When accessing a database in PHP, we have two choices: MySQLi and PDO. So what should you know before choosing one? The differences, database support, stability, and performance concerns will be outlined in this article.
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The Largest jQuery Class in the World
A couple weeks ago, Tuts+ Premium launched a free new real-time course, called “30 Days to Learn jQuery.” After signing up, each member receives an email, linking to a new video lesson for an entire month.
I’m pleased to announce that, after only two weeks into the course, we’ve amassed the largest jQuery class in the world, with 40,000 registered students!
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Nettuts+ Quiz #10: Basic CSS3 Techniques
In 2012, we plan to take our quizzes to a whole new level with ones aimed at all languages and catering to all competencies and tastes. This month, we’re covering some basic concepts and techniques in CSS3.
The prime focus today is on the easier, more accessible portions of CSS3. If you’re a hardcore CSS3 fan, don’t worry — transitions, animations, gradients and media queries are on the way!
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This entry is part 10 of 10 in the The Official Nettuts+ Quizzes Session
How to Upload Files with Ease Using DragonFly: New on Premium
File uploads are generally a tricky area in web development. In this Tuts+ Premium tutorial, we will learn how to use Dragonfly, a powerful Ruby gem that makes it easy and efficient to add any kind of upload functionality to a Rails project.
Become a Premium member to read this tutorial, as well as hundreds of other advanced tutorials and screencasts from the Tuts+ network.
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How to Customize Your Command Prompt
Lately, I’ve been getting this question a lot: “how did you get your terminal to look the way it does?” If you’ve noticed my terminal and are curious about how I set it up, this is the tutorial for you! Of course, what you learn here will be enough to get you started on creating your own custom command prompt, as well!
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Attention Developers: NewRelic is your Secret Weapon
While the title of this article may sound like a cliche, hatched in the bowels of PR hell, I’m serious when I say that NewRelic is your secret weapon.
In this article, I’ll talk about the common aspects of web application performance, and then demonstrate how NewRelic makes it blissfully easy to manage.
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Web Dev PSA: Your Favorite Tools Have Been Updated
The last week was a bit of a whirl with many of our favorite tools receiving updates and tweaks.
Usually, I’d save the announcement for our monthly “Recently in Web Development” piece, but considering how much, and how often, we use the tools below, it’s only fair that you be informed as quickly as possible.
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Do You Exclusively Use webkit Prefixes?
You’ve undoubtedly read about the vendor prefix web development drama of the week. If not, the W3C mailing lists have been on fire ever since it was discussed (and essentially announced) that Microsoft, Opera, and Firefox will begin to adopt and style webkit-prefixed properties. One of the reasons behind this decision is that we developers aren’t being responsible when coding our stylesheets; we’re applying too many webkit-specific properties, without considering other browsers.
Upon hearing this, I was left thinking to myself: is this really true?
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Using JavaScript’s Prototype with MVC
In this article, we will review the process of using JavaScript, from an MVC-based perspective, to manipulate the DOM. More specifically, we’ll engineer our JavaScript objects, their properties and methods, and their instantiations parallel to the intended behavior of our Views (what the user sees).
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Easy Script Loading with yepnope.js
Officially released by Alex Sexton and Ralph Holzmann in late February of 2011, the yepnope.js resource loader features asynchronous, conditional loading and preloading of both JavaScript and CSS resources. This makes managing dependant, conditional code a breeze.
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Getting Good with JavaScript
Learn how to liven up your webpages, from start to finish. Veteran Nettuts+ author Andrew Burgess helps you Get Good with JavaScript.
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