Swarm of XeBees

Name: Srirangan, aka "Sri"

Web Site: http://srirangan.net

Bio: I fiddle around with Python, Adobe Flex, Java and PHP. I run and occasionally play squash.

Posts by Sri

Test Driven Development with Zend Framework and PHPUnit

Posted on February 5th, 2010 2 Comments

Over the past few days I was going through the Zend Framework reference docs and I found myself pleasantly surprised with all that the latest version of this web application framework provides. My first thought was to just acknowledge the speed in which PHP as a technology has been maturing. Out of the many new features, what stood out for me was the ease with which Zend Framework and PHPUnit complement and work with each other.
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Enterprise adoption: Does HTML5 stand a chance against Flash technologies?

Posted on December 11th, 2009 3 Comments

I had been following up on HTML5 for the last few months and Abhay's XKE session a couple of days ago really helped better understand the scope and capabilities of HTML5 as a technology. But having worked with Flex for nearly three years and being familiar with what the Flash platform does offer, there was not much in HTML5 that got me really excited.

In fact I am going to stick my neck out and make a series of claims and eventually conclude that the benefits of choosing Adobe Flex today completely overshadow HTML5. Read more »