http://blog.web-develop.info/en modern web techniques Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:18:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The [Zend Developer Zone](http://devzone.zend.com) has [an excellent series](http://devzone.zend.com/public/view/tag/Design%20Patterns) on how to follow design patterns when programming in PHP5. It starts off with an [introduction](http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/3) to the topic, and then presents three pattern until now, [Observer](http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/5), [Composite](http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/7) and [Visitor](http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/9). Each article is split into two parts and goes step-by-step from theoretical ... http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/design-patterns-in-php/ [Professional AJAX](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/0471777781&tag=webdevelopblo-20&camp=1789&creative=9325) is a new book in the [Wrox Programmer to Programmer](http://www.wrox.com)-Series, written by Nicholas C. Zakas, Jermy McPeak and Joe Fawcett. [Sreejith has reviewed it](http://www.sr-ultimate.com/2006/03/05/professional-ajax-review/) and thinks it is the best book on the topic so far. (via [AJAX Blog](http://ajaxblog.com/archives/2006/03/04/professional-ajax-review)) http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/book-review-professional-ajax-wrox/ On March 3rd, a first preview version of [Zend Framework](http://framework.zend.com) has been released to public. >Zend Framework is a high quality and open source framework for developing Web Applications and Web Services. > >Built in the true PHP spirit, the Zend Framework delivers ease-of-use and powerful functionality. It provides solutions for building modern, ... http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/zend-framework-goes-public/ The [O'Reilly Radar](http://radar.oreilly.com/) has [figures about their book sales](http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/03/aspnet_on_a_roll.html), showing the market for web programming literature has increased by 22% since last year, but also seeing books about JavaScript rising by 99%! Clearly, this is an indicator for the rising AJAX usage in web projects over the last months. (via [AJAX ... http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/book-sales-indicate-ajax-growth/ [TechCrunch](http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/01/memeorandum-finally-gets-a-new-look/trackback/) is hinting that the folks over at [memeorandum](http://tech.memeorandum.com) did a slight redesign. I have to admit, it is hard to notice if you don't actually look for it, but it is a little improvement. Like most of Web 2.0 sites, they now have boxes with rounded corners, the logo ... http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/memeorandum-got-redesigned-didnt-you-notice/ [Geoff Oliver](http://meatwad.bounceme.net/simple_personal/home/) has written [a nice little example](http://meatwad.bounceme.net/simple_personal/blog/id,70/) of how to create a tabbed navigation that allows dynamic addition of new tabs. Support for deleteing them is lacking, butI guess could be easily put in. [Nathan Smith](http://sonspring.com/journal/) coded a very light-weight (only 8k) [roll-over image gallery](http://sonspring.com/journal/hoverbox-image-gallery) with nothing more than ... http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/dynamic-tabs-with-css-and-javascript/ Photo sharing site [BubbleShare](http://www.bubbleshare.com) has added a nice AJAX feature which is really cool. Called BubbleZoom, it provides a 3x zoom on every picture available through BubbleShare. You can [try it yourself](http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/4599.e7db25c5af1/38956), simply click the BubbleZoom button and hover the image to see it in action. http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/bubbleshare-adds-ajax-zoom-feature/ Microsoft's Mountain View campus is hosting the ["Under the Radar" conference](http://www.undertheradarblog.com/) today, where 32 companies show case their products for the "new web". There are live coverages over at [Ajaxian](http://www.ajaxian.com) and [Under the Radar](http://www.undertheradarblog.com). (via [Ajaxian](http://www.ajaxian.com)) http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/under-the-radar-conference/ [Dion Hinchcliffe](http://web2.wsj2.com/) has written [an article](http://web2.wsj2.com/thinking_in_web_20_sixteen_ways.htm) stating sixteen elements of "Web 2.0 thinking". Although they might sound a bit harsh here and there, they could provide a good inspiration for your next Web 2.0 project. http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/how-to-think-in-web-20/ Craig Maloney has written [a review](http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/01/1356241) on the book [Foundations of AJAX](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?link_code=as2&path=ASIN/1590595823&tag=webdevelopblo-20&camp=1789&creative=9325) by Ryan Asleson and Nathaniel T. Schutta, published by [Apress](http://www.apress.com). >Where Foundations of Ajax shines is it’s no-nonsense introduction, implementation, and expansion of the basics of Ajax programming, leaving the reader confidently ready to utilize the concepts within. ... http://blog.web-develop.info/en/2006/03/book-review-foundations-of-ajax/