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Andrew Showalter

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Vulnerabilities: Configuration, Components, and Logging

OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities

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Feb 28, 2019
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Vulnerabilities: Authentication, Access, and Sensitive Data

OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities

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Feb 28, 2019
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Maintaining Secure Web Apps

Introduction to Application Security

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Feb 28, 2019
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Protecting Data and Keeping Attackers Out

Introduction to Application Security

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Feb 28, 2019
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Why Protect Your Web Apps

Introduction to Application Security

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Feb 28, 2019
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Vulnerabilities: Injection, XSS, CSRF

OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities

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Feb 28, 2019
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The OWASP Top 10 Explained

OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities

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Feb 27, 2019
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Component Lifecycle

React Basics (retired)

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Oct 8, 2017
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Designing Dataflow

React Basics (retired)

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Oct 8, 2017
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Stateful Components

React Basics (retired)

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Oct 7, 2017
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Thinking in Components

React Basics (retired)

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Oct 7, 2017
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First Steps in React

React Basics (retired)

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Oct 7, 2017
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Native WordPress Customizer Options

WordPress Customizer API

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Jan 3, 2017
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Overview of the WordPress Customizer

WordPress Customizer API

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Dec 20, 2016
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Setting Up Your Local Environment for Spring Development

Spring Basics

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Nov 3, 2016
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Installing Sass and Setting up the Project

CSS to Sass

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Apr 6, 2016
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GET and POST Requests in a Browser

HTTP Basics

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Mar 29, 2016
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Introduction to HTTP

HTTP Basics

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Mar 22, 2016
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Getting the REST You Need

REST API Basics

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Mar 21, 2016
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Understanding MongoDB

Mongo Basics

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Mar 14, 2016
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Getting Started with MongoDB

Mongo Basics

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Jan 13, 2016
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Constructor Functions & Prototypes

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

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Aug 21, 2015
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Using a jQuery Carousel

Using jQuery Plugins

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Aug 5, 2015
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Add a Sticky Navigation Bar

Using jQuery Plugins

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Aug 5, 2015
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Introducing jQuery Plugins

Using jQuery Plugins

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Jul 30, 2015
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Creating a Simple Drawing Application

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Jul 29, 2015
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Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Jul 28, 2015
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Creating a Simple Lightbox

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Jul 27, 2015
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Finishing Your WordPress Theme

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 24, 2015
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Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 24, 2015
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Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 23, 2015
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Custom Post Type Templates

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 23, 2015
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JavaScript Objects

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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Jul 22, 2015
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JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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Jul 20, 2015
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Building Out WordPress Navigation

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 17, 2015
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Building Page Templates in WordPress

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 16, 2015
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The WordPress Loop

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 16, 2015
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JavaScript Loops

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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Jul 15, 2015
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WordPress Header and Footer Templates

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 14, 2015
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Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 14, 2015
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JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jul 14, 2015
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JavaScript Conditional Statements

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jul 14, 2015
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Starting a WordPress Theme

WordPress Theme Development

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Jul 13, 2015
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JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jul 13, 2015
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More Advanced PHP for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Jul 11, 2015
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PHP Basics for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Jul 11, 2015
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Introduction to PHP for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Jul 11, 2015
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Basic Android Programming

Build a Simple Android App (2014)

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Jul 11, 2015
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Creating the Initial Screen Layout

Build a Simple Android App (2014)

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Jul 11, 2015
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The WordPress Codex

The WordPress Codex

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Jul 10, 2015
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WordPress Plugin Best Practices

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Jul 10, 2015
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Widgets and Custom Menus

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Jul 10, 2015
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Custom Post Types and Fields

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Jul 10, 2015
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Customizing WordPress Themes

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Jul 10, 2015
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WordPress Themes

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Jul 10, 2015
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Installing Wordpress

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Jul 10, 2015
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Getting Started with Android

Build a Simple Android App (2014)

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JavaScript Variables

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jul 10, 2015
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Introducing JavaScript

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Jul 10, 2015
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Database Security

PHP & Databases with PDO

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Jul 10, 2015
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Queries & Results

PHP & Databases with PDO

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Jul 10, 2015
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Getting Started with PDO

PHP & Databases with PDO

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Jul 10, 2015
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Contact Forms & Mailers

Building Websites with PHP

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Jul 9, 2015
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Slim and Templates

Building Websites with PHP

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Jun 30, 2015
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Introduction to Methods

Object-Oriented JavaScript (2015)

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Jun 30, 2015
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PHP Internal Functions

PHP Functions

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PHP Returns & Closures

PHP Functions

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PHP Functions Basics

PHP Functions

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PHP Loops

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PHP Getting Started

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AJAX and APIs

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Dependency Management

Building Websites with PHP

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May 21, 2015
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jQuery and AJAX

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May 21, 2015
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Introduction to Node.js

Node.js Basics (2014)

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Creating a Simple Server in Node.js

Build a Simple Dynamic Site with Node.js

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Apr 1, 2015
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Autoloading and Composer

PHP Standards and Best Practices

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Creating a Password Confirmation Form

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Mar 31, 2015
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Tools for Testers

PHP Testing

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How To Test Our Code

PHP Testing

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AngularJS MVC Frameworks

AngularJS

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Dec 5, 2014
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Using your New Tools

Java Basics

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Dec 5, 2014
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Creating a Spoiler Revealer

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Dec 4, 2014
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Introduction to jQuery

jQuery Basics (2014)

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Dec 4, 2014
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Getting Started with Java

Java Basics

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Dec 4, 2014
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Starting Right with PHP Best Practices

PHP Standards and Best Practices

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Dec 1, 2014
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Selectors

CSS Foundations

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Oct 1, 2014
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Limiting Results in Queries

Using PHP with MySQL

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Sep 25, 2014
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Using Relationship Tables

Using PHP with MySQL

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Sep 25, 2014
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Filtering Input for Queries

Using PHP with MySQL

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Sep 25, 2014
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Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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Sep 23, 2014
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JavaScript and the DOM

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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Sep 22, 2014
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Querying the Database

Using PHP with MySQL

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Sep 22, 2014
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Connecting to MySQL

Using PHP with MySQL

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Sep 22, 2014
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Getting Started with CSS

CSS Foundations

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Sep 22, 2014
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Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database

Database Foundations

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Sep 22, 2014
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SQL Calculating, Aggregating and Other Functions

Database Foundations

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Sep 22, 2014
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Joining Relational Data Between Tables in SQL

Database Foundations

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Sep 21, 2014
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Manipulating Schema with SQL

Database Foundations

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Sep 19, 2014
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Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL

Database Foundations

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Sep 18, 2014
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Variables and Constants

Swift Basics (retired)

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Sep 17, 2014
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Reading Data from Databases with SQL

Database Foundations

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Sep 17, 2014
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Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench

Database Foundations

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Sep 16, 2014
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Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL

Database Foundations

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Sep 16, 2014
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Paginating a List: Model and View

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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Sep 15, 2014
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Paginating a List: Controller

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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Sep 13, 2014
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Adding Search: Model

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 25, 2014
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Adding Search: Controller & View

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 25, 2014
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Refactoring the Codebase

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 25, 2014
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Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 22, 2014
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JavaScript Objects

JavaScript Foundations

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Aug 21, 2014
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JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Foundations

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Aug 20, 2014
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Laravel Getting Started

Laravel 4 Basics

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Aug 20, 2014
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Working with PHP Functions

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 18, 2014
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Integrating With Paypal

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 18, 2014
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Listing Inventory Items

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 18, 2014
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Adding a Contact Form

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 18, 2014
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Creating the Menu and Footer

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 18, 2014
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Chrome DevTools Basics

Website Optimization

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Aug 17, 2014
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Getting Started with PHP

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Aug 17, 2014
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Forms

HTML

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Aug 17, 2014
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Tables

HTML

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Aug 16, 2014
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Objects

HTML

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Aug 16, 2014
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Links

HTML

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Aug 16, 2014
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Lists

HTML

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Aug 16, 2014
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Text

HTML

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Aug 16, 2014
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Introduction

HTML

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Aug 16, 2014
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Functions

Introduction to Programming

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Aug 15, 2014
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Objects and Arrays

Introduction to Programming

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Aug 15, 2014
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Control Structures

Introduction to Programming

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Aug 15, 2014
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Basics

Introduction to Programming

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Aug 15, 2014
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Debugging HTML and CSS Problems

How to Make a Website

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Aug 15, 2014
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Sharing a Website

How to Make a Website

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Aug 15, 2014
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Responsive Web Design and Testing

How to Make a Website

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Aug 15, 2014
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Adding Pages to a Website

How to Make a Website

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Aug 15, 2014
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Styling Web Pages and Navigation

How to Make a Website

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Aug 15, 2014
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Customizing Colors and Fonts

How to Make a Website

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Aug 15, 2014
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Connecting WordPress Plugins with 3rd Party APIs

How to Build a WordPress Plugin

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Aug 12, 2014
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Building a WordPress Plugin Settings Page

How to Build a WordPress Plugin

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Jul 30, 2014
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CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

How to Make a Website

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Jul 30, 2014
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How WordPress Plugins Work

How to Build a WordPress Plugin

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Jul 30, 2014
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Creating HTML Content

How to Make a Website

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Jul 29, 2014
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HTML First

How to Make a Website

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Jul 29, 2014
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Beginning HTML and CSS

How to Make a Website

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Jul 29, 2014
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Cleaning URLs with Rewrite Rules

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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Jul 10, 2014
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Programming AJAX

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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Jul 2, 2014
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AJAX Concepts

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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Jul 1, 2014
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Objects, Classes, and Variables

Ruby Foundations

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May 13, 2014
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Ruby Basics

Ruby Foundations

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May 13, 2014
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Installing a Ruby Development Environment

Installing a Ruby Development Environment

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May 13, 2014
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Better SEO Through Tools

SEO Basics

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May 13, 2014
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Better SEO Through Code

SEO Basics

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May 13, 2014
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Better SEO Through Content

SEO Basics

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May 13, 2014
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Introduction to SEO

SEO Basics

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May 13, 2014
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Cleaning URLs with Subfolders

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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Apr 2, 2014
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Integrating Validation Errors

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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Apr 2, 2014
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JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Foundations

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Mar 31, 2014
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JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Foundations

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Mar 31, 2014
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PHP Inheritance & Interfaces

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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Mar 31, 2014
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PHP Properties & Methods

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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Mar 31, 2014
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PHP Objects and Classes

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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Mar 30, 2014
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JavaScript Strings

JavaScript Foundations

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Mar 24, 2014
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Content Strategy with WordPress

How to Build a WordPress Theme

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Feb 4, 2014
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Local WordPress Development

Local WordPress Development

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Feb 4, 2014
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Introduction Variables

JavaScript Foundations

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Jan 29, 2014
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Workflows

Git Basics

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Jan 8, 2014
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Merging

Git Basics

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Jan 8, 2014
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Working With Remote Repositories

Git Basics

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Jan 8, 2014
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Branches

Git Basics

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Jan 7, 2014
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Getting Started With Git

Git Basics

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Jan 6, 2014
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Why Version Control Matters

Git Basics

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Jan 3, 2014
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Installing Programs

Console Foundations

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Jan 3, 2014
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Environment and Redirection

Console Foundations

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Jan 3, 2014
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Console Processes

Console Foundations

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Jan 3, 2014
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Console Users and Permission

Console Foundations

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Jan 2, 2014
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Moving Around in the Console

Console Foundations

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Dec 30, 2013
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Newbie

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Dec 29, 2013