At some point—often without warning—we find ourselves asking questions that don’t have quick answers. Am I where I’m supposed to be? Did I choose the right path? Was there something I missed that might have changed everything? These thoughts don’t belong to any one age. Teenagers feel them as …
Running an eCommerce website can be both profitable and rewarding, but too many eCommerce newcomers neglect one of the biggest threats to both their profitability and the structural integrity of the site: eCommerce website security. There are three main reasons that entrepreneurs ignore eCommerce security: They don’t understand the threat it …
The following article is an excerpt from PHP & MySQL: Novice to Ninja, 7th Edition, a hands-on guide to learning all the tools, principles, and techniques needed to build a professional web application using PHP and MySQL. In this tutorial, you’ll learn what a database is, and how to work …
With over 55,000 known plugins available for WordPress, it can get just a little confusing — to say the least — knowing the essential plugins for a WordPress site. There are plugins for functionality, SEO, security, and more. While there is no end-all-be-all plugin or plugin array, certain plugins one …
For small business websites or eCommerce websites, user registration functionality is a common need. As a result, users share sensitive information when they register for an account on a website. This could include their mailing address, email address or even credit card details. It’s a necessity, as it offers users …
Does Your Brand Reflect Who You Are? In today’s competitive business landscape, the role of branding goes beyond just products and services. Your brand is a reflection of your identity and values, acting as a bridge between your business and your customers. But does your brand truly convey who you …
Facebook’s Global State of Small Business Report presents a relatively gloomful picture of small business economics. The pandemic started in early 2020, continues to negatively affect the entire globe. I believe civil unrest in Europe is also causing global economic concerns. We’ll first unpack some of the highlights inside the …
This post was originally published on June 15, 2016, and was updated on Sept. 14, 2017, and June 5, 2019. In today’s information age, every successful business needs a website — even small, independent ventures. But a great-looking website doesn’t have to cost thousands of dollars. With the right tools and …
One of the characteristics of JavaScript that makes it well-suited for functional programming is the fact that it can accept higher-order functions. A higher-order function is a function that can take another function as an argument, or that returns a function as a result. First Class Functions You may have …
