When thinking about optimizing your web application, something to consider is javascript and css compression. There are a few good javascript and css compressors, one you can use for free online is http://www.creativyst.com/Prod/3/. However these can obfuscate your code so that it isn’t readable. Sometimes that is the goal, but for projects in which you want to keep your code readable there are other methods to keep your code smaller. (more…)

     “Ok, so I have a great text editor. Why do I need an IDE?”   A very common question especially among PHP developers. There are many different text editors that do a really good job when you need a basic text editor and maybe a little syntax highlighting. But what does a full fledged IDE typically offer that a text editor does not? (more…)