It's a mobile world, and the same is expected of developers. You cannot always be next to a computer, but you can take steps to help solve a crisis without ruining your day.

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Watching file sizes and following coding standards are only one simple way to optimize your website. Proper HTML will ensure you page is processed as smoothly as possible, but does not mean a major speed boost.

Need to do a quick web site but strapped for time? Twitter has a whole bunch of open source projects they have released, and one of them is called Bootstrap. It comes preloaded with CSS styles and simple JavaScript plugins.

Achievements seem to be popping up in every new web service. Why? Because achievements make you win the Internet. Okay, not really, but it does make your user feel more engaged into your web site. It gives the user a reason to use your site and do more things on your site. The best part is the achievements do not even need to be all that difficult.

When developing web applications it is always wise to use the most up to date APIs and know when to scale back on certain functionality.

I know when I first started out learning PHP it was difficult finding good examples or live demos of simple PHP in use. Often I'd have a large number of files used to demonstrate built in PHP functions.

Last week I finished my most recent project, Samsara Laser Hair Removal through Ostrowski Enterprises, Inc. Designed the template, uses static content, but created a PHP contact form and testimonial script.

SR Photography offered a nice gesture, if I created a PHP back-end contact form they would take infant pictures of our new born son.  Created a short and simple PHP script with field validation (NOTE: Did not design site or form, just the back-end functionality of the form).

Two years ago I decided to check out an old gaming group that I used to play with years before that. I created a plugin to seamlessly add a ladder system into their web site.  A ladder system is typically used to match one-on-one matches. This allowed the group to add friendly competition without major overhaul of their web site.