I am a software developer, web developer, entrepreneur, and an advocate of free/open source software, open standards, and open content. I am the technical director and co-founder of Found Line—a creative firm located in Burlington, Vermont—where I develop standards-based, accessible, and cross-browser compatible web applications.
Use of the Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern is generally accepted as a best practice in modern web applications. Like all design patterns, MVC is a reusable solution to a common problem. The MVC pattern is intended to address the following concerns: Support for multiple types of clients Reduce duplicate code when supporting multiple […]
The Boston PHP Northeast Conference’s Call for Papers will be closing on Thursday, April 12th so be sure to get your talk submissions in before then! The conference will be taking place on Saturday, August 11th and Sunday, August 12th at Microsoft’s NERD Center in Cambridge, MA and will be focused around four tracks: Core […]
January 5, 2012 – 2:42 pm
“What’s the future of CouchDB? It’s Couchbase.” —Damien Katz “The future of CouchDB is CouchDB.” —Noah Slater First of all, don’t panic. The Apache CouchDB project is thriving. There are plenty of core contributors who are dedicated to the project. If you’re using CouchDB, you’re fine. If you’re considering using CouchDB, you’ll be fine. CouchDB […]
December 30, 2011 – 12:15 pm
Continuing a trend started by Cal Evans and then followed by Chris Cornutt, Matthew Turland, and Joe Devon; here are the top five most viewed posts from my blog in 2011. 5. CouchDB and Domain-Driven Design This post covered two topics that are of great interest to me. Document databases like CouchDB have much potential […]
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December 12, 2011 – 10:41 am
I’m excited to be able to announce that the first ever Boston PHP Northeast Conference will be taking place on Saturday, August 11th and Sunday, August 12th at Microsoft’s NERD Center in Cambridge, MA. This regional event is intended for PHP beginners, enthusiasts, and professionals alike. The current plan is to have four tracks: Core […]
November 29, 2011 – 11:31 am
If you develop web apps, I encourage you to check out The Twelve-Factor App. This is an excellent resource for anyone building and deploying software-as-a-service. PHP has great support for many of the twelve-factors. I want to take a look at specifically how each factor may be applied to a PHP application. I. Codebase “One […]
October 27, 2011 – 4:05 pm
Here are the slides from Monday’s CouchConf NYC session on CouchApps with CouchDB, JavaScript and HTML5: CouchConf NYC CouchApps View more presentations from Bradley Holt
October 18, 2011 – 8:15 pm
Here are the slides from today’s ZendCon UnCon session on Domain-Driven Design: ZendCon 2011 UnCon Domain-Driven Design View more presentations from Bradley Holt If you were in this session, please give me feedback on Joind.in.
October 17, 2011 – 4:10 pm
Here are the slides from today’s ZendCon tutorial on Learning CouchDB: ZendCon 2011 Learning CouchDB View more presentations from Bradley Holt You can instead download the PDF version, if you’d prefer. If you were in this session, please give me feedback on Joind.in.
October 5, 2011 – 4:17 pm
This past Monday evening I was appointed by the City Council of the City of Burlington, Vermont to the Telecommunications Advisory Committee. In this volunteer position, my role is to advise the City Council on matters related to Burlington Telecom, a municipally owned telecommunications services provider. I have many of my own opinions about Burlington […]
