Web Development

Last week, I wrote about my discontent with PHP and why I chose to give Python a shot at becoming my new tool of choice. Since then, Python and I have spent a lot of time t...

This article introduces the very basics of writing stored procedures with PostgreSQL (aka Postgres), an open-source database system. It is intended for both Postgres newbies ...

PHP is simultaneously the most infuriating and joyful languages you’ve probably ever worked with. “infuriating” primarily because the function names are so inconsistant. Here’s...

A .htaccess file is a file that works on Apache and other NCSA-compliant webservers. The name is actually a bit of a misnomer due to the fact that hyper-text access is only a s...

CSS is a new option for website designers that have been using HTML and tables for most of their web designing careers. Of course, it is a huge change and requires learning a n...

(...)You get object-oriented languages like Java and Smalltalk, and function-oriented languages like PHP. Well that was the theory, until PHP introduced its objects model in PH...

"Learn when and how to implement this new technology". This article focuses on usability and issues concerning implementing AJAX in web UIs. It suggests how it should and how i...

Websites are built for specific types of viewers and must appeal to a definite target market. Users must be able to view your site, scan everything, and immediately understand ...

Learn and implement vital tips on increasing your website s performance. Find out how to make general improvements, how to optimize images, tweak HTML source code, get better r...

1. Home page. Your home page is the very first page that someone will find when they input your domain name into their browser and press the enter key. Within seconds, t...

Taste comes in many forms . What may seem poor website design to one, may be good website design to another. Website design is an expensive and extensive part of any website bu...

Search engine optimization is the process of choosing targeted keyword phrases related to a website, and ensuring that the website places well when those keyword phrases are pa...

As a webmaster you already know how important it is that your web pages download fast. In a nutshell, if your pages are slow, then you're losing visitors. And if you're losing ...

If anything about current interaction design can be called “glamorous,” it’s creating Web applications. After all, when was the last time you heard someone ra...