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What is Laravel and why is it a great framework for PHP?

Ryan van Rensburg - 2024-04-25 14:55:15

PHP is an easy-to-learn server-side scripting language used for web development, which has been around since 1995 and is used by around 76% of websites on the Internet. (W3Techs March 2024.) So, if you're a web developer, there's a strong chance you use PHP. If you're an aspiring web developer, it's going to be a very useful language to learn. Like many languages, PHP has a host of frameworks that make programming that little bit easier and more structured. One of those is Laravel If you have... Read more

The what and the why of UX Design

Andrew Badham - 2018-04-23 12:28:16

On a superficial level, User Experience Design is a fairly self-explanatory function. A UX Designer is primarily concerned with how the user interacts with a product. What that product is, varies; it could be a web, mobile or desktop app, or even a physical product. Regardless, someone has to take into account how the user will eventually use the product and whether that design actually fits their usage. That’s all fairly intuitive from the title; what’s less intuitive is how UX de... Read more