en shell bash
Il y a quelques articles bien pratiques que j’ai envie de ramener de geekblog, celui-ci en fait partie.
Découverte
greg@localhost:~/$ mon_tableau=(un...
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Everything will be taggable
At first glance, it’s easy. Dealing with tags is just about sticking strings to database records. The first try I have made led to this plugin...
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Why an article about this website ? Isn’t it just another dev with symfony ? Well … no. I mean this is another dev with symfony of course but for once, I decided for my own website…