With the rise of mobile networks and devices, website performance is now absolutely critical to building good websites and web applications. Kyle dives deep into everything web performance from resource loading, to thread, animations, JSON, minification, image optimization and more!
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Learn to develop a complete application from scratch using Symfony2, the most complete PHP framework.
This course is an introduction to web development with Symfony2, the most complete PHP framework.

It consists of videos where you can follow the creation of a complete web application from scratch and step by step: a blog, including an administration area.
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If you missed the 2014 Fluent Conference in San Francisco this past March, you can still take in every workshop, session, and keynote with this complete video compilation of the event. Catch up with this year’s lineup of speakers—seasoned pros as well as notable newcomers—as they share their experience and expertise on the emerging methods, tools, and technologies of the Web Platform: JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, and more.
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Do you want to learn how to use WordPress for web design? Do you want to start a freelance career in web design, but thought you couldn’t because you’re not a developer? Did you know that over 13% of the 1,000,000 biggest websites on the internet run on WordPress? Whether you’ve been dreaming about designing your own website (and saving yourself some money), or starting your own business, this course if for you! It’s a beginner’s guide to learning how to become a web designer specializing in WordPress, and also other fundamentals such as: what web hosting is, why Firefox is a web designer’s best friend, and even how to edit images!
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Having your own blog isn’t just for the nerdy anymore. Today, it seems everyone from multinational corporations to a neighbor up the street has a blog. They all have one, in part, because the folks at WordPress make it easy to have one. But to actually build a good blog to create a blog people want to read takes thought, planning, and some effort. From picking a theme and using tags to choosing widgets and building a community, creating your blog really starts after you’ve set it up.
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Using a framework helps simplify your workflow and makes writing CSS fun again. Learn how Compass (powered by Sass) can help you build responsive layouts that are easier, faster, and more compatible than using CSS alone. In this course, Ray Villalobos shows how to automate your workflow with Grunt.js, scaffold your HTML, modularize your Sass with partials, and get started styling with variables and mixins. Plus, learn how to create a mobile-first grid with Susy—without adding nonsemantic HTML markup.
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In these days of cross-platform and highly distributed application development, how do you stay relevant and needed as a developer? You place yourself right in the middle of all the action. In this course, I will walk you through what ASP.NET Web API is, how it is built upon well-known technology, and how to create your own HTTP service. Once you have completed this course, you will easily be able to create web services that will service other web applications, websites, desktop applications, and mobile applications all running on different operating systems.
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