Yo! I recently got an email from a single mom asking two questions: Should I take StudioWeb or KillerSites University? Making money with PHP. My response: Hi Samatha, You asked: “… StudioWeb vs. KillerSites University?” KillerSites University was/is basically StudioWeb in an earlier form … that means you want to go with Studioweb. In fact,…
Hi! I’ve been teaching web design and programming for over a decade and I’ve been active building websites and web apps since 1994 – I’ve been around the block … and back again. Web Developer as a Career I have a few tips for you if you are thinking of becoming a web designer or…
Yo! Anyone who reads my stuff knows that if I am anything, I am practical. So when it comes to learning (and teaching) programming to someone new to the whole programming game, for several pragmatic reasons, I think PHP by far is the best language to begin with. Here are some of the reasons: It…
Hi, So we decided to work on streamlining and speeding up StudioWeb’s basic functionality. When it comes to user perceptions of a web application’s speed, the most important thing to look at is the request/response cycle. But first, the most obvious thing you can do, is to just increase your server’s speed: More RAM More…
Yo! I don’t how many of you are interested in PHP frameworks … if you are an intermediate level PHP programmer who understands OOP PHP, you ought start learning about PHP frameworks because they will save you a lot of time developing web applications and make them more robust. Anyway, when you have frameworks, you…
Hey! I am not sure why I feel like writing these days (could be because of more sunlight) but nonetheless, here I am with yet another article and video on PHP … in the same week! This weeks nerd question: When building mobile apps, should you use native languages (Objective C or Java typically) or…
Hi! For whatever reasons, I am in the mood to write … and I have a video too! So, what the heck is code refactoring? In a nutshell: It is the process of code refinement – taking messy code and reorganizing it into much more manageable (cleaner) chunks. Refactoring is such an important part of…
Hi, The point of this article: get people using your software ASAP! Now some of the details … The best teacher in any field is experience … and web programming is no exception! In the case of app creation though, it’s not just your experience as a coder that counts, but the experience of your…
Hi! I’ve been programming for about 18yrs … give or take a few months. I’ve been self employed or running businesses for over 20yrs and so when it comes to code and business, I know at least a little bit. Speaking of ‘bits’, let’s quickly talk about the latest ‘investment’ vehicle: bitcoin. What is Bitcoin?…
Best way to not build a massive website: load up a canon of nerds and fire them at said website. 🙂 Ok, let’s define that a little better! In a nutshell: A very large complex software system, has to be designed as a set of smaller independent systems, that communicate with each other using a…