Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax

Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax
Michael J. Ross writes “Just as PHP and other Web scripting languages have made it possible to create dynamic Web pages, online mapping services are making it possible to create dynamic maps that can be customized by a Web site owner, or made customizable by a site visitor. In the case of Google Maps, this is done using the built-in application programming interface (API), which is described in a new book, Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax: From Novice to Professional.” Read on for the rest of Michael’s review.

Book Review: Object-Oriented PHP - Concepts, Techniques, and Code by Peter Lavin (Blogcritics.org)

Book Review: Object-Oriented PHP - Concepts, Techniques, and Code by Peter Lavin (Blogcritics.org)
Can a single book get web designers to start writing better, reusable PHP code? Peter Lavin makes a go of it in Object Oriented PHP , and it comes out pretty darn well. The gist of the book is this: would you rather write code that does the same sort of stuff over and over and over and over and… so on and so forth, or would you rather write a piece of code you can plug into any of your