MySQL. How to insert a row or update if exists in MySQL.

Posted by Stanislav Furman on February 25, 2013
Insert a row into DB, or update row on duplicated key in MySQL.

Most common design patterns in OOP. Introduction.

Posted by Stanislav Furman on September 9, 2012
Read some information about the most common design patterns in OOP.

How to interview a programmer. Thoughts about hiring process.

Posted by Stanislav Furman on August 26, 2012
A few tips about how to interview and hire a programmer based on own experience.

A little bit of humour

Posted by Stanislav Furman on July 21, 2012
Funny joke about regular expressions

PHP application performance tuning

Posted by Stanislav Furman on March 15, 2012

Hello Coders!

In this article I will list a few advises on how to optimize your PHP web application performance. All these tips below I learned myself or from co-workers, blog articles and books. Keep in mind though that usually there is no need to go nuts when it comes to performance optimization. So, please don't open your IDE right away and don't try to use all tips together. Simply get an idea and note something that could be useful in your specific case.

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CSS rounded corners

Posted by Stanislav Furman on February 26, 2012

Basic approach and main idea

Very often, web designers use CSS rounded corners to make websites nicer. This blog uses rounded corners too. You could use different methods to create rounded corners on your web site, but from my point of view the simplest one of these methods is the method that uses CSS3.

Unfortunately, this method won't work in IE (what a surprise!), but, fortunately, there is a hack exists that can fix this problem.

For most of web browsers the following code will work:


<style>
#container {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background-color: #cccccc;	
}
.rounded {
  -moz-border-radius: 10px; /* Works in Firefox */
  -webkit-border-radius: 10px; /* Works in Safari, Chrome */
  border-radius: 10px; /* It's CSS3 */
}
</style>

<div id="container" class="rounded"></div>
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How to secure your php application

Posted by Stanislav Furman on February 21, 2012
10 useful tips to make your php application safe. Good practices in creating a secured web application

How much should a web site cost?

Posted by Stanislav Furman on February 19, 2012
Frequently asked question: How much should a web site cost? Let's see how to calculate the cost!

Visual Representation of SQL Joins on a graphical diagram

Posted by Stanislav Furman on February 18, 2012
See one of the best graphical diagram representing SQL joins

Another 12 SEO tips that everyone should know

Posted by Stanislav Furman on February 17, 2012
Learn another 12 SEO good practices to succeed in website optimization. Useful tips and recommendations.