[dba-Tech] The dark side of programming craftmanship

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Jan 29 20:25:42 CST 2013


Sounds like fun :) Might be worth pushing to Github as a project. Is this code that you publish in your books?

- Hans



On 2013-01-29, at 3:57 PM, Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 2013-01-29 5:33 AM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote:
>> 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).
> 
> No offence. I've been thinking of turning it loose to a "bazaar" process.
> 
> PB
> 
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>> 
>> - 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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