Variables. They hold information. They contain values that can be made to change or stay the same depending on your purpose. A variable let’s call it “$x” could contain a number like 14 or a string of text like “this is a string” or some other more complex data type such as an array. In [...]
Today I’ve decided to go over functions, (also known as “methods” or “subroutines”) the building blocks of modular code; and show why it’s a good idea to use them in your programming. When I first started writing web applications I didn’t really understand what a function was and how it worked, so I just avoided [...]
I wanted to create a file uploading application in an Ajax style (that wouldn’t reload the page), but I found I didn’t like any of the jQuery plugins that I found to do them. I found that either they didn’t work or the result was not able to be styled the way I wanted. Here [...]
An array is a list of values, a data structure made up of a group of elements. Like appearing out of the fog, arrays became more clear to me only after using them for data storage and transportation in a few programs. Arrays get a little tricky especially when you start working with the multidimensional [...]