Author Archives: Dérico Filho

dbdesigner2cake : DBDesigner 4 Scaffold Tools for CakePHP – 1.0.5 – Minor Release

Hello All, A minor bug release of dbdesigner2cake is available. Those who are using the release 1.0.4 are recommended to upgrade to 1.0.5. A small bug on a global variables turned the new parameter –core almost useless. Well, as I usually … Continue reading

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Human Tech – Sex and chocolate enhances brain capacity.

The book Teaching yourself: Training Your Brain from the authors Terry Horne and Simon Wootin analises how life style interfere with people’s mental capacities. Many of the suggestions sustained on the book are based on chemicals released by the body … Continue reading

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Human & Nature Tech – Skin ageing ‘reversed’ in mice

Californian researchers had found a protein – NF-kappa-B – acknowledged to play a role in numerous aspects of ageing. They managed to rejuvanate the skin of two-year old mice. According to the leader scientist of the research, Dr. Chang from … Continue reading

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Nature Tech – Pomegranate as natural medicine for sexual impotence.

A study published in Journal of Impotence Research by researchers of University of California suggests that Pomegranate has blood properties similar to Viagra, and therefore might be used for healing sexual impotence. However, the researches claims that further studies should … Continue reading

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Five Regions of the Future – First Thoughts.

The book reveals itself as a framework which helps cataloging the technologies and views of the future into five categories, which they call Regions. However this approach might sound simplistic, the its simplicity makes it very useful and valuable. Continue reading

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dbdesigner2cake : DBDesigner 4 Scaffold Tools for CakePHP – 1.0.4 – Minor Release

Hello All, A minor change in dbdesigner2cake is available. If you are comfortable with current release, there is no need of upgrade. A new parameter is now available: –core DIRECTORY             uses CakePHP core files in the given directory This parameter … Continue reading

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dbdesigner2cake : DBDesigner 4 Scaffold Tools for CakePHP – 1.1.0 UNSTABLE BRANCH

Hello All, Dbdesigner2cake has branched to 1.2 roadmap. Until it is unstable, its release number shall be 1.1.x. When it’s ready, it will be released as 1.2. One new parameter is now available: -c, –check-for-changes It keeps checking the XML … Continue reading

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DBDesigner2Cake 1.2 Roadmap.

Hi all, As many may have noticed, dbdesigner2cake was made stable and many of the fundamental features are already implemented. Beside the basic homework (code organisation and documentation), I have few ideas for dbdesigner2cake 1.2 branch: Reverse Engineering: It would analyse … Continue reading

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IMHO, CakePHP made PHP bondage-and-discipline.

Hi everyone, In My Humble Opinion, I think CakePHP made PHP bondage-and-discipline. The first time I heard about RubyOnRails, CakePHP, PHPonTrax, JavaOnSails &c… I thought: “Hey! it’s no novelty, actually there’s a book named ‘Design Patterns’ that deals with all … Continue reading

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dbdesigner2cake supports CakePHP 1.1 and 1.2

Hello All, Dbdesigner2cake now officially supports CakePHP 1.1 and 1.2. Actually, when you use it on CakePHP 1.2 it offers a new parameter, which is shown below:   -wb, –with-bake             generate controller and view code using bake shell. This options … Continue reading

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