Author › Drew Falkman
Drew Falkman has been developing web applications since it was standard practice to test for Mosaic and Netscape. He rode the dot-com wave through growing a startup and achieving venture funding, and he is now happy to consult and train through his own company, Falkon Productions. Over the years, he has architected and worked on sites for customers from startup cattle auctions to Fortune 500 companies using a host of technologies including Java, ColdFusion, JavaScript, Adobe Flex/Flash, PHP, and WordPress. Also a writer, Drew has authored two books on Java for Adobe Press and done technical editing for Que Publishing and Wiley. He has been published in developers' journals and online, including on Adobe.com. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor and Developer and has spoken at conferences around the U.S. He currently resides in Santa Monica, CA.
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Shows how to install the latest version of PHP, the popular web application server, and reviews the performance enhancements and language improvements in the 5.4 release.
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Tours four open-source PHP frameworks, describing how to leverage each for developing basic applications.
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Shows developers how to integrate Flex applications with PHP-based data services.
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Teaches PHP developers how to create custom functionality for WordPress using widgets and plugins.
