How to use a robots.txt file to improve your website’s SEO
Updated 16th August 2022
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, so the more information you can give them about your site, the better! You can use
The importance of Core Web Vitals for SEO
Updated 16th August 2022
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 Vitals, can help you identify areas of your site that need improvement and form a large
5 Reasons to Use an IDE for Programming
Updated 3rd August 2022

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 some reasons to use an IDE. What is an IDE? An IDE is a suite of
Technical SEO Audit – How to Improve Your Website’s search ranking
Updated 16th August 2022

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 your website’s ranking is to perform a technical SEO audit. A technical SEO audit can help
How Semantic HTML Tags Can Improve Your Website’s SEO
Updated 16th August 2022

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 your website’s SEO score to help drive more traffic. What are HTML semantic tags? Semantic tags,
What is PHP?
Updated 1st August 2022

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 PHP used for? Since its first release in 1995, PHP has been seen used in many
Top 3 CSS Frameworks in 2022
Updated 1st August 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 said for CSS. Here are the Top 3 CSS Frameworks by popularity, so you know they
Destructuring in JavaScript
Updated 16th August 2022

Introduced in ES6, Destructuring in JavaScript is a way to unpack values from arrays, or properties from objects, into distinct variables. What is a use-case of Destructuring in JavaScript? Until ES6, if we wanted to extract data from an array we would have to do something similar to: let message = ; let greeting
JavaScript Spread & Rest Operators
Updated 28th July 2022

In JavaScript, three dots ( … ) are used for both the Spread and Rest operators. Spread and Rest perform different actions. Let’s learn what the JavaScript Spread & Rest Operators do. JavaScript Spread Operator The JavaScript Spread Operator ( … ) allows us to copy and split an Array or Object into another Array
SOLID Principles of Object-Oriented Design
Updated 16th August 2022

When building software it’s important to follow best practices and adhere to principles set out by industry leaders. In this post, we will explore the SOLID Principles. SOLID stands for: S – Single-responsibility principle O – Open-closed Principle L – Liskov Substitution Principle I – Interface Segregation Principle D – Dependency Inversion Principle Great! But