What Is a CDN and How Does It Work?
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
What's a CDN? How do Content Delivery Networks work anyway, and what's so special about them? Which one should you choose? Come find out!
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The Complete Guide to WordPress Performance Optimization
PHP
By Tonino Jankov,
Tonino lists tools, tips and best practices for optimizing WordPress sites — from hosting options to asset management, caching and software considerations.
How to Fix Magento Login Issues with Cookies and Sessions
PHP
By Shaik Ismail,
We look at how Magento cookies can create issues with login functionality, and how these issues should be resolved.
PHP-FPM tuning: Using ‘pm static’ for Max Performance
PHP
By Hayden James,
Hayden James looks at how best to setup PHP-FPM for high throughput, low latency and a more stable use of CPU and memory.
23 Development Tools for Boosting Website Performance
PHP
By Ahmed Bouchefra,
Ahmed Boucherfra presents 23 tools you should know about for boosting front-end and back-end website performance.
Case Study: Optimizing CommonMark Markdown Parser with Blackfire.io
PHP
By Colin O'Dell,
Colin O'Dell demonstrates how Blackfire helped with optimizations that resulted in a 53% performance boost in the league/commonmark parser.
How to Optimize Docker-based CI Runners with Shared Package Caches
PHP
By Colin O'Dell,
Colin O'Dell explores how using a shared cache volume across Docker-based Gitlab CI jobs drastically improves build speeds.
How to Optimize SQL Queries for Faster Sites
PHP
By Iain Poulson,
Iain Poulson provides a helpful guide to database query optimization, showing how to track down slow database queries and fix them up.
How to Read Big Files with PHP (Without Killing Your Server)
PHP
By Christopher Pitt,
Christopher Pitt shows how to read and write large files efficiently, using of streams and generators to remove an entire category of application errors.
Your First PHP Code
PHP
By Tom Butler,
Now that you have your virtual server up and running, it’s time to write your first PHP script. PHP is a server-side language.
How to Optimize MySQL: Indexes, Slow Queries, Configuration
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Here's a compendium of practical MySQL optimization tricks - from bottlenecks to configuration and indexes. Leave your ORM behind and get your hands dirty!
Git and WordPress: How to Auto-Update Posts with Pull Requests
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
How compatible are git and wordpress? Let's see how easy it is to make WordPress posts auto-update based on PR submissions on the Github repository!
Symfony Flex: Paving the Path to a Faster, Better Symfony
PHP
By Bruno Skvorc,
Symfony Flex is a new package manager exclusively for Symfony 3.3 and above, sporting a new directory structure and smoother workflow. Come see!
Let’s Compare: RunCloud vs Forge vs ServerPilot
PHP
By Iszuddin Ismail,
Cloud deployment SaaS compared: Runcloud vs ServerPilot vs Laravel Forge - who's cheapest? Who's simplest? Who's got the features?
Procedurally Generated Game Terrain with React, PHP, and WebSockets
JavaScript
By Christopher Pitt,
Chris uses ReactJS, PHP, and Websockets to demonstrate how we can procedurally generate game terrain for our rip-off of Stardew Valley!
Symfony Console Beyond the Basics – Helpers and Other Tools
PHP
By Claudio Ribeiro,
Symfony's Console can be used in any non-Symfony project to develop command line apps. Learn about console helpers in this tutorial by Claudio Ribeiro!