Hi, I recently read an article (in Techcrunch,) where the author suggest that JavaScript may have problems with projects with over a million lines of code … and because of that, you should consider alternatives. WHAT!? This is a silly thing to say because for 99% of us, we will never even come close to…

Hi, I am HUGE advocate of learning alternative languages and frameworks. So that means if you are a PHP Zend man, I would suggest learning another MVC framework like Laravel or any other PHP framework that looks interesting to you – there are many to choose from: Cake PHP CodeIgniter Symfony … Etc PHP programmers…

Hi, So you know a little PHP and you’ve heard about PHP frameworks like Zend, CodeIgniter and Laravel but you have no idea what they really are and why you might want to learn them … if this is you, watch this video: If you like the video, be social about it and let people…

Hi, So a bunch of CodeIgniter nerds/contributors decided to build a new framework because things about CodeIgniter didn’t sit too well with them … tell me something new. Don’t get me wrong, I am not putting down the Laravel crew for what they did, I just wanted to point out this happens all the time….

Hi, Some of you know that once upon a time, I was a big Java programmer … I loved Java! But that was a long time ago and I will never go back. I left Java because it became a big bloated monster, as the effects of corporate design-by-committee took hold. … When that happens,…

Hi, I want to announce that we just released a new mini video course on form validation with PHP and Javascript. Some details about the video course: In this Mini Course, learn how to use both PHP and Javascript to validate HTML forms. Proper form validation is helpful to everyone involved: It allows the web…

Web programmers have to keep on their toes – you can’t let yourself fall behind using old technology that nobody is interested in. Flash anyone? … I didn’t think so! Ok, let’s start: 1. PHP is STILL King of the Server Side! PHP was not the first language I learned (it was JavaScript) and PHP…

Hi, So you’re a young nerd programmer who is trying to decide which direction to go in when it comes to programming for mobile devices, should you learn iOS development or Android? Bottom line: Learn HTML5 and JavaScript development. Some details: At this time, Android is by far the most popular mobile OS with about…

Hi, One of the things that I see time and time again, is a (once hot) technology … fall into a niche. This time, I think it is native iOS programming that will slowly fade away. Why? Here are my top five reason why native iOS programming will become niche: iPhone penetration is falling –…

Hi, We’ve just release the first of a few mini video courses: PHP Tag Cloud with MySQLi It’s a cool little video tutorial that runs for about 51 minutes, and it teaches you how to create this tag cloud. Besides teaching you common tasks, the mini courses are designed to introduce people to different techniques…