http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves What’s Up Doc? Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:00:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are several techniques you can use when working with PHP applications to improve performance. These are probably some of the most fundamental ones: Upgrade PHP. Newest PHP versions will include lots of changes, not just additional features, but also performance improvements. Use cache for database results and rendered pages. Disable PHP extensions ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/locating-bottlenecks/ On this post we are going to have a quick look at breakpoints and watches, features we can use during debug to locate code errors. Breakpoints You can attach a breakpoint to a line of code to stop script execution at that point. When you go to Run > Run, the application ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/breakpoints-and-watches/ The Debugger is the perfect tool to locate the source of any logic error in your application. You can use it to get control of the execution flow of your scripts while you watch the value of variables and expressions, allowing you to track the data until the point when ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/basic-debugging/ On this post, we will have a look at two kinds of PHP errors, and learn how we can save time using RadPHP to avoid them. Syntax Errors Syntax errors are the most fundamental errors, those produced by a PHP code that cannot be understood by the PHP interpreter, which reports them ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/avoiding-simple-errors/ This article is a follow up of Where It Was, Part Three. In the previous post, we made it possible to open places on an individual page, and to delete them. It is time now to add the only missing feature for our application: geolocation. We will store the geolocation data of ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/where-it-was-part-four/ This article is a follow up of Where It Was, Part Two. In the last post, we got our application to keep a database of places, and made it possible to add new places to the list. Now we will make it possible to open places on a second page, and ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/where-it-was-part-three/ This article is a follow up of Where It Was, Part One. In the previous post, we got a basic user interface to work on. Now it is time to make it actually do something. We will get the “Remember” button to add whatever we write on the MEdit field to ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/where-it-was-part-two/ In this tutorial, we are going to develop a simple mobile application from scratch using RadPHP. An Idea Is Born I am new in the city, I’ve just moved, and everything is new to me. I don’t know where things are, and most times I just follow my workmates to wherever they ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/where-it-was-part-one/ Next Thursday, November 24th, a technical seminar will be held in Madrid to talk about the new challenges of programmers, namely mobile devices, the web and social networks. Through practical lessons, attendees will learn how to take advantage of RadPHP to face these challenges. We will have Antonio Alonso with us, ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/php-programming-new-frontiers/ I am sorry I could not come with an original name for my first blog post. And I’ll pretend this apology was enough to break the ice *wink wink*. My name is Adrián Chaves Fernández (“Adrian” is OK). I am Documentation Writer for RadPHP. In short, I am responsible for making possible ... http://blogs.embarcadero.com/achaves/hello-world/