Learning PHP:

Every entrepreneur and business owner is familiar with the term ROI. However, when it comes to their business websites they have little or nothing to say when talking about ROI. The overwhelming amount of information in the digital world can trick even the sharpest mind. There seems to be one to many online marketing strategies…

I’ve been writing code since 1994, and have used many programming languages over the years to build commercial apps. Thought PHP was NOT my favorite language, years ago, I came to respect the pragmatic and effective nature of the PHP universe. From day one, with PHP, you just got things done fast. PHP sucks! PHP…

Hi! We are about to lock-down an app’s code base, before moving to a total rewrite from scratch. But before we move on, it is important that the current version be pretty much bug free, and fully functional. … Just in case the new version of the app doesn’t hit deadlines on time. At least…

Hi! Every now and then I blog about questions put to me by aspiring web developers and other tech professionals in training. Here you go: Web development is a moving target as technology changes. So what are the skills you need to start a web development business in 2017? It comes down to a few…

There are soooooooo many choices out there these days when it comes to writing PHP code. Here are just a few popular apps: Sublime Text – uber-nerds love this one! Notepad++ Dreamweaver – yes, it has a code editor too. jEdit And there are many others, and I am not including the PHP IDE’s out…

Hi, After a long delay (I wanted to get it right) my new subscription based training site is up and running – check out webmentor.org Why join webmentor? All my new videos will be there, you can ask questions right on the video pages, you have full access to the source files and my classic…

Hi Guys! So, I am just announcing our new video training subscription service we built using Laravel and Twitter Bootstrap … among other things. Check it out: webmentor.org What makes Webmentor.org different than what we’ve had in the past? Again, check it out: All the new videos will be in HD. All videos are responsive…

Let’s start with the conclusion: PHP is a great language to start teaching middle and high school students programming. My 10yrs + of teaching web design and programming has taught me that. Why? PHP is a much more approachable language compared to other popular languages out there. For example, Ruby is a great and powerful…

For web designers coming to PHP for the first time, programming can seem pretty complex. The main reason it feels that way, is because many PHP tutorials are not created by teachers … they are created by young programmers who have never taught before. … Believe it or not, there is a skill and a…

Hi, Based on my previous blog post, in this video I talk about what you need to do to become a web developer: Thanks! Stefan Mischook killerPHP.com