CakePHP Site Search with Yahoo! BOSS
A complete turnkey solution for integrating Yahoo! BOSS powered site search functionality into your CakePHP application.
Neil Crookes
Learnings and Teachings on Web Application Development & CakePHP
Jan
30
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5, rated) Jan
29
Send ‘em back from whence they came
A CakePHP component for tracking a user’s journey through your app, and redirecting them back to previous pages instead of hard coding the address. Code is ribbed… I mean MIT licensed for your pleasure.
(2 votes, average: 4.50 out of 5, rated) Nov
28
Runtime Config in CakePHP apps
Inspired by Chris Hartjes blog post titled Handling Multiple Environments In Your PHP Application, I decided to post what I do that’s similar in my CakePHP apps.
Nov
28
Creating the product backlog
Previously I blogged about what user stories in scrum should look like, providing an overview of their format and principles, but not really covering a how you come up with them all or how you decide what order to do them in.
This post covers who needs to be involved and recommends a practical 10 step approach for creating the Product Backlog.
Nov
25
Quick and accurate high-level estimates in Scrum
So Agile is all about working software over comprehensive documentation right? But if I don’t know the detailed requirements up front, how can I estimate for a task? And if I can’t estimate for a task, how can we figure out how long the project will take and how much it will cost?
This post covers techniques for quickly and easily creating reasonably accurate, high-level estimates in the project kickoff meeting that are sufficient for resource planning and scheduling.
Nov
17
Nov
14
Introduction to Scrum
An introduction to Scrum, one of the flavours of Agile, covering the team structure, processes and terminology in a brief handy overview.
Oct
30
Installing Apache, PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin on Windows XP… the right way
The best step-by-step guide to the recommended way of installing and configuring Apache, PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin on Windows XP… ever! ;-)
There is no need to copy files to your windows\system32 folder. All files stay where they are supposed to. Upgrading is easy. Configuration is minimal.
Oct
18
Which flavour of Agile tastes best?
Agile is an umbrella term for several software development methodologies that share a common philosophy defined in the Agile Manifesto, but have their own ideas on its implementation. This post takes a brief look at a few of those flavours.
Sep
12
Recording created_by and modified_by
One example of how you can record created_by and modified_by data in your CakePHP applications.