Welcome to Hot Web Dev July 2024, featuring the latest technology and web development news. This edition comes a little late as I have been visiting family in England and spent a few days in the Scottish Highlands. This month we focus on the reliance on technology in the modern age. We take a peek at the upcoming React 19 and Svelte 5 and uncover mathematics in the learning resources.
Welcome to Hot Web Dev October 2023, featuring the latest technology and web development news. This month features a very humble birthday celebration for a fast-evolving learning platform. We explore how the role of a web designer has changed over the past 13 years along with other bugbears of visiting a website in 2023. The tool of the month can save you thousands of pounds if you are a PHP developer.
Welcome to Hot Web Dev September 2023, featuring the latest technology and web development news. Wow, September had been a busy month with the release of iOS 17 and MacOS Sonoma. So much has happened this month that we do not have time to fit them in. However, we have time to celebrate other companies that have helped shape the web instead. In this edition, we also feature top new technology announced, the usual coding insights and tool of the month.
Welcome to Hot Web Dev August 2023, featuring the latest in web development at your fingertips. This month features an exposed WordPress plugin vulnerability and resources to help you build a WordPress block theme. As usual, we have our coding resources and our tool of the month. Enjoy.
Welcome to Hot Web Dev July 2023, featuring the latest web development. This month features news of a brand change, another brand upsetting its users and despite the haters, PHP is making a comeback, of sorts. If you have never programmed PHP then now is a good time, just don’t listen to all the haters. As usual, we have our coding resources and our tool of the month. Enjoy.
In the rapidly evolving world of online communities, changes often lead to seismic shifts. Such is the case with Reddit, a giant in the sphere, whose controversial policy modifications caused a significant backlash and opened the door for new platforms. Enter Lemmy, a burgeoning forum-like application, now rising to prominence in the wake of Reddit’s contentious decisions. This blog delves into the journey of these two platforms, highlighting their highs, lows, and the ongoing transformation of digital interaction.
Welcome to Hot Web Dev June 2023, featuring the latest web development. This month features the latest version of Svelte. We look at scams/AI scams and how the young are falling for them. An update on Platform X, the OnClick situation. The web tool of the month will help you create beautiful documentation to go with your wonderful app.
Have you been a victim of Platform X, OnClick Pro, formally Academy? Before Christmas 2022, I published a post about a promising company using poor tactics to scam people out of money. In my conclusion, I believed that this company would start its shady tricks once more, and it has happened. This post will contain any updates on the situation. In the meantime, if you have any concerns please get in touch. Please don’t become another victim!
Ever purchased a lifetime deal for it to disappear from existence within months of buying it? With so many deals out there it’s hard to spot a good one. This article highlights the rise and fall of OnClick Academy. Although the intentions may have not been to deliver the service but to extract as much money out of their customers. We will never know!
Want to become a developer and earn a 6-figure sum every year? Sounds promising but is it that easy? Clever Programmer made these promises with their online Bootcamp. Currently, they are facing a lawsuit for not delivering and leaving students in debt. We delve into the high-pressure sales pitch that attracts the customers and the content that leaves them wondering why!