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Programming Languages

• PHP is a high level interpreted language most frequently used in the creation of dynamic web sites...
  • PHP/Functions
  • PHP/Performance
  • PHP/Regular expressions
  • PHP/Superglobals

• Ada
• BASIC
• C Sharp
• Digital Mars D
• Haskell
• Fortran
• Lisp, Common Lisp
• Pascal
• Perl
• Python
• Scheme
• SQL
• Microsoft Visual Basic

Programming Techniques, Paradigms, and Terminology

• GUID, or Global Unique IDentifier, is a set of characters used to identify an object or data element and which is guaranteed to be unique within a system. A GUID may be unique within one small system, such as one computer or one database, or it may be unique across multiple, even very diverse, systems.

• AJAX
• Coding standards
• Compiler
• Data structures and Data types
• Frameworks
• Functional programming
• UUID
• Object oriented programming
• Programming for multiple databases
• Reflection
• Regular expressions
• Search engine optimization
• Tips for new programmers
• Web application
  • Web application/Security

Data Formats, Markup Languages, and Protocols

• HTML is a document format used to define web pages. HTML is characterized by content surrounded by elements (also called tags) which help describe the content. The HTML is typically rendered within a web browser for display to an end user.

• ASCII, Unicode
• HTTP
• IMAP
• XML

Applications

• Drupal
• emacs
• MySQL
• Subversion
• Vi / Vim
• Web browsers
  • Google Chrome

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• Add your knowledge to any existing page
• Search for TODO notes
• Expand a stub
• Start a wanted page

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• Firefox and Internet Explorer - What should web developers be aware of when programming for these web browsers?
• Java
• JavaScript
• Ruby / Ruby on Rails
• Test driven development

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• Functional specifications
• MediaWiki
• Bug
• Web application/Security‎
• Software lifecycle
• End-of-life
• Release candidate
• Software development
• Web development
• Code reuse
• Serialization
• Technical writer
• Business analyst
• JavaScript
• Observer pattern