Once you have an understanding of basic PHP concepts, the best way to develop your skills further, is to actually start building PHP applications – things that actually do something! Fortunately, the Web has matured much in the last decade, and we now know what types of applications people are typically looking for – things…

I recently had a conversation with a good friend of mine who has his finger on the pulse of the web app developer community – whether it be PHP, Ruby and even .Net. So I asked: Last we spoke, you mentioned that the Zend Framework was in a do or die situation? Can you elaborate…

Hi, Once you have a basic understanding of PHP, the easiest way to develop practical and marketable PHP skills, is to actually build things that people want! With that in mind, we’ve put together a brand new PHP video training package that does just that. Check it out: Take your basic PHP skills to the…

Hi, I got a pretty good question today, something I may have never talked about before: why did I drop Java? Short answer: Speed. … It is just so much faster to develop in PHP vs Java. Same can be said for Ruby, and in fact, many of those in the Ruby ranks, are disaffected…

Hey, Anyone who has read anything I’ve written (or watched my video blogs,) knows I can’t stand academics. I was particularly vocal against the early 2000’s Web Standards movement’s zealotry, wherein reality was pushed aside in favor of code purity. These nerds would ignore reality – for example: They would ignore how the most popular…

This is part 1 of a 3 part video tutorial where we teach you how to build out a password form, which will also give you the foundation to build other CMS forms. From our Build a CMS Course! To find more courses on PHP Programming, check out our Killersites Video Tutorial Library! Note that…

This is part 2 of a 4 part video tutorial on CMS option changes, where we start building up the files that the links link to. From our Build a CMS Course! To find more courses on PHP Programming, check out our Killersites Video Tutorial Library! Note that all of our videos are in a…

This is part 1 of a 4 part video tutorial where we expand on our course and teach you about CMS option changes. From our Build a CMS Course! To find more courses on PHP Programming, check out our Killersites Video Tutorial Library! Note that all of our videos are in a higher quality when…

As a web developer or web designer, you have to mindful of who your audience is when you are putting up a new web site or web application. Back in the 1990’s when I started, you had to consider which web browser but you were pretty safe to assume that people would be visiting your…

Hey Nerds! This just out: Android Market Share Doubles, iOS Drops In Q3 Android’s share of the worldwide smartphone market was 52.3% for Q3, double what it was a year ago, according to fresh data from Gartner. Apple’s iOS dropped on a year over year basis to 15% market share for Q3. The culprit for…