Analysis of coupling within the Zend Framework
Jun 5, 2008 10:10:16 PM
One of the Zend Framework's strongest drawing cards, as I see it, is its loosely-coupled structure. The name Zend Framework may be a misnomer, in fact, as ZF is more a set of reusable libraries than an actual application framework. I won't go into detail about the advantages of loose coupling, but a recent discussion on the ZF mailing list prompted me to investigate just how loosely coupled the framework is.
Sitemapping with Graphviz
Jan 14, 2008 11:30:52 PM
I discovered today an interesting tool for drawing graphs (as in directed graphs – not the pie-chart kind). Although I have other uses for it, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to use it to map out the links on my site. The result: it's amazing how complex navigation can get on even a simple site. Personally, it really made me see spiders and commercial crawling bots in a new light.
