http://www.techfounder.net Blog about web development and Internet entrepreneurship Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:12:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Templating is a common technique for separation of concerns in applications - separating presentational logic from domain (or business) logic. This kind of separation promotes higher maintainability and a better chance to reuse presentational code (by encapsulating it in templates), the kind of traits we would all love to have ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/11/18/oo-php-templating/ UI responsiveness is one of the basics of a good user experience. In the web environment, this often translates to the loading time of pages. As it might be expected, there are several techniques to optimize the delivery of web pages. The Exceptional Performance guide by Yahoo is a great resource ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/11/16/making-web-pages-go-faster-using-php/ In my last post on database optimization, I focused on improving query performance by optimizing schema - exploring indexing strategies by reading the execution plan. In this post I'll show how different query structures can also have a major impact on performance. Dealing with OR operators in a WHERE clause of ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/10/15/optimizing-or-union-operations-in-mysql/ Database performance is one of the major bottlenecks for most web applications. Most web developers are not database experts (and I'm no exception), there are however several basic methods to analyze and optimize database performance without resorting to expert consultants (such as those, whose founders blogs are an invaluable source ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/10/12/profiling-queries-with-zend_db-and-optimizing-them-by-hand/ I've been super-busy the last couple of months - I've came across a stupendous amount of work that I couldn't refuse in addition to the effort towards the release of my own startup, business platform Octabox. Things are finally calming down, and I'll be getting back to blogging, writing about ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/10/10/octabox-launched-and-im-back-to-blogging/ Brilliant. http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/03/05/simplicity/ http://www.techfounder.net/2008/09/23/distiliing-usability/ So Google Chrome was unleashed on the unsuspecting public yesterday with very little preceding hype. It enters a market that has thus far has had only two major players - Mozilla and Microsoft. Backed by marketing power that is unrivaled in the online world, it is strongly positioned to take ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/09/04/chrome-is-out-google-has-my-vote/ The term web 2.0 has been frequently misused and misunderstood, however it is more than a buzz word - it defines a very real phenomenon in which user generated content can be the driving force behind an online site / service. Some very well known and successful online entities can ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/08/23/a-web-20-business-model-can-work-and-work-well/ Internet Explorer development is moving along and and as part of an effort to improve the quality of their next browser, Microsoft has posted a request for bug-testers on the IEBlog. Beta 2 is right around the corner and we are expanding our reach! If you wish to ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/08/09/ie8-wants-you-but-only-if-youre-awesome/ User interface design is my favorite part of the development process. The problems it poses are the most interesting, and thinking up solutions is a form of creative expression. Users consume our applications through the interface - one chance to either deliver a satisfying experience or fail miserably. It is a ... http://www.techfounder.net/2008/07/26/the-lost-art-of-user-experience/