One thing that has always been important to me, no matter what coding language I am using, is maintaining the readability of my code. We are constantly under pressure to get our development done, and a bit of foresight can help with maintainability in the future. The Perl mentality is the idea of solving a…
One of the best ways to improve your skills as a developer is to work for a purpose; that is, work to achieve something. If you attempt to study web development, you will probably find that if you don’t work towards a goal there is little motivation to keep you going. Building cookie-cutter websites and…
If you can access your website both with www and without then you are effectively serving duplicate content. I am sure Google are sensible enough to filter this out but some people feel like it could be an issue so my recommendation is better safe than sorry. Place the following code in your .htaccess file…
Commenting on your code is an essential part of keeping your projects maintainable. It will save you and your team time in the long run. Over-commenting is a problem. Explaining every last detail creates noise and makes your project harder to work on. Consider the following: Less is More.Say just enough to clarify any unusual situations….
