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Comprehensive MySQL Guide for Beginners

A database is an essential part of most websites. From simple blogs to complex e-commerce websites, everything is being driven by a database. If you are a web developer, you definitely know a lot about MySQL.

The 50 Most Useful jQuery Plugins and Libraries

jQuery Libraries are a great resource for web developers. You will find plenty of plugins on the web that are free to use but finding them can be very time-consuming as you will have to go through every site to find the latest and best jQuery libraries.

The Beauty of Great Photography Effects in Web Design

Web designers often underestimate the power a great photograph has on a web or mobile interface. Please, don't be one of them. Great photography plays such a critical role in the web design process and can be that small difference between success and failure.

50 Essential jQuery Tutorials & Resources

If for whatever reason you don’t know jQuery, it is a “write less, do more” JavaScript library. It has many Ajax and JavaScript features to allow you enhance semantic coding and user experience.

WordPress Plugin Development from Scratch

So often we see tutorials for learning plugin development focused on developers. Here we are going to approach it differently by looking at WordPress plugins development from designers perspective. So everything will be created and explained from scratch.

The Power of Paper Prototyping

When planning the structure of a website or an app, I often begin by capturing my ideas on paper in the form of wireframes. I quickly sketch several possible layouts…