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CakeDC can help you maximize your knowledge of the CakePHP framework. We offer both individual and corporate training services as well as CakePHP Certification. Not sure if your code meets your requirements? Our experts can review any in-house or outsourced code to ensure that it meets your company’s exacting standards.

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From the experts' mind

Image saving and processing for high traffic sites

Fri, Feb 3rd 2012, 06:14 | Florian Krämer

I think everyone has already seen code similar like this:

 

What's wrong with this? Let's assume you have an image library behind the Thumb helper. It will process the image supplied in $image. It will try to create the thumbnail, opening a file if it does not already exist at the destination and start processing the image. Once complete, it will write it out to the - as long as process takes - locked file.

The issue with this is the ...

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Estimating Projects

Fri, Jan 20th 2012, 04:09 | Alejandro Ibarra

Most companies dealing with client project development are going to need an effective means of estimating and reporting on work. 

Some developers underestimate their work. This can be a result of a number of situations:

* Ignorance of legacy systems and current implementation

* Misunderstanding requirements

* Willingness to "prove themselves" by quoting a lower number of hours

* Lack of experience with project estimation

The result can b...

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