Category Archives: Coding Practices

My core tenets of software engineering

Posted on April 19, 2010 by lehresman

Experience has taught me that software development is a very fluid process. As a product is developed, ideas change about what the product should do and how it should behave. Often this can result in miscommunication and wasted time working … Continue reading →

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Optional constructor parameters

Posted on March 10, 2010 by lehresman

One thing that really irks me about PHP is the way parameters are passed into functions and constructors. A typical constructor will look like this: $col = new Column($id, $label, "50%", true, false); While that’s nice and compact, it’s impossible … Continue reading →

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