Comments on: How Do You Program On a Limited Budget? http://trentrichardson.com/2008/01/31/53/ practical web design & development Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:52:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: trenthttp://trentrichardson.com/2008/01/31/53/comment-page-1/#comment-13206 trent Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:20:00 +0000 http://trentrichardson.com/?p=53#comment-13206 Hey Derek,I have slowed down on my own work and since started subing out work through an all PHP company who uses cakephp. I don't get to play as much with django anymore, but i do miss it and I think it is a more complete framework. And I agree with you that python has major perks being able to use it for so many different tasks.The only downfall I saw with it is that it is so powerful the learning curve is greater than that with many php frameworks, though just to pick up the basics are pretty straight forward.I do miss one thing that with zend and code ignitor frameworks the wealth of "utilities" like ftp, image manipulation, file, and email helpers (unless django has added these since I've had a chance to play with it) These are everyday tools that always come in handy in my opinion, although I do understand the concept of the framework is to help structure your code.. Hey Derek,

I have slowed down on my own work and since started subing out work through an all PHP company who uses cakephp. I don’t get to play as much with django anymore, but i do miss it and I think it is a more complete framework. And I agree with you that python has major perks being able to use it for so many different tasks.

The only downfall I saw with it is that it is so powerful the learning curve is greater than that with many php frameworks, though just to pick up the basics are pretty straight forward.

I do miss one thing that with zend and code ignitor frameworks the wealth of “utilities” like ftp, image manipulation, file, and email helpers (unless django has added these since I’ve had a chance to play with it) These are everyday tools that always come in handy in my opinion, although I do understand the concept of the framework is to help structure your code..

]]> By: Derekhttp://trentrichardson.com/2008/01/31/53/comment-page-1/#comment-13201 Derek Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:29:48 +0000 http://trentrichardson.com/?p=53#comment-13201 I know this post is now more than a year old, but I am wondering where you are with Django now that the release is fully stable. For me, although I have just started with it, its clearly a league above and beyond PHP and other tools that I was using. Using Python for everything (including server side scripting, small programs etc.) also has major benefits. I know this post is now more than a year old, but I am wondering where you are with Django now that the release is fully stable. For me, although I have just started with it, its clearly a league above and beyond PHP and other tools that I was using. Using Python for everything (including server side scripting, small programs etc.) also has major benefits.

]]> By: trenthttp://trentrichardson.com/2008/01/31/53/comment-page-1/#comment-5265 trent Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:18:23 +0000 http://trentrichardson.com/?p=53#comment-5265 Hey John,Glad you stopped by. I generally post things I pick up here and there that I find useful, normally nothing groundbreaking tho.. I've not used inkscape much but would like to play with it more. As far as Postgres I've used it for nothing more than play so far, everything production has been MySQL, but I'm waiting on the opportunity do use it. Not sure what the future holds for PHP considering the frameworks gaining steam, but I find PHP to be the easiest to get up and running.I just took a look at Geany and it looks pretty nice, clean simple with plenty of features. Definitely going to give it a go. Hey John,

Glad you stopped by. I generally post things I pick up here and there that I find useful, normally nothing groundbreaking tho.. I’ve not used inkscape much but would like to play with it more. As far as Postgres I’ve used it for nothing more than play so far, everything production has been MySQL, but I’m waiting on the opportunity do use it. Not sure what the future holds for PHP considering the frameworks gaining steam, but I find PHP to be the easiest to get up and running.

I just took a look at Geany and it looks pretty nice, clean simple with plenty of features. Definitely going to give it a go.

]]> By: John Markhttp://trentrichardson.com/2008/01/31/53/comment-page-1/#comment-5264 John Mark Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:22:03 +0000 http://trentrichardson.com/?p=53#comment-5264 I know this post is nearly 3 months old, but I just stumbled upon your site and have been reading along to see if I can glean any useful tips. I thought listing my budget tools would be fun, so here they are!My distro of choice for now is Gentoo (I've been flirting with SourceMage, but haven't gotten it up and running yet [no time really]). For writing the code I started using Geany just last week, it's an excellent editor! I used to use bluefish, but Geany has stolen my heart! (speed, convenience, bells and whistles, project management, color selector). For artwork I use Gimp & InkScape. Inkscape has really simplified logo and site design for me, I draw what I want in InkScape, then export to PNG and do resizing and some effects in GIMP. MySQL so far is all I have used on the DB front, I've looked at Postgres but never actually used it, I have read some articles and such which say version 8 is making Postgres look rather mature, and has brought a lot of stability as well, so it may be time to start looking into it again. as for Server-side Scripting, PHP I think is the new commodity language, and who am I to break with defacto standards? I basically learned programming with PHP, now I am starting to branch out and learn other languages, but for server side scripting, PHP is all I have tried.* Gentoo * Geany * Gimp/InkScape * MySQL * PHP I know this post is nearly 3 months old, but I just stumbled upon your site and have been reading along to see if I can glean any useful tips. I thought listing my budget tools would be fun, so here they are!

My distro of choice for now is Gentoo (I’ve been flirting with SourceMage, but haven’t gotten it up and running yet [no time really]). For writing the code I started using Geany just last week, it’s an excellent editor! I used to use bluefish, but Geany has stolen my heart! (speed, convenience, bells and whistles, project management, color selector). For artwork I use Gimp & InkScape. Inkscape has really simplified logo and site design for me, I draw what I want in InkScape, then export to PNG and do resizing and some effects in GIMP. MySQL so far is all I have used on the DB front, I’ve looked at Postgres but never actually used it, I have read some articles and such which say version 8 is making Postgres look rather mature, and has brought a lot of stability as well, so it may be time to start looking into it again. as for Server-side Scripting, PHP I think is the new commodity language, and who am I to break with defacto standards? I basically learned programming with PHP, now I am starting to branch out and learn other languages, but for server side scripting, PHP is all I have tried.

* Gentoo
* Geany
* Gimp/InkScape
* MySQL
* PHP

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