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Laravel 9: How to Add a New Column to an Existing Table in a Migration

Laravel has a number of features designed to make developing web applications easier and faster. Migrations in Laravel allows us to manage the structure of our databases. In this post, you will learn how to add a new column...

List of programming languages used for Web Development

There are a wide variety of programming languages that can be used for web development. Which one you choose depends on your preferences and needs. Some languages are better suited for certain tasks than others. In this post, we’ll...

5 Tips for quickly learning web development

If you’re interested in learning web development, you may be wondering how to go about it in the most efficient way possible. There’s no single answer to this question, as different people have different learning styles and preferences. However,...

How to use a robots.txt file to improve your website’s SEO

A robots.txt file is a text file that tells web robots (also known as spiders or crawlers) which pages on your website to crawl and which pages to ignore. Robots are often used by search engines to index websites,...

The importance of Core Web Vitals for SEO

As a website owner or developer, you know how important it is to have a fast and responsive site. But did you know that there are now specific metrics that measure a site’s performance? These metrics, called Core Web...

5 Reasons to Use an IDE for Programming

If you’re a programmer, then you know how important it is to have the right tools for the job. And one of the most important tools for any programmer is an IDE, or integrated development environment. Let’s look at...

Technical SEO Audit – How to Improve Your Website’s search ranking

As a website owner or administrator, you likely want your site to rank well on search engine results pages (SERPs). After all, higher SERP rankings can mean more organic traffic and potential customers or clients. One way to improve...

How Semantic HTML Tags Can Improve Your Website’s SEO

In this post, I will help you understand HTML semantic tags and how they can’t help improve your website’s SEO. I will also help you understand the meaning of Technical SEO and what steps you should take to increase...

What is PHP?

PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is an open-source, general-purpose, and server-side scripting language widely used in web development. PHP is used to manage databases, dynamic content, session tracking, and much more. Let’s answer the question “What is PHP?”. What is...

Top 3 CSS Frameworks in 2022

Building and designing websites and web applications has become confusing. It can feel like every week there are new JavaScript frameworks to build your front-end applications and new packages to enhance the user experience. Thankfully, the same can’t be...

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