11 Awesome WordPress Plugins That I Use

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Probably my absolute favourite thing about WordPress is the fact that it is so easy to extend its functionality, with currently over 9000 plugins included in the WordPress Plugin Directory, with that number increasing every day.

But which plugins are the most useful? Here are 11 great hand-picked plugins that I use at FWebDe.

PHP Best Practices For Beginners

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In PHP, and really in just about every programming language in existence, there are certain things that are important to remember. Some of them are very general and can be applied to almost all programming languages, while others are best associated with one specific programming language.

In this post you will find nine PHP best practices that everyone really should follow.

Test Your PHP Apps On Your Own Computer

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I am often asked about by people how they should test their PHP applications. Because PHP is a server-side programming language, you can't just open the file in your web browser, like with HTML or JavaScript. You need to upload it to a server where the script can be run. But what if you don't want to rent space on a server, or if you want to make testing of PHP scripts much faster?

Simple CRUD With CodeIgniter

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Last week we took a look at an introduction to the CodeIgniter PHP framework. In that example we saw the basics of how CodeIgniter works and the basics of the MVC pattern. But we didn't really do much with models. Today we will look at the power of models in CodeIgniter to make CRUD functions easy.

A Quick Look at WordPress 3.0 Beta 1

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WordPress 3.0, Beta 1 has been released today. WordPress 3.0 will bring many new features to the blogging platform that I'm sure we are all waiting for. You can read the official announcement at the WordPress blog. There are many new features included in this release, but keep in mind that this is only a beta, and will probably have some problems.