Glue Interactive

Using a Site Layout with the Sinatra Web Framework

This post dropped May 1st, 22:04, in to Web Development

Recently, I've been playing with the ruby web framework Sinatra. It's a nice, simple little framework that lets you setup a small site quickly and easily. The one thing I was missing, however, was how to create an overall site layout. Read more»

Why You Should Use Persistent Connections with MySQL

This post dropped Apr 11th, 00:33, in to Web Development

For whatever reason, most of the PHP community is still stuck using plain-old mysql_connect(). This works, but for anything beyond your basic website, you really should be using persistent connections. Read more»

CakePHP Best Practices: Rethinking the hasAndBelongsToMany Association

This post dropped Mar 27th, 22:22, in to CakePHP

Continuing our series helping you write better CakePHP applications, we now turn to the dreaded hasAndBelongsToMany relationship. It's handy, but for anything other than the most basic examples it falls flat. Not anymore. Read more»

CakePHP Best Practices: Fat Models and Skinny Controllers

This post dropped Jan 23rd, 21:54, in to CakePHP

In the first in a series of ongoing articles on CakePHP best practices, I'll show you the proper proportions to bake your cakes. It's time to stop writing controllers thousands of lines long and learn the joy of fat models and skinny controllers. Read more»

10 Steps to Becoming a Professional Web Developer

This post dropped Jan 12th, 09:37, in to Web Development

It's time to stop hacking PHPNuke in your basement and become a fully grown professional web developer adult. Read more»

The Difference Between Good Code and a Good App

This post dropped Jan 10th, 00:50, in to Web Development

Diving deep in to the bowls of Wordpress reassures my belief that good code and a good app are not one in the same. Read more»

Using Your rsync.net Account as a SVN Repository

This post dropped Jan 4th, 01:42, in to Web Development

I love rsync.net. It's awesome for backups and the like, but I wanted to use it as a remote SVN repository. It was a little trickier than I imagined, but I managed to get it running. Read more»

Welcome to GLUEinteractive

This post dropped Nov 13th 2007, 22:41, in to GLUEinteractive

The walls have been painted, the signage has been ordered, we've trained our staff & fired up rsync for one last time. Read more»

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