Haha.. well, with any luck, 10 years from now I'll have as much content. hah (or even ANY code written)
= = = Original message = = = I sort of had the same idea almost a decade ago... http://l-i-e.com/compare/ You can see how well I've kept it up :-v On Fri, December 30, 2005 10:33 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wasn't this just brought up on another thread? "nifty little tools" > that is and a repository for such things. > > There are lots of code repositories but none that I go directly to > right off. Usually I hit Yahoo/Google and do a search for what I'm > looking for and find whatever looks best for my situation. That way, > in theory, I find some of the newest/freshest ideas and techniques. > Not always the best, but it's usually a starting place. > > <tangent> > Since you asked.. > > I use Zend Studio (http://www.zend.com) and Crimson Editor > (http://www.crimsoneditor.com)... if not just > Notepad/vi/other-generic-text-editor-native-to-OS>. My workmate uses > Komodo (http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/). > </tangent> > > I've found that people ask these kinds of questions over and over > again.. and there are so many great websites out there with great > code snippets or information in general. And never a lack of people > who give opinions on what their favorite is... be it framework, php > editor, or favorite brand of shiraz. > > > So a little while ago I registered userrated.com (nothing there now > but an image cropping test script done in PHP...with an awesome pic of > a pirate llama... you heard me!). > > Anyway, my idea for this site is to create a review site for such > things like PHP editors or even someone's favorite wine, restaurent, > flea market, whatever. So when someone on the PHP list asks about > flea markets...err... editors.. You can say "Go to userrated.com and > hit the PHP section". > > The idea would be to enter just about anything and have properties > associated with the item that can be itemized or just rated. > > PHP Editors: > Version [free entry] > OS's supported [list] > Ease of Use [1-5] > IDE? [Y/N/Partial?] > Debugger? [Y/N/Partial?] > Stability [1-5] > Overall impression [1-5] > > Wine: > Type [free entry or checkbox?] > Origin [free entry] > Dry-Sweet [1-5] > Year > Vineyard > Color > Whatever-else-wine-snobs-judge-by :) > > And the other thing I'd like to do with it is be able to show all > ratings/reviews/comments or filter by date range because sometimes > things become outdated or obsolete or were great a year ago and now > aren't supported anymore. So if you showed "all dates" it may say > "Average rating 7.5" but if you showed the 100 ratings giving in the > last 2 months, it may drop to "4.0". > > Just throwing this out there in case anyone has any thoughts or > comments or hell.. maybe a site already exists that does all this. > > Two things inspired this idea... (1) the constant weekly "What PHP > editor do you use? What's the best?" questions (hah) and (2) my lack > of ability to remember all the odd restaurants, wines, beers, camping > spots, dog groomers, whatever that my girlfriend and I check out. Was > that Indian restaurant in Baltimore any good? Was it the one on > Charles Street or down near Lexington Market that was the good one > with the all-you-can-eat curry at lunch on weekends? (*shiver* scary > hah) > > So when I get un-lazy and stop playing World of Warcraft long enough > to do some PHP projects.. is this something anyone would find useful? > I'd like to open it up so just about anyone can create a category and > add "properties" to the item being rated. Probably have to approve > items so it doesn't get crazy, but still might be cool. > > Ok... off to stare at the pirate llama for a bit so I don't have to do > real work. > > -TG > > = = = Original message = = = > > [snip] >>They are all variants of that. All nifty little tools. We should >> gather >>those up someplace...shouldn't we? > > In similar light, what development environments do you people program > in? How do you run and test your code? > > tedd > > PS: This is my first posting to this group. > [/snip] > > Welcome to the insanity. > > I use Eclipse. For testing I have a test server where all of the code > gets > hammered using a combination of automated and live user units. I am in > a > microsoft shop, but have migrated web app servers to Apache (save for > one > that I just cannot get rid of yet due to legacy ASP). > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. > Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
