Cloud

Making the Most of Collaborative Editing with “Live Update”

By Simon Mackie, October 07, 2014

SitePoint and Learnable are writing a new edition of the bestselling book, "HTML5 and CSS3 for the Real World", and we're asking for your help, via GitHub.

WordPress vs. Jekyll: Why You Might Want to Switch

Web

By David Turnbull, August 27, 2014

WordPress has long been top of the list for bloggers, but it does have drawbacks. David Turnbull explains why static blog generator Jekyll might be better.

8 Essential Skills Developers Can Learn in a Weekend

Web

By Shaumik Daityari, August 01, 2014

There's no shortage of new things to learn in the web development world. Shaumik Daityari presents some of the best skills you can learn in a weekend

Anatomy of a Web App: How I Built RedditLater in Clojure

Programming

By Adam Bard, June 02, 2014

A look at Redditlater, and a guide to efficiently hosting a Clojure web app on a single Heroku dyno.

Google’s BigQuery Provides Free Access to GDELT

PHP

By Bruno Skvorc, May 30, 2014

Google BigQuery now hosts GDELT - the world's largest dataset on human history - and it's free to use.

Are You Guilty of Cloudwashing?

Web

By Charles Costa, May 26, 2014

We hear about "the cloud" every day. Why is it such a popular marketing term? And why is using it such a terrible idea?

Effortless Website Backups with Mover.io

Web

By Collins Agbonghama, May 02, 2014

Mover.io is an online service that allows you to do easy website file and database backups to multiple cloud services.

6 Online Document and Text Editors Reviewed

Web

By Jacco Blankenspoor, April 18, 2014

A review of the features of 6 online text, document, and markdown editors.

Using Git in Open-Source Projects

Programming

By Shaumik Daityari, March 17, 2014

An overview of how Git became so dominant in the version control industry along with some concepts showing how it can be used effectively in open-source.

GoogleAppEngine 1.9.0. – PHP Updates

PHP

By Bruno Skvorc, March 15, 2014

Read about the most recent PHP updates in GoogleAppEngine's SDK

Installing PHP Extensions on Nitrous.io

PHP

By Bruno Skvorc, March 01, 2014

Bruno Skvorc explains and demonstrates how custom PHP extensions can be installed on the Nitrous.io cloud development platform

Getting Started with Laravel on Nitrous.io

PHP

By Bruno Skvorc, February 15, 2014

Learn to deploy your first Laravel application on Nitrous.io - the cloud development environment

WordPress Hosting Compared, Part 3: Cloud & Shared

Web

By Jacco Blankenspoor, January 23, 2014

Go through the steps needed to install WordPress in the cloud, and how to set it up in a shared hosting environment.

WordPress Hosting Compared, Part 2: WordPress.com & VPS

Web

By Jacco Blankenspoor, January 13, 2014

A screencast to show you how to set up WordPress hosting for a WordPress.com based site, and install WordPress on a VPS.

Nginx, PHP5.5 and Phalcon on OpenShift

PHP

By Bruno Skvorc, January 01, 2014

Learn how to deploy a custom cutting edge PHP environment on OpenShift

Phalcon on Windows Azure

Microsoft Tech

By Bruno Skvorc, December 13, 2013

Install the Phalcon framework on Windows Azure, configure URL rewriting and get a sample app up and running

Taking Windows Azure to the Next Level

Web

By Jacco Blankenspoor, December 06, 2013

Read Taking Windows Azure to the Next Level and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.

Translation and Text-to-Speech with Microsoft Translator

PHP

By Rakhitha Nimesh, December 04, 2013

Learn how to implement translation and speech synthesis with Microsoft Translator

Google App Engine and PHP: Getting Started

PHP

By Bruno Skvorc, November 25, 2013

Getting started with Google App Engine and deploying your app via Git

WordPress on Windows Azure in 2 Minutes or Less

Web

By Christian Leeds, November 14, 2013

Read WordPress on Windows Azure in 2 Minutes or Less and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.

The Future of Cloud Computing

Blogs

By Alexandre-Pascal Calderon-Asselin, August 07, 2013

Read The Future of Cloud Computing and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.

More Hosted Shopping Carts: BigCommerce and Volusion

Blogs

By Jacco Blankenspoor, May 27, 2013

In this article, Jacco Blankenspoor will compare the features and pricing of BigCommerce and Volusion.

Testing 3 Hosted Shopping Carts: Operations

Web

By Jacco Blankenspoor, April 26, 2013

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to setup a shop using three leading providers of hosted shopping cart solutions: Shopify, Yahoo Small Business and Magento Go.

Testing 3 Hosted Shopping Carts

Web

By Jacco Blankenspoor, April 24, 2013

Jacco Blankenspoor tests three hosted shopping carts: Shopify, Yahoo Small Business and Magento.

Create and Deploy an App: Desktop vs Cloud

Web

By Eugene Ivantsov, April 04, 2013

This article doesn’t aim to discuss the pros and cons of cloud based and desktop IDEs. There are more than enough of such discussions online.

Public Cloud Migration: Where to Start

Blogs

By Arthur Nichols, March 14, 2013

Migrating business to the cloud, especially the public, can necessitate complicated, careful planning. This article will help you know where to start.