@Afam thanks for understanding and also proving how good a webmaster you are bye

though I have better things to do I saw the attacks so I decided to clearify myself.
please all the guys thinking I don't know what I was talking about please take some time off and read this and after reading

http://www.cmswire.com/cms/industry-news/php-vs-java-vs-ruby-000887.php

then we can argue but constructively because I don't have time to arguing destructively.

if you read that article very well dated November 2006, you will understand why I said php is good for startups and for big projects people go direct for java and the main advantage is that java supports BIG TEAMS WORKING ON ONE PROJECT TOGETHER. php supports this sparsely unless you go for ruby on rails ports.

@Afam I am tired of your talks of me knowing nothing and new on the web. this is my current project www.studentnetworks.in and yes I am in Africa but working on an Indian website. Please try talk less about others you barely know. more to that I am Macromedia Certified since 2005. I don't talk about what I don't know I read articles and add to my skills everyday. I hope next time you wont say I know nothing. and as an advice try to signup for some google alerts for some topics you like it will give you articles to read everyday because you are not soo current.
Good Luck

talking about this

No wonder over 70% of dynamic websites in the world run on PHP, never mind people attacking all the time.

With PHP there are no limits especially as it relates to the web, which by the way is what it was designed for in the first place.

because php runs 70% web it doesnt mean its good enough for real engineering. try to answer this.
Could Sergey Brin and Larry Page build Google with php ?? what of Gmail can you build that with php and have such ease of use, what of google docs and spreadsheeth.

Well facebook.com and yahoo.com are php, do you know the difficulties involved in scalling the server farms.
php is good for startups cos its cheaper to run but in the future you have to change to something more robust like java or C#.
So its advisable you know java and C# and even ruby on rails though your coding your stuffs in php.
the guys of facebook all know C++ and right now facebook is running on C++ extensions and no more php
Hope you get it all, and this is just my own 2 cents so no one should come here and say here I go again talking what I know nothing about

ok the code above is javascript and its actually coded like that when you use jquery www.jquery.com , can any one come up with what it will actually do ??
Hey buddies I choose what to post, and whatever you think would be a better way to post it is your own version of the post
about the guru part its just a manner of talking, because even the SCJP exam wont make you a guru.

hey my2cent I like you answer its almost close to it but not quite. I made the question vaque with a reason so that guys will try to search arround to know the stuff and it will increase their knowledge.
Else it wont be a question anymore, the real problem there is identifying the language.
Any more guru out there to just come and chop it for us ?? ?

ok now lets get another test.
who can explain the following code snippet ?

$('.b').empty().append("mambe churchill".hide('slow')

-what is that language
- is it under a framework
-what does it do ??
lets think together

But from my point of view, i don't think its a good idea to store images in databases
i love to be able to move my images around without having to rely on mysql server to interprete the blob for me

Again, I might want to update the images using FTP

another thing is that it is slower reading images from database

what i do is store images in directories and keep the file name in the database(excluding the directory, because it make it easier to change directory names later on.)

I support that too. I have used it on my sites (www.ubstudents.com) and its easy to maintain but the problem comes only when you run a very big site with millions of users where you have to do virtual servers and use a grid of computers to power the site,
in a case where you think you will need to use grid of computers then I prefer you go with the other option where you encode the picture and store it as blog like in the tutorial. This way if a user uploads his picture in server A and he logins in again and he is being served from serverB his pictures will come from the database which will be one.
hey if you don't get this second part then you don't need it.
Just follow the first option store name in db and store picture in folder. easy one

@my2cent
I like your explanation yet I have been reading all that and I cant figure out what web 2.0 refers to. at the end of the day web 2.0 is actually what you think it is when you are creating a web 2.0 site.
So any person on earth defines his or her own web 2.0 like we all define our own XML schema
hope I am not wrong ?

Scream if you need a flash site like the one prodgal did then you can contact us www.afrovisiongroup.com
if prodgal is busy

what is WEB 2.0 ?
I get confussed when I think about this term, is it abou AJAX or about community driven solutions or about php sites or about the web cloud or about advertisement backed websites or about millions of dollar websites or about venture capital backed solutions or about rounded buttons or about a particular style of designing sites or about any web business or about flash/flex RIAs or about what ?,
somebody help me out with some good explanations.

Today on the web,the look and feel of websites on the web is really challenging for webmasters in that we have to know about virtually all the good web designing softwares to make things easier for ourselfs,
but so far has there been any software better than dreamweaver 8?

why is everybody arguing in the forum
well the poster wants to know if there is a better web designing utility out there better than dreamweaver 8. and I was thinking guys will come and post MS front page or google page creator and give reasons why they are better or something like php designer for those who design dynamic pages.

I must say as far as web site designing or XHTML and css is concerned Dreamweaver 8 is the best in the industry till something comes up from the Microsoft Expression Camp.
But if you are working with php and html more then consider phpdesigner http://www.mpsoftware.dk/phpdesigner.php and it will make you code php and feel its java on eclipse

@poster
if its not bad dont fix it, so I guess your current solution is working if so move on, and when it starts giving you trouble now you have a reason of fixing it.
so if its working and its not costing you much on server and db, then go with it, else look for a better solution

why are some guys scaring others off Java.
Java to me is a universal language and if you claim you are a software developer be it web or desktop or enterprise you should get your hands on java and you wont regret it.
Knowing java will give you a wider understanding of modern day programming and after java you can take a week to learn php and code better Object Oriented php than the procedural stuffs most people do which is crapy. you can take another week to learn C# and start building some desktop applications like notepad
or another week to learn ruby on rails and build web apps like www.twitter.com within one week. or you can just improve your skills in java an start building things like gmail with google web toolkit and eclipse
if you got the time and brains invest into java and you wont regret it.

So @ Poster I would advice you to use one bullet to shooot all programming languages and your best shot is java [IMHO]
I learned java and now I code in C#, php, actionscript 1.0,2.0 3.0 , python, ruby on rails and a couple of others not to mention. because of java I leaned jquery (www.jquery.com) in one night. Java is about best practises and industry standards, so go in for that.

nice design prodgal I like the site but it seems not to show any preloader

@Afam and Timmy
I think you guys have had personal problems before because I don't understand why you guys are fighting rightnow
the reason all of us are talking on this post is because Afam posted a site for review and frankly speakin the sites design was Crap which Afam himself had accepted but if you guys continue then I would like others to see the two company sites

Afam: http://www.justwebservices.com/

Timmy: http://www.techimpactwebs.com/

looking at the two portfolios if I was to hire somebody for my next project I will most probably call in Timmy because people (users) don't care if is php or xxxx running the sites or how complicated the algorithms are if the site is not presentable the codes and algorithms are wasted. infact users don't care about the codes they care about what appeals thats why linux is still not taking the market from windows on the desktop. Design first the codes after
if you want attack me bring it on. but Afam don't think you can attack me on anything infact don't waste your time

hey nice stuff
since I don't have time, let me just work it out and I don't realy want to test it, from replies I will know if I was correct or not


ANSWER

there are three alerts:

the first alert will display 23 // because the or in javascript will get to the second part. let me expand the code so it will be clear if((i=0) || (i=23)) so after such a line of code i will be holding 23 which is the last

the second alert shows hello //because the if statement ends as if(true)

the third alert shows false // because if(i=false) will boil down to if(false) and nothing will proceed and the next if also test if(false) and doesnt procceed and finally the last alert is alert(false) which is actually false

I hope my brainstorming is right
kudos to u prodgal but I must confess that I used the reasoning from actionscript 1.0 and not javascript but they are similar

Google is the web king and who ever does not follow them is not following the internet

@Afam
I have one question: DO YOU THINK YOUR SITES HAVE GOOD DESIGN OR VERY POOR DESIGN.
and why do u think so

your answer to the question will help many people out there
chaoo!!!

hey guys come on why 3
is it because 1 in javascript is true or what ??
because if 1 is not true in javascript like it some other languages then the answer is 1 and if its true the answer is 3.
anyway I think in javascript anything other than an empty string (" " and false is true
so the answer is 3

@Afam
I think you are hardworking but one thing you need is professional design. Consider these very good web building terms: simplicity, usability and aesthetics, and if you havent done those then you are not yet qualified as a web developer. Web developers are always good designers because you cant program without designing [IMHO] without design what are you programming for , php is actually automating design of html pages.
So Afam consider getting a designer or jumping into fireworks or photoshop tutorials. I checked all your sites and I realised they had thesame design and to make things worse the sites dont reflect your potentials. You are a great guy but you need to make your works show that too. Forget the clients, you have the duty to educate them and not listen to them. Man if you are talking about simple design, then see Google and you will see that its simple yet its attractive. Not simple but unpleasant.
all in all please consider your design skills or hire a designer and concentrate on your codes and you will still be making your money. Please dont attack me again about being new on the web, because I am not new.
http://www.jidealakija.com\
this link from a previous poster is actually simple design but attractive and usable.

@Phantom
hey do u know what Phantom means in French
Ok now talking about getting Venture Capital, do you know you can setup a facebook application and get funding from Facebook Fund ??
how many guys have tried ??
if you dont know much about facebook fund just follow this link www.google.com/search?q=facebook+fund

my last discussion was about "African business making it big, ", and in that post I realised one big problem affecting African IT Projects or businesses.
Venture Capital is the term making Silicon Valley and the Bangalore Area what it is today, so how can Africans also get this Venture Capital funding, or how can they get Angel Investors to help their businesses grow.
I have two proposals:
- You could get a job, or use your skills to get contracts and raise money or do some other business and raise funds then invest into your web project or business or firm
- Maybe a website could be setup where Africans can show their projects and others can comment, review, recommend, sponsor, buy or invest or partner with.
This post https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-68143.0.html has a great deal of info about VC, I saw stuff like whogobuy.com enownow.com https://www.legwork.com.ng afamite and some other concepts, I dont know why Afam didnt post Afamite when I asked for African businesses making it big.
I would like others to suggest so every body can learn how to get funds to setup a nice online business as big as facebook or google right here from Africa, why not

man I must say Echeruo is a nice sample of an African who has made it big, with 3million USD a year or so
I must say I give him n rounds of applause, I hope more Africans get to his level.

Well the competition is good but I think guys will cheat so there must be limits in the languages used
Ok what I mean by cheat is this:
With ruby on rails I can build the CRUD app in 5 mins, does that mean I was part of the competition ?? or with something like Cakephp or codeigniter all php ports for ruby on rails I will complete the same app in 5mins, and it will run on windows linux, Mac and on any mobile with a good browser.
So we might want to exclude some languages like ruby and python just like Google Code Jam is giving less time if you are using python to solve a problem.

@prodgal
I am Macromedia Certified Flash Developer for MX 2004, since August 2005. I stumbled upon flash in 2004 and till today am still on it. To see more of my flash works just visit www.afrovisiongroup.com and see all stuffs I have been doing or direct www.afrovisiongroup.com/projects.php

@***
I know Africans need Venture Capital, but there are other means of taking your company up without venture capital if you have a good product you can use your skills raise money and invest into your company.
And besides there are no excuses in life, you wont say its because I didnt get a VC firm thats why I am not making it big, at the end of it all you didnt make it big.
So guys with skills can get into other ways of generating funds rather than VC firms, you could work fora company or catch contracts from government or company or seek for some outsourcing jobs from guys over sees, and then invest into your company and make it big
REMEMBER THERE ARE NO EXCUSSES IN LIFE, its either you make it big or you don't.
I would still want guys to post success stories here so that some of us can read and learn new ways of making it in Africa

@A* or so
if I didnt think before posting you wont be commenting right now.
but if you dont get the point then you keep it low, or is it that you dont have any product you can show off ??
I dont get it, why are u against the post ??
do u think its about competition if so yes its about competition if no competition then Microsoft wont be trying to buy Yahoo to better fight Google. Man competition is key, so I wanted to see what others are doing and also to let everybody see what others are doing, so they could better compete.
its my intention and he who ever gets me wrong can do whatever

my2cent
you should be happy I shared my idea in the forum, and you should take it or leave it, I was doing so for a good purpose and not attracting the spotlight but I think your argument is just for the "spotlight". if so then its too bad. guys will now learn how to better use templates and who said we will instantiate a class in CSS, Well if you got it that wrong then I am sorry men u need to read it five times and get the philosophy in it. but if u read normally, you will still understand how to use templates and thats what I wanted to share
if u don't still get it, then u will never get it

well Prodgal
I get you clearly and I like the blogs you just posted but I wanted guys to expose their works, and all they do is criticise. I prefer they dont post anything. If I wanted to check if am amongst the top guys what I will do is post my own business and call a challenge but all I did was create a topic so guys could post stuff so others can see.
The title clearly states where I was going to and I am sorry if you got me wrong.

My2cents
the truth is you understand what I am trying to say, but the problem now is you just want to be a hero, ok buddy you are the boss, the hero, you happy now, you accept the concept but reject details, why do u say if I ended on the equation u wont argue, so you know I have some sense in it aight.
My message has gone accross and thats the main reason am on NL anyway, so if you want to keep arguing am out. many guys didnt know CSS was psuedo Object Oriented now they know.
and thats my 2 cents
piss out "like usher" or should I sing the Paul and Peter Song again "game over"

well men
I just want to know what my african brothers have been doing and a discussion forum is a media ground.
there are many news articles in this forum, so I dont see ur point afam
I want posting of stuffs like nairaland which is successfull by Seun
and others like Webmasters of Africa which is also faring by my2cents

Hey My2cents, CSS is not a programming language but CSS works in an Object Oriented System, and such it has Object Oriented Concepts. Read my post and you will see that all I did was say if we apply Object Oriented Concepts. so to make it whole CSS is psuedo OOP but i has Object Oriented Concepts and if u go to www.w3schools.com or wherever you will be told CSS is psuedo Object Oriented programming
Game Over "P-Square"