Web Development
Web Developer Resources: A Mega-Compilation
The Internet is constantly growing and there are hundreds of thousands of collective resources for upcoming web developers. From online articles, tutorials, tools, guides, to videos, you can learn just about anything over the Web. It has really never been easier to jump online! Below I’ve put together
App-pocalypse Now
I’m getting pretty sick of being nagged to install your damn apps. XKCD helpfully translates: Yeah, there are smart app banners, which are marginally less annoying, but it’s amazing how quickly we went from “Cool! Phone apps that finally don’t suck!” to this sad, eye rolling, oh-great-of- course-you-have-an-app-too state of affairs.
14 developer certifications that will give you an edge
Developer and programming skills are in high demand, and this isn’t changing anytime soon. Achieving a developer certification can help you keep an edge in the market by making you stand out among your peers. You’ll finally have the qualifications you need for that big promotion, or you might even find that a new job is now a better fit.
AngularJS
Refactoring Angular Apps to Component Style
Or, how to modernize your crufty AngularJS codebase one simple step at a time Component-based directives are becoming increasingly popular in the Angular community. One reason for this is that Angular 2 will be all about components and people are preparing their 1.x code for the upgrade.
Top 15 websites and apps built with AngularJS | Blog
today we will look upon top 15 websites built with AngularJS to let you know more about this technology.
7 Free eBooks To Learn AngularJS
So you’ve been following this Angular series (if you haven’t, start from the top here) and have come to a point where you are somewhat comfortable with playing with Angular or even building an app with it. For a more complete guideline when studying a project, we can
PHP
An example of how Node.js is faster than PHP
I wanted to see what all the Node.js hype was about so I decided to run some head to head load tests using (Node.js) and (php). The results were incredible with Ghost soundly trouncing WordPress. It was like watching a starship racing an airplane (well, what I imagine that would be like anyway).
What to Expect When You’re Expecting: PHP 7, Part 1
As many of you are probably aware, the RFC I mentioned in my PHP 5.0.0 timeline passed with PHP 7 being the agreed upon name for the next major version of PHP. Regardless of your feelings on this topic, PHP 7 is a thing, and it’s coming this year!
PHP7 vs PHP5 API Benchmark
Hi There, Our backend team here @ API Plug constantly tests and benchmarks various frameworks and technologies. Today we’ll be publishing our benchmark for PHP7 vs PHP5.6 running Laravel 5.2 framework. Environment has a big effect on outcome. For this test we initialised DigitalOcean’s smallest droplet. With no additional caching mechanism or optimizations.
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What top developers think about when choosing a WordPress hosting provider
When choosing a WordPress host, one of the most important considerations is performance. Of course, every hosting provider will say their service is the fastest, the most scalable, and the most reliable. So how do you evaluate different providers and determine which is right for your needs?