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Code Snippet: Limit Words in a String
While developing websites, I’ve frequently run into clients who would like a news system integrated on their site. A news system consists of a list of articles, usually a summary at first, and when an article has been selected, the full article is displayed. So, how do you extract the summary from the content without [...]
Planning a Web Application
We, as web developers, are always creating some sort of application that accomplishes the task at hand. A web application can be anything from a simple content management system to a full featured shopping cart. There are a lot of applications already created and free to use that accomplish those tasks. However, there is always [...]
Code Snippet: Recursive Delete with FTP
I was recently creating an administration application for a client. The app involved working with files and directories as well as uploading and deleting files or directories. While I was developing, I ran into an issue that required a special function: recursive delete.
A recursive function is a function that has the ability to call itself [...]
Site Launched!
Hey everyone! My name is JR Tashjian and I am a Web Developer living and working in New York.
I started this blog because I wanted to write about what I do and what I learn as well as educate any readers wanting to learn more about Web Development. I will be focusing on the Back-End [...]