In his latest post Brian Moon responds to another "PHP versus..." article from this site comparing it to Node.js and how it's less of a valid comparison and more of an "apples to oranges" comparison.

I normally don't do this. When I see someone write a blog post I don't agree with, I often just dismiss it and go on. But, this particular one caught my attention. It was titled PHP vs Node.js: Yet Another Versus.

He points out some of the problems with some of the arguments, specifically with some of the points made about Gearman, memcache, the PHP.net site and the creation of daemons in PHP.

Listen, I write code in PHP and JavaScript all day. I also use some Ruby, Lua and even dabble in C. I am not a language snob. Use what works for you. I do however take exception when people write about things they clearly have no idea about.

Joshua Eichorn posts a quick note today concerning the source code for his upcoming "Understanding Ajax" book (from Prentice Hall Publishing).

All the code shown in Understanding AJAX is now available from understandingajax.net. You can run the examples on my server or download them and set them up on your own. If you run into any problems leave a comment on this post.

The book's site provdes each chapter (two through twelve) in zip files for easy download as well as a single zip file download if you just want them all at once.

Joshua Eichorn posts a quick note today concerning the source code for his upcoming "Understanding Ajax" book (from Prentice Hall Publishing).

All the code shown in Understanding AJAX is now available from understandingajax.net. You can run the examples on my server or download them and set them up on your own. If you run into any problems leave a comment on this post.

The book's site provdes each chapter (two through twelve) in zip files for easy download as well as a single zip file download if you just want them all at once.

The IBM developerWorks site has continued on with its "Understanding the Zend Framework" series with spotlights on two new bits of functionality - creating PDFs and sending emails from inside the framework.

In this part of the series (part 5) they show how to:

• create PDFs
• use positioning in adding text, graphics, and shapes to the document
• manage long blocks of text
• stream out a dynamic PDF to the browser
• add information to an existing PDF document

Part six picks up where the previous part left off and includes information on working with emails in the Zend Frameork. They look at the Zend_Mail component and, making some minor changes to the application they've been constructing (the feed reader). They create an email notification to the user when a feed has been updated.

Code examples and the source code for both of these sections are provided.

The IBM developerWorks site has continued on with its "Understanding the Zend Framework" series with spotlights on two new bits of functionality - creating PDFs and sending emails from inside the framework.

In this part of the series (part 5) they show how to:

• create PDFs
• use positioning in adding text, graphics, and shapes to the document
• manage long blocks of text
• stream out a dynamic PDF to the browser
• add information to an existing PDF document

Part six picks up where the previous part left off and includes information on working with emails in the Zend Frameork. They look at the Zend_Mail component and, making some minor changes to the application they've been constructing (the feed reader). They create an email notification to the user when a feed has been updated.

Code examples and the source code for both of these sections are provided.

For those anxiously looking forward to Joshua Eichorn's "Understanding Ajax" book, there's a note on his blog you'll want to check out.

The lead story at ComputerWorld.com is an excerpt from my book Understanding AJAX. If you are thinking about buying the book, but needed more information to make a decision nows your chance.

The sample chapter is the first, teaching about the basics of Ajax - how its structured, what it does, even alternatives to it. You can also check out the table of contents and see what other topics are being covered.

For those anxiously looking forward to Joshua Eichorn's "Understanding Ajax" book, there's a note on his blog you'll want to check out.

The lead story at ComputerWorld.com is an excerpt from my book Understanding AJAX. If you are thinking about buying the book, but needed more information to make a decision nows your chance.

The sample chapter is the first, teaching about the basics of Ajax - how its structured, what it does, even alternatives to it. You can also check out the table of contents and see what other topics are being covered.

Joshua Eichorn, being the generous soul that he is, is offering in his latest post to answer any Ajax questions his readers might want to know about.

Have you wondered whats the easiest way to submit a form using AJAX, what the status of HTML_AJAX development is, or what is covered in Understanding AJAX?

Well nows your chance.

To get your question(s) in, just submit them as a comment on this post and he'll come back in a few days with the answers.

Joshua Eichorn, being the generous soul that he is, is offering in his latest post to answer any Ajax questions his readers might want to know about.

Have you wondered whats the easiest way to submit a form using AJAX, what the status of HTML_AJAX development is, or what is covered in Understanding AJAX?

Well nows your chance.

To get your question(s) in, just submit them as a comment on this post and he'll come back in a few days with the answers.

Joshua Eichorn mentions today about the "digital shortcut" created for his upcoming book "Understanding Ajax" from Prentice Hall.

A chapter from my book, Understanding AJAX has been made available as a digital shortcut. This chapter covers the different ways you can use the data you transfer using XMLHttpRequest.

Document centric approaches based on HTML and XML are described as well as various RPC approaches are shown.

The shortcut focuses on consuming data sent back in an XML or JSON format (and costs $9.99 USD). Joshua notes that he, personally, tends more towards "JSON based RPC approaches or HTML document based approaches" for his communication method. He also mentions client-side XSLT as an alternative to having to parse through and style the large amounts of data returned.