| Brit Gardner ::: Web Developer ::: Dallas, TX

18 May

@damanlovett also, ActiveRecords are self contained. i.e. you create an Author and that Author can save and update itself in reply to damanlovett #
@damanlovett ActiveRecord can be used as a standalone lib, whereas CakePHP models are tightly integrated with CakePHP, plus syntactic diffs in reply to damanlovett #
@rossbates The app got presented at Microsoft’s Tech.Ed conference and was well received but we have been told not open floodgates yet in reply to rossbates #
I think #cakephp models are great, but I have to admit I’m excited about ActiveRecord for PHP http://bit.ly/C4hjA #
just made the switch from Monaco to Inconsolata after reading this article http://bit.ly/vv5HO #
up @cohabitat all by my lonesome #
get to build my first Comet app – kinda excited #

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