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Web Dev
29 Articles
3 books every beginner web developer should read
You can pretty much learn anything online these days if you know where to look and if you are willing to pay a buck or two in the process....
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September 10 2020
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3 min read
How to avoid enormous network payloads
Performance on the web is important in order to provide a fast and smooth overall web surfing experience to your site visitors....
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May 21 2020
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5 min read
The Process Of Redesigning A Website
Most websites will at some point in their lifetime require a makeover, either due to newer methodologies in web development or due to user ...
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April 12 2014
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6 min read
Helpful Resources For Web Developers
Making a website can get complex. And I mean, a full website, not a blog or a site with static content. I mean more a website with a busine...
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May 08 2015
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4 min read
A Quick 5 Minute Guide To CSS Media Queries
CSS3 Media Queries are one of the best things to happen to front-end development since that terrible blink tag was deprecated eons ago and ...
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November 17 2014
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5 min read
How to set up a free SSL certificate on GoDaddy
These days, thanks in part to browser default security settings, you really can't go without having an SSL certificate installed on your web...
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January 09 2021
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4 min read
4 tips to handle 404 images on your websites
Missing images on a website are one of the most common issues that web developers face. Particularly if you don't really have a well thought...
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May 17 2022
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4 min read
Important Web Developer Skills To Learn
In my 6 years writing software professionally and countless others non-professionally I've come across many of the same scenarios many a ti...
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June 27 2014
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5 min read
How To Set Up an SSL Certificate With GoDaddy
While in the past it seemed like you could do just fine without the hassle of setting up an SSL certificate, it seems that as of late that ...
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December 07 2017
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4 min read
I Just Discovered Google PageSpeed And This Is What I Learned
Site optimization is usually not too important until you have a good flow of traffic coming your way. However, your sites page speed might ...
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January 16 2014
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2 min read
Deprecated HTML tags to stop using
The following is a list of the the currently deprecated HTML tags that you should probably stop using in your markup.While they may not be t...
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March 16 2021
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5 min read
5 essential downloads every web developer should be using
If you are relatively new to web development then this list is for you. It is my top 5 most used (probably) apps installed on my work laptop...
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September 21 2020
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5 min read
5 Web Developer Blogs to read in 2021
Blogs are still one of the best ways to stay up to date with the latest happenings in the realm of code and software engineering. Mainly bec...
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March 10 2021
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4 min read
How to setup your first blog on SiteGround
There are a million options when it comes to setting up and creating your first blog. You have everything from out-of-the-box solutions, suc...
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April 05 2021
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7 min read
4 potential routes to becoming a web developer
This is a popular question that I often get asked from people who are familiar with coding, but not quite skilled enough or confident enough...
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December 17 2018
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6 min read
The biggest problem with using target=_blank
Before browsers had tabs, websites would often open new webpages in their own instances of the browser. You would eventually come to know th...
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August 17 2021
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3 min read
Making It Easier To Get Hired As a Web Developer
Demand for talented web developers is on the rise. And if you are one, then you might not just be waltzing into your next job interview so ...
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January 07 2018
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4 min read
Improving My PageSpeed Insights Score
It's that time of the year again to check on my websites performance using Google Pagespeed Insights. And things could definitely use an up...
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July 31 2018
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6 min read
What Exactly Is A Website
Most people know what a website is from a visual perspective. But most people, including many tech people, have no idea what a website actu...
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February 28 2017
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6 min read
How To Fix AutoCorrect
I have auto-correct turned on all the time on my phone, but I hate it. Can't stand it. And for the life of me, I can't understand why I......
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August 30 2016
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4 Web Technologies To Learn This Year
Because one is never truly done learning. Here is a list of some important technologies that web developers should pick up this year. Some ...
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July 02 2016
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4 min read
Do web developers need computer science degrees?
Despite the rapid growth of the internet and the huge demand for skilled web developers these days, many companies still have set in stone r...
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June 07 2021
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5 min read
9 HTML Tags You Should Start Using
As the HTML specification gets updated year after year, new tags get added and old tags get deprecated. And it's hard to keep up sometimes w...
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March 15 2021
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6 min read
Choosing The Right Web Server
With so many different hosting options today, it can be confusing and time-consuming finding the right one. Mainly because it's going to co...
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August 01 2016
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4 min read
5 platforms where you can host your websites for free
If a monthly payment plan is what is holding you up from launching your website or portfolio, then you'll be relieved to know that there are...
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August 16 2021
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5 min read
How to avoid "flash of invisible text" (FOIT)
Fonts have become so increasingly complex during the past decade to the point where you probably need to set up a development meeting with y...
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July 14 2021
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3 min read
Fourteen Tools Every Web Developer Should Use
If you would like to work smarter and not harder in the new year, you might want to check out the latest technology that will make your job...
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January 13 2018
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7 min read
Getting to know Heroku in 5 minutes
Heroku is a cloud application platform that first launched in 2007 with a single programming language in mind, Ruby....
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September 27 2021
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7 min read
Why do you need to set an alt attribute on an image tag?
You might have seen it promoted as a 'best practice' often times on the internet. But setting the alt property on an <img tag should pret...
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May 11 2022
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5 min read
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