[dba-Tech] The dark side of programming craftmanship

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Jan 29 05:33:46 CST 2013


Very interesting, Arthur. I see a lot of work and thought has been put into this. However (and I don't mean to offend in any way), I might suggest a few ways to polish this code up a bit (I've been heavy into the PHP world for quite some time, so I've picked up a few goodies here and there).

- Hans



On 2013-01-29, at 3:18 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com> wrote:

> Speaking of PHP and good code, for all those interested in PHP, let me
> point you to our code called TheUsual.php, downloadable free from our site (
> artfulsoftware.com). I can call it good code without self-aggrandizement
> since it was written by my long-time partner, Peter Brawley.
> 
> Why is it called TheUsual, one might ask. Well, because it does all the
> usual things (it's named after visiting a favourite restaurant and ordering
> The Usual): browse, add, edit, delete, search, query, filter, etc., plus a
> few unusual things: automatic customization of the search menu according to
> the defined index keys, automatic master-detail forms based on defined
> relationships, creation of saved queries, and a few other niceties.
> 
> Arthur
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