Undoubtedly if you are new to the computer programming scene you have been overwhelmed by the number of other people telling you how to go about learning a new language. These people might be saying things like "Go to Codecademy.com" or "Check out this online tutorial". But what many of these programmers really miss is that people should use multiple resources in tandem when it comes to learning. In this ...
Do you have a project that you were really excited about in the beginning but now your lack of motivation has you saying "Not that project again, bleh"? I think we all suffer from that once in awhile. Especially on those projects where we are not the lead or never thought of the project to begin with. How are we going to get excited about making a program to track ...
I can't even count how many times I have seen someone new to the programming scene ask the question "I am new to programming and want to know which is the right language to learn first." Then of course there are a ton of veteran programmers that jump in there and start recommending every language under the sun and all sorts of ways to go about learning them. "No learn ...
First I want to say Happy 2015 everyone! It seems to me the more frustrated programmers get with their code problem domains the more likely they are to take it out on the languages they are using. Naturally JavaScript and PHP both take the brunt of the abuse because of their popularity, sometimes necessity and of course their numerous implementation oddities. A lot of programmers working with these languages == ...
This is part 6 of a 6 part series looking at the some of the wonderful features of PHP 5.5 and why it might remain a dominate web language for the future. This series was originally written for the Software Developer’s Journal. Through this multi-part series we covered some of the great features that have made version 5.5 a solid branch of development. But where do we go from here? What ...
This is part 5 of a 6 part series looking at the some of the wonderful features of PHP 5.5 and why it might remain a dominate web language for the future. This series was originally written for the Software Developer’s Journal. One of the main criticisms of PHP has always been "it is sloooowwww" or "slower than ______" (fill in the blank with some other trendy language). While sometimes this ...
