In my final term at University I am studying a module called Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing. Most of this module is concerned with technologies surrounding cellular networks and mobile phones (although it does extend into other mobile devices such as PDAs).
The first assessment set for this module was to build a Tip Calculator in Java ME using the CLDC 1.1 and MIDP 2.1 development stacks. We had the option to use the relatively new LWUIT if we wished to as well. When I first found out about this assessment I was rather excited. Playing with the iPhone SDK last summer has given me a desire to experiment with building applications for mobile devices.
I am currently working quite a lot with the Zend PHP Framework. I have grown to really like ZF (Zend Framework). While it does have a rather steep learning curve it is architected very neatly and offers lots of functionality for free.
I was recently constructing dynamic tables and wanted to give every other row a different class. Rather than clutter my view with logic to do this, I decided to create a custom view helper. I decided to make the view helper generic so it can be used to switch between two pieces of content each time it is called. This would mean I could use it for other things where alternating content is also needed.
For my final year project at University I am building a social network style application for street and celebratory arts surrounding the run-up to the London 2012 olympics (although not just london 2012).
Why a framework?
This project has quite an extensive requirements list, coupled along with a very tight deadline. Being a developer that very much believes you should not "re-invent wheel" unless their is a benefit along with the tight deadline I started to look at PHP 5 frameworks to speed up the development and also bring other advantages. Such advantages include:
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