Blog for April 2008

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CakePHP Updates It's Online Manual

We’ve been building a couple exciting projects on the CakePHP framework, and have recently been using the new 1.2 branch. So, as a developer, it’s been frustrating to try and look up information only to find the provided Manual was for 1.1 only... and it was out-of-date at that.

There was always excellent documentation for both 1.1 and 1.2, mostly around the API, but there were a couple times I needed a clearer explanation of a function or implementation.

Screenshot of CakePHP Manual

The new Manual, now located under it’s own subdomain, sports the look and feel the API and Trac pages have been using. A nice change, as it happily takes advantage of my widescreen monitor. The 1.1 branch documentation has been shuffled around a bit, so if you were used to looking something up there, this is going to take some getting used to. But other than that small detail, I appreciate the update... thanks guys!

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First Trailer for The Spirit

The first trailer for the comicbook movie, The Spirit, has been released. The movie is being directed by Frank Miller, creator of 300 and Sin City, and who helped direct the former. I know Frank Miller’s style in comic books of late, but I must admit I’m surprised to see this movie shot it exactly the same style as Sin City.

Now, don’t get me wrong! Sin City kicked all kinds of ass, but I wouldn’t equate the Will Eisner created character with Frank Miller’s black and white gritty crime style. Guess I’ll have to see it when it comes out, just with a slightly different set of expectations.

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