If you were following the contest over at sitepoint, then you will know they are giving away a free book. If not, well it is ready for your download.
Check it out at: http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2010/07/12/our-jquery-book-is-free-for-12-hours/

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If you are new to writing classes you should start with what you know and then refactor it into a class. You can start out with straight forward linear code, convert the final code to functions then move from functions to a class. Read the rest of this entry »

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In a few days, they are giving away one of their most popular
books. Which book will it be? Only time will tell …

Check out the details here:

http://www.sitepoint.com/launch/thiscup

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The client wants the project finished yesterday and he/she will get you the information you need, to finish the project, tomorrow.

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Free online jquery book, need I say more? Don’t pass this up: http://www.rebeccamurphey.com/jqfundamentals/book/release/html/

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Right out of the box it is ready to go. Let me define ready. After installing PHPEd, simply create a project, write some code, then run the code and watch PHPEd render your php code via the internal browser and internal web server. And it doesn’t stop there, debugging is just as easy. Compare this to other PHP editors where you need to setup a web server and debugging environment in order to write and debug code. No doubt, even with PHPEd you will eventually want to setup your own web server and debugging environment in order to fully test your app, but as a noob coder, phped makes getting started coding easy because it is ready to run right out of the box.

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I generally use Nusphere PHPEd for all of my php coding needs. However I keep giving Aptana Studio a spin and then end up returning back to PHPEd. Aptana has many nice features not found in PHPEd such as highlighting the opening and closing of an html tag which is useful for when you are trying to figure out which piece of code to edit. Also you are able to attach a hot key to an svn commit. This makes committing files while writing code a very non-distracting process.

In spite of these features and the many more nice features, I am deterred from using it because of the problems that occur. For one it has a problem with losing my information. A couple of times I have opened up the program only to find that all my ftp and project information was missing. Just recently when using the program, my hot keys stopped working. This only happened in Aptana Studio. Another issue was the color coding was out of wack a few times. When I opened the file, the code was all black. I shut the program down and started it up again and all was working fine. Then the last thing that happened: I used to link my project to external libraries and was able to get documentation on a class included in the external library. That quit working for no apparent reason.

The trade off for me is really between having a boat load of useful features (Aptana Studio) versus reliability (Nusphere PHPEd).

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One of the most problematic areas in relationships is communication. Whenever two or more people come together for any reason, it is expected that there will be mis-communication taking place. If we would all take the time to learn to communicate better, we would have eliminated a great deal of the problems that occur. It is amazing how the solution to our problems can be so simple as simply asking a question or making a comment. Often times, we have not because we fail to speak out.

So if there is information you would like to see at webdevnoobs.com, speak your mind.

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I recently came across this book titled “Design and Launch an Online Web Design Business in a Week”. No doubt the title is somewhat misleading because nobody can “Design and Launch an Online Web Design Business in a Week”. However you could possibly read this book in one week and what you will learn within it’s pages is well worth the price.

Buy This Book.

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A similar question to this is often asked on discussion forums. What is the best PHP editor? What is the best CSS editor? Which editor should I use for web page design? And usually you will see a series of posts each polling for their favourite editor. “html-kit is the one I use”, “Notepad is for real programmers” etc. If you are lucky you will see somebody actually tell you why they like their editor.

It is not easy determining which editor is the best editor since it is like comparing apples to oranges. How can you say an apple is a better orange?

A better question to ask your self is ‘which editor best fits your workflow?’ When doing web development we don’t all follow the same exact process, we don’t all value the same priorities and we do not all have the same resources available to us. For some people, a fast and light editor is what works best for them. For others, a feature ridden editor works the best. And your resource availability is a determining factor in what editor works for you as well. Some editors are focused toward quality of code, while others are focused toward faster code writing. Putting you in to a position of having to decide which one of these two focuses most benefits your workflow. Some editors require a fairly decent machine in terms of ram, processor power and space, while other editors will run on pretty much any. Are you willing to upgrade your machine? Some work well across operating systems; Windows, Mac or Linux. Is this important to you?

Unless I know a person intimately, it is not possible for me to advise them which editor is the one best for them. In the end you must know your workflow well enough to know what you need to get the job done.

So my advice to anyone looking for the best editor out there is to look for the best editor for them selves. Know your workflow!

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