From what I’ve heard and read, programmers love to code quickly. If you’ve ever had the chance to watch an experienced programmer at work, you know what I’m talking about. Even tutorials on Youtube sometimes include someone who’s flying around at the speed of sound. That style isn’t great for teaching, but it sure is […]
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The Anatomy of Your WordPress Theme
Every WordPress theme has a common set of files to ensure a functioning website. While some of these files, which are considered “core,” are not required, others are absolutely necessary. In this post, I’m going to discuss a few of both types of files, while offering commentary regarding each. STYLE.CSS We all know what stylesheets […]
PHP Variables, Statements, Comments & Whitespace
I’m going to cover a plethora of topics today, including some basic areas of beginning PHP. I think these are important to understand because, if you’re into this programming language, this is your foundation. Every day you code with PHP, you’ll use each of what I’ve included in the title of this post. You can’t […]
How I’m Learning to Code
I thought I’d write a quick post about the process I’ve decided to undertake to help accomplish my goal of learning how to code. Now, I know what you’re thinking. Probably something along the lines of, “Hey Jay, you really never ‘learn’ how to code. It’s an ongoing endeavor that’ll take the rest of your […]
Customizing Your Sublime Text Editor
There are some pretty neat ways you can make your install of Sublime look and act the way you want it to. In this post, I’m going to go over a few of those techniques. And since I’m running Windows, the instructions I give will be geared towards my machine. Adjusting Your Settings If you […]
Working With WordPress Templates
I’m going to start talking about WordPress a lot on this site and I thought the best place to begin is on the template end of things. I know the whole download and install saga sounds more logical, but I’m not sure if I can coerce myself into writing those instructions. Honestly, you can already […]
What is PHP?
Developing for WordPress requires a working knowledge of PHP. WordPress’ core code is written in PHP and PHP is used extensively in themes and plugins. While developing in Genesis, the use of PHP is minimized, but a developer still needs to understand functions, loops and arrays. With this in mind, I decided to brush up […]
Using Sublime Text
I’m in the middle of taking the “Up and Running with Sublime Text 2” course on Lynda.com with Kevin Yank and thought it would be a good idea to jot down (as a tutorial) the major areas of what I think is important. All too often, I take a course and have trouble retaining what […]
What is JavaScript?
Technical people have got to be some of the most challenging types of folks to listen to while trying to learn about technical things. That’s a pretty big statement, but I think I’ve lived long enough to realize that it’s got some merit. I’m sure we can all remember back to high school or college […]
Web Design & Development Sites I Like
I’m going to make this page an ongoing list of sites I enjoy reading. Of course, they’ll pertain to web design and development, so rest assured, if you like that type of thing, I’ve done a bit of homework for you and you can browse below with confidence. Many of the owners of the sites […]