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Monday, 26 November 2007 @ 10:40

Randy and Aaron, of NorthTemple.com (the blog of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint’s design group), pulled up behind a vehicle with a humorous license plate this morning on the way into the office.

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New Horizons announces MySQL/PHP fundamentals class

Wednesday, 12 September 2007 @ 15:06

New Horizons Salt Lake City announces a MySQL/PHP fundamentals class. This 5 day intensive training will cover programming with PHP, creating dynamic websites, using PHP and MySQL, advanced SQL and MySQL and much, much more. This class is great for novices and professionals alike. Class begins October 1 and runs through October 5 from 9am-5pm at New Horizons Salt Lake City 2355 S. Technology Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah 84119. Any uphpu member or member referral will receive a discount upon registration. Contact Brandon Christiansen at Brandon.christiansen@nhslc.com or call 801-952-4313 for registration information and a full course outline.

Mozy coding deathmatch offers $20,000 in cash prizes

Friday, 6 April 2007 @ 11:24

Berkeley Data Systems, creators of Mozy Online Backup, will be holding its second semiannual coding deathmatch on Saturday, April 14. Billed as a “thinly disguised recruiting effort to find the best local engineers,” the competition is open to all Utah residents.

The previous deathmatch saw over 100 participants and was a success both for the 8 finalists who received prize money, and for BDS who hired 4 new engineers in the process.

Utah Graphic Artists Forum launched

Monday, 2 April 2007 @ 22:59

I am excited to announce the launch of the Utah Graphic Artists Forum. For years I have longed for a place where I could interactive with and meet new local artists. Having participated in many technical groups, I have grown to rely on and take for granted both the camaraderie and invaluable resource of information that such communities provide. Often frustrated by the lack of an official forum for art related questions however, I vowed to someday create the resource I longed for.

Officially launching tomorrow, I present the Utah Graphic Artists Forum, a gathering place for local graphic artists. My purpose is to promote and support the development and expression of graphic arts and to facilitating and ecouraging conversations and interaction between graphic artists in Utah, in an environment free of dues or obligations. I hope to provide something of value to members involved in all forms of the graphic arts, including illustrators, photographers, graphic designers, typographers, user interface designers, and web developers.

Both working professionals and students are welcome and encouraged to participate, discussing current events and trends, historical topics, theory, techniques, technology, business, and/or employment.

Features include a forum, mailing lists, an IRC channel for chat, job announcements, RSS feeds, syndicated calendar events, and plans to meet periodically for socials and workshops. Membership is free and open to anyone interested.

I encourage you to visit the site, register an account, and participate in the forum.

Delphi for PHP Demo

Wednesday, 28 March 2007 @ 16:34

Delphi for PHP was just recently released. If your intrested in learning more feel free to join the Salt Lake City Delphi Users Group at there next meeting.

It’s Free and they are giving way product.

CodeGear Delphi 2007 and Delphi for PHP Launch Tour
April 11, 2007 @ 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: U of U - EMCB 101

Topics in the meeting include.
CodeGear Update
Delphi 2007 for Win32
Delphi for PHP
InterBase 2007

Just register so we can get a head count (but if you forget to register show up anyway!)

Jon Jensen a Mozy Deathmatch winner with PHP

Wednesday, 8 November 2006 @ 15:03

We are excited to announce that our own Jon Jensen was one of the eight tying winners of the Mozy Programming Deathmatch. Since there was no clear winner after the final challenge, the $10,000 was split 8 ways. What makes it especially newsworthy however is that Jon did all of the tests in PHP, much to the surprise of the organizers and competitors! Read more about this on Jon’s blog and the Salt Lake Tribune.

Yahoo releases Security Best Practices resource

Thursday, 7 September 2006 @ 14:45

Yahoo Developer Network has just released a page dedicated to security best practices. There are resources for protecting your server, your network, and your application. It’s just one page right now, but there are links to other resources.

Yahoo Developer Security Best Practices

Web frameworks: The quixote search

Wednesday, 19 July 2006 @ 13:40

In a recent entry in his blog, John Taber, reviews his search for a good web framework. “In converting some software from java and c++ to web based systems, our first step was to choose a coding platform. Note I didn’t say language or framework or IDE—today it’s more of a package deal where one part depends on another. Today the clamor and hype is over frameworks. But in our case, we choose to cut through all that and ask: Is a “framework” needed? What is the right structure for a web based program? And what is the most productive, agile way we can get the job done?”

User interface design: Taking the good with the bad

Wednesday, 19 July 2006 @ 13:16

Digital Web Magazine published an excellent article yesterday by Mike Padilla on user interface design. I would recommend this read to everyone involved in application development, even if you are not a designer. Marketers, engineers, salesmen, and administrators could all benefit from understanding the complexity of designing interfaces and the blancing act required when choosing between costs and benefits. “When evaluating the net usability of one design versus another, a logical process should be followed to effectively evaluate the compromises that accompany each. To judge the good with the bad, you need a UI ruler by which to measure.”

SQL Injection

Tuesday, 6 June 2006 @ 20:55

Are your apps sufficiently protected against SQL injection? Do you currently validate and sanitize all types (strings, numbers) and methods (forms, cookies, query strings) of user input before using it in a database query? If not, it’s only a matter of time before serious pwnage…

This article is good primer for newbies and reminder for gurus…

SQL Injection Attacks by Example

If you aren’t already using prepared statements, now’s as good a time as any to start:

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