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"Tania writes extremely clear, concise tutorials that have the best ratio of learning to bullshit that I've encountered so far. It's no exaggeration to say that I wouldn't currently have a job in development without this site. So thanks for ruining my life, Tania." — Craig Lam, Web Developer
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A list of the most widely used commands and statements in Structured Query Language (SQL), and the equivalent PDO commands to utilize them.
Learn how to upload files and images to a folder on your server via web forms with JavaScript and PHP.
Learn how to modify and delete users in a PHP/MySQL app using prepared statements.
An introduction to ES6 syntax and features, such as classes, Promises, constants, and destructuring, with one-to-one comparisons to older versions of JavaScript.
A comparison of class instantiation and object inheritance with JavaScript ES5 constructor functions, JavaScript ES6 classes, and PHP classes.
Learn how to perform unit tests on JavaScript with Mocha by developing a simple calculator application in Node.js.
The biggest crowd pleasers.
Learn how to set up a small database application in PHP without a framework. You will install a database, add new users, and filter through those users.
Learn what a JSON feed is, and how to extract its data with PHP, JavaScript, or jQuery.
A tutorial on how to embed a Google Map into your website, and add multiple location markers with additional information.
The missing instruction manual on how to use Bootstrap, the CSS framework. Learn how the grid system works, and how to add your own styles.
A tutorial walkthrough on how to turn any plain HTML website into a customizable website or blog.
A tutorial on how to make a responsive navigation bar using Sass. The navigation will contain a dropdown field, and collapse into a hamburger menu on mobile.
My life, observations, miscellaneous.
A review of my year in web development, travel, writing, music, learning, and life.
An account of my three month trip around Europe – the places I saw, the people I met, the things I learned.
A compilation of the steps I took to get ready for a long trip abroad.
My personal story of the steps I took to discover what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, and how I became a web developer without getting a degree in the field.
A list of several influential bloggers and web developers that have inspired, encouraged, or helped me in my web development journey.
Today is a pretty big day for me – it’s the last day of my first full-time web development job….
"Hi Tania, I just wanted to say that your tutorials are by far the best I've seen. Well written and well explained. Thank you for all your effort." — João Vilaça, Software Engineer