Weekend Links – PHP on Java, PHP Tree Structures, jEdit for PHP, Slow Coding, Developing For Facebook

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Five Hours For One Line of Code

Ever have one of these days? I don't know if I've ever spent five hours for one line, but I'm sure I've come close.
http://timstall.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/five_hours_for_one_line_of_code.htm

Top Five Reasons Building on the Facebook Platform is Foolish

NameStrategy provides five compelling reasons not to develop your web application for Facebook. Check it out.
http://www.namestrategy.com/social-media/top-5-reasons-building-on-the-facebook-platform-is-foolish.html

Convert Anything to Tree Structures in PHP

Looking to make tree-like array structures to handle your PHP code? Grab the code from this article.
http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net/techblog/article/convert_anything_to_tree _structures_in_php/

PHP on Java: Best of Both Worlds

Big news going around that PHP will be placed on the Java architecture. I think this is great -- I love both languages and think they can benefit from each other.
http://www.infoq.com/news/2007/10/php-java-stack

My Editor of Choice

Brian Moon blogs on his PHP editor of choice -- jEdit. I use jEdit for ALL of my text-editing needs and it's a great tool. Head over to jedit.org to download it.
http://doughboy.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/my-editor-of-choice/

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