3 observations you could take away from Frontend Masters Vol.22
When we were thinking about the next Frontend Masters event, we knew that we wanted to offer something different to the audience. In the past, we were the only ones who organized this type of event in Košice. At that time, online materials were scarce…
GraphQL versus REST API: When to Prioritize Modern Language over Immortal Classics?
GraphQL was developed by Facebook in 2012. Today it’s used by the most popular web and mobile applications such as Airbnb, Pinterest, Twitter or Yelp. Why? Because it’s modern, efficient and thanks to a large community of developers it’s quickly moving forward. What is its…
Functions in PHP
In the previous article, we showed you how to get PHP up and running and presented some basic elements. In this section, we’d like to update your knowledge of the functions – how to create them, call them and process their output. We’ll describe classic…
How to Start Developing in PHP
In the previous article you learned what PHP is and what it’s used for. In this article, we’ll focus on how to get PHP up and running and how to start developing. In simple demonstrations, we’ll show the basic constructions of the language and we’ll…
PHP is still TOP – Why Is an Almost 30-Years-Old Language at the Top of Popularity Rankings?
According to W3Techs statistics, PHP is still the most widely used server-side programming language. In almost 30 years of its existence, it has climbed to version 8.1, and thanks to great documentation, it has gained the appreciation of millions of programmers who now form a…
Workshop: What we managed in one day in bart.sk
I’ll start at the end. It was a delightful day with great people. Two of them are our colleagues now. Katka and Peťo, welcome! We hope that you’ll enjoy your stay with us and that you’ll be happy. Back to square one. The previous Frontend…
E-shop Speed Optimization – Part 3 (Frontend)
We dedicated the second part of this series to backend and server optimizations. In this article, we’ll take a look at other optimizations that apply to the frontend. Pictures Images, along with scripts, usually pose the biggest problems with website speed. srcset We…
Data retrieval optimization
‘Hi Jano, the site is running slow, don’t you know where the problem might be?’ ‘Hi Viktor. Yes, I do. In your application.’ 🙂 This is what the initial communication with an admin often looked like in the past, when the amount of data in…
E-shop speed optimization – part 2 (backend/server)
In the first part of the E-Shop speed optimization, we introduced tools that help us monitor the status of a website and find speed issues. In this section, we’ll take a look at website optimization on the backend side. Working with a database Non-optimal…
Where do we get data for futbalnet.sk?
In today’s article, we decided to reveal one of the recipes from our kitchen. We’ll talk about where we get data for futbalnet.sk. First of all, it’s necessary to understand that the futbalnet.sk portal has already undergone a third technological change of a significant scope….