IM Server and Client Development.

Most of the programmers initiate this talk from the following questions:

1. How to ping a server?
2. How a computer will ping an IP?
3. How can we send messages to another computer by targeting Ip-Address.

All these questions leads to IM System Development.
The main goal of those programmers is to get information about the development of the IM-System.

The development of IM-System also involves networking so that's why programmers adopt such kind of behavior.

Every kind of service is specific to internet protocols. So for IM-Service you have to use the tcp/ip protocol.

Now what do you need to host IM service.
The most popular protocol XMPP/Jabber

I would like to provide you some useful links for opensource Jabber servers and Clients.

• Wikipedia
• Tigase
• Java Jabber Server
• Jabber Wiki

The client application process the commands to the jabber server using sockets. The most common technique is to use XML for data sharing and storage.

I hope that this article will help you a lot to open your own IM service.

Thanks.

DOMPDF Vs TCPDF

In this post I would like to discuss about the html to PDF converter using php.
There are 2 main classes available on the net.

1. DOMPDF (http://www.digitaljunkies.ca/dompdf/downloads.php)
2. TCPDF (http://tcpdf.sourceforge.net)

Sharing personal experience with you regarding to the both classes.

1. Dompdf:

1. It is a primitive class for html to pdf conversion. But it has not been updated since 2 years.
2. This class cannot handle pages properly.
3. Configuration hassle.
4. Images manipulation is not perfect.
5. It takes a lot of memory and loading time.
6. Easy to code.
   

2. TCPDF:

1. Easy to configure.
2. It can handle graphs.
   
3. It supports PDF commands.
4. It can convert html to pdf forms.
5. CSS reading capability is superb.
6. Html handling is much better than DOMPDF.
7. Images manipulation is very good.
8. Require understanding with the code.
9. Loads fast as compared to DOMPDF.
10. It does not require any other library or specs.
11. For image manipulation it uses GD2 Lib.

You can guess the answer. I prefer TCPDF instead of DOMPDF.

Thanks.

bugmenot.com

Another addition in clone scripts.

I want to sell clone of bugmenot.com.

Price: $100

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Khubab Mazhar

.PK TLD Whois Server

Hello,

Most of the users have discussed about the whois server for .pk TLD. extension.
I want to clear it that .pk whois server is under-construction.
I am not sure that when pknic.net.pk will launch their whois server, but they are working on it.

So if you want to search for the whois of .pk TLD. domains. I will prefer you to use php+curl.

The whois web page for the TLD is http://pk5.pknic.net.pk/pk5/lookup.PK. This page accept only 1 post variable with name="name".

List of second level domain extensions:

1. .com.pk
2. .net.pk
3. .edu.pk
4. .org.pk
5. .fam.pk
6. .biz.pk
7. .web.pk
8. .gov.pk
9. .gob.pk
10. .gok.pk
11. .gon.pk
12. .gop.pk
13. .gos.pk

We hope that they will launch the service soon.

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Khubab Mazhar

Gickr.com

Hi,

I want to sell clone of gickr.com

Final Price: $100. If you are interested please let me know.

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Khubab Mazhar

Urlslash.com

Hi,

I have build exact clone of urlslash.com. I want to sell it for $200. If you are interested, please let me know.

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Khubab Mazhar

Welcome to Selling

Hello,
Dear Friends,

In this category you can sell or request a software or product for development.

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Khubab Mazhar

Welcome to PHP

Hello,

Welcome to the php blog. Kindly email me your questions related to php at khubabmazhar596@hotmail.com.
Visit this blog to see the answers of your question.

Thanks,
Best Regards,
Khubab Mazhar

Tutorials Round-Up: Ajax, CSS, PHP and More

Coding or designing a page, it’s always nice to have some basic templates you can quickly modify or adapt to your needs. However, at least once you have to know, how to create this “universal” template. In this case tutorials prove to be an ultimate solution, particularly if you just want to get an idea how something works and where to start from. In fact, you don’t have to re-invent the wheel all the time - you can use existing solutions, modify and improve them and publish them as well - just the way other people did it for you.

In this post we’ve covered over 200 Ajax, CSS, Flash, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL, RSS, XML as well as ASP, C++, Perl, Python and Java tutorials. Links checked: June/09 2008.

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Ajax

• AJAX Desktop Tutorial
  The purpose of this tutorial is to explain, step-by-step, how to create an AJAX desktop/homepage. The homepage we will create will have most of the capabilities of established homepages like Netvibes, PageFlakes, etc.
• AJAX Matters A comprehensive list (over 130) of tutorials on AJAX, JavaScript and other web development topics.
• Ajax RSS reader
  Use Ajax to build an RSS reader
• AJAX Tutorial
  Free w3schools AJAX Tutorial
• Building a Pagination System with AJAX
  You know how to use AJAX to pull rows from a database, but do you know how to create an AJAX-based system to organize the records neatly into pages? You’ll know how to do that by the end of this series! This first article shows you how to build the user interface.
• Creating a MySQL connection with PHP/AJAX
  “In this tutorial I will explain how to open a mysql database connection using PHP and the all popular AJAX” - by John Wiseman
• Creating sortable lists with PHP and AJAX
  In this article, we’ll create a drag drop system using JavaScript that will let you drag an item to its new position, and then save the new order as soon as you drop the item. Here’s an example…
• Developing PHP the Ajax way, Part 1: Getting started
  In this two-part “Developing PHP the Ajax way” series, you will create a simple photo album as an online Web application, entirely in PHP and the Simple Ajax Toolkit (Sajax).
• Developing PHP the Ajax way, Part 2: Back, Forward, Reload
  Part 1 shows how to develop a basic photo gallery using Sajax, PHP, and JavaScript. In building a history stack for the application, we will rely on client-side technologies and integrate directly into the code from Part 1. This article assumes an understanding of JavaScript and browser cookies.
• Getting Started with Ajax
  An AJAX introduction from ‘A List Apart’ by Aaron Gustafson
• Javascript Remote Scripting with PHP
  Simple web programming tutorials
• Learn AJAX in 20 minutes
  Here is a quick overview and example of AJAX in action
• Mastering Ajax, Part 1: Introduction to Ajax
  Understanding Ajax, a productive approach to building Web sites, and how it works
• Mastering Ajax, Part 2: Make asynchronous requests with JavaScript and Ajax
  Use XMLHttpRequest for Web requests
• Mastering Ajax, Part 3: Advanced requests and responses in Ajax
  Gain a complete understanding of HTTP status codes, ready states, and the XMLHttpRequest object
• Mastering Ajax, Part 4: Exploiting DOM for Web response
  Convert HTML into an object model to make Web pages responsive and interactive
• Mastering Ajax, Part 5: Manipulate the DOM
  Use JavaScript to update your Web pages on the fly
• Mastering Ajax, Part 6: Build DOM-based Web applications
  Mix the DOM and JavaScript — those perfect Ajax companions — to change a Web page’s user interface without page reloads
• Mastering Ajax, Part 7: Using XML in requests and responses
  Learn when it’s a good idea — and when it isn’t
• Mastering Ajax, Part 8: Using XML in requests and responses
  Ajax client/server communication can be a tricky business
• Max Kiesler - Round-up of 30 AJAX Tutorials
  “The following is a list of what I consider the be the best and most helpful AJAX tutorials that I’ve found over the past year”
• Max Kiesler - 60 More AJAX Tutorials
  “These examples and how-to’s represent the best tutorials that I’ve personally used or otherwise had the opportunity to work with out of the overall group. This post is intended for individuals who learn best by example”
• Max Kiesler - 42 Recent AJAX Tutorials
  “most of the links that I find are tutorials and I applaud this. The following is a list of what I consider to be the best and most helpful AJAX tutorials I’ve found in the last two months.”
• Max Kiesler - How to Make Your AJAX Applications Accessible
  40 Tutorials and Articles
• Max Kiesler - What You Should Know About AJAX Security: 24 Tutorials
  “Below, you’ll find a list of tutorials, examples, and articles that will detail many of the security implications of using AJAX..
• Quick Calendar Using AJAX and PHP
  In this tutorial, we went through the concept of how to create a web calendar using AJAX and PHP. I left the details in the code to prevent the tutorial becoming too long and indigestable….
• Rasmus 30 second AJAX Tutorial
  A quick Ajax tutorial
• Simple Ajax Tutorials and News
  Ajax Tutorials and Workshops
• Take Command with AJAX
  In this article, I’ll explain the creation of one simple, reusable JavaScript function for making HTTP requests. Then, I’ll apply that function in the creation of a simple application. By Stoyan Stefanov.
• Cameron Adams - Usable Interactivity with Remote Scripting
  This article aims to give you an introduction to the foundations of remote scripting, in particular, the emerging XMLHttpRequest protocol.
• Using the XML HTTP Request object
  Tutorial by Jim Ley

CSS

• Advanced CSS Layouts: Step by Step
  By Rogelio Vizcaino Lizaola and Andy King
• Beginner’s guide from a seasoned CSS designer
  Cameron Moll - Authentic Boredom
• CSS Advanced Guide
  The CSS Advanced Guide is for those who want to push CSS to the extreme, highlighting methods that might not be immediately obvious to the intermediate developer.
• CSS and HTML examples and tutorials by Ove Klykken
  Advanced CSS demos and bug reports
• CSS Basics.com
  Making Cascading Style Sheets Easy to Understand
• CSS Beginner’s Guide
  CSS, or ‘Cascading Styles Sheets’ are a way to style HTML. Whereas the HTML is the content, the style sheet is the presentation of that document.
• CSS Demonstrations and Tutorials
  CSS and HTML examples, demonstrations and tutorials
• CSS Drop Shadows
  A List Apart Tutorial by Sergio Villarreal
• CSS Intermediate Guide
  Like the HTML Intermediate Guide, this CSS Intermediate Guide should not be that difficult, but rather build on the basics of the CSS Beginner’s Guide.
• CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit
  A resource for web designers and developers who want to learn CSS layout techniques to replace archaic table-based web page layouts.
• CSS Menu Tutorial
  Horizontal and Vertical CSS Menu Tutorials
• CSS Tutorial
  CSS Tutorial von w3schools.com
• CSS TUTORIAL
  The Complete CSS tutorial
• Floatutorial: Step by step CSS float tutorial
  Floatutorial takes you through the basics of floating elements such as images, drop caps, next and back buttons, image galleries, inline lists and multi-column layouts.
• Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps
  This tutorial examines the different layout properties available in CSS: position:static, position:relative, position:absolute, and float
• Listutorial: Step by step CSS list tutorial
  Listutorial takes you through the basics of building background image lists, rollover lists, nested lists and horizontal lists
• Selectutorial - CSS selectors
  Selectors are one of the most important aspects of CSS as they are used to “select” elements on an HTML page so that they can be styled.
  Find out more about selectors including the structure of rules, the document tree, types of selectors and their uses. There is also a step-by-step tutorial showing how selectors are used in the process of building a 3-column layout.
• Site in an Hour
  by Andrew Krespanis - Making Simple Work of Complex CSS Layouts
• Stylemaster CSS Tutorial
  hands on css tutorial - This tutorial teaches CSS using both hand-coding and Style Master for Windows.
• Online tutorials
  The House of Style has several cascading style sheets tutorials, with explanations, excercises and worked examples to get you up and running with style sheets as quickly as possible.
• Stylesheets
  Cascading style sheets tutorials and style guide
• Top 10 CSS Tutorials
  There’s a lot of really cool things that can be done using CSS and I’ve found some of the following resources to be very helpful to inspire ideas and learn new techniques…

CSS Techniques

• Creating a graph
  Russ Weakley - Creating a graph using percentage background images
• CSS FOR BAR GRAPHS
  Basic CSS Bar Graph, Complex CSS Bar Graph, Vertical CSS Bar Graph
• Super simple CSS bars
  Tobias Lutke
• Dynamic Pie Chart with CSS
  This is an example of creating a semi-dynamic pie chart without the use of server-side imaging libraries
• CSS Diagrams
  Things to Do With CSS When You’re Bored at Work
• CSS Image Maps
  Below is a sample image map that’s built entirely using CSS and XHTML…
• Map Pop
  This experiment uses CSS to create an image map with CSS pop-ups
• Star Rater
  Creating a Star Rater using CSS
• CSS Star Rating
  CSS Star Rating Part Deux
• Star Rater
  Example 1
• CSS Ratings Selector
  Using a list item to create a star rater
• Star Rater
  Example 3
• All About CSS Drop Shadows
  By: John Gallant, Holly Bergevin
• :BefTer Drop Shadows
  Using :before and :after pseudo elements to create beautiful drop shadow on standard browsers. Use built-in drop-shadow filter for Ie.
• Fun with Drop Shadows
  Drop Shadows are a nice way to beautify images….
• Simple CSS Image Switcher
  This is a pure CSS image switcher that is lightweight and standards-compliant. It could be used for a gallery or any similar function…..
• Simple(r) CSS Image Switcher
  I didn’t use nested unordered lists. Instead, I used just one unordered list……
• A Two Step Photograph Gallery
  Stu Nicholls
• Hoverbox Image Gallery
  …super light-weight (8kb) roll-over photo gallery that uses nothing but CSS…
• Sliding Photograph Galleries
  Stu Nicholls Photo Galleries - vertical slide & horizontal slide
• CSS and Round Corners
  Build Accessible Menu Tabs - by Trenton Moss
• CSS Rounded Corners ‘Roundup’
  There are so many different techniques now, it really depends on your individual requirements and preferences; particularly whether you want to use a JavaScript-based technique or not…..
• Lightbox JS by Lokesh Dhakar
  Lightbox JS is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It’s a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.
• Popup Windows
  open new customised windows with JavaScript
• Pure CSS Popups
  Anleitung fur CSS Popups von Eric A. Meyer
• Pure CSS Popups 2
  Anleitung fur CSS Popups von Eric A. Meyer, zweiter Teil
• Pure CSS Pop Ups
  The next page of this article is almost identical to Eric Meyers tutorial but the documents which follow show a very different approach as to how to pop up images (or even text and images at once)
• Bubble Tooltips
  Bubble Tooltips are an easy way to add (via a bit of CSS and javascript) fancy tooltips with a balloon shape to any web page.
• JavaScript Fading Tooltips
  Sweet Titles 1.0, Documentation, JavaScript Files, CSS File
• TexSoft - multiline tooltip with HTML CSS and JavaScript
  This document explains how to make nice multiline tooltip for HTML documents, using simple and standard CSS, HTML and JavaScript.

Lightboxes & GreyBoxes

• Greased Lightbox
  Joe Lencioni’s Greased Lightbox is a Greasemonkey/Creammonkey/Opera user script designed to enhance browsing on websites that link to images such as Google Image Search, Flickr, Wikipedia, Facebook, MySpace, and deviantART.
• GreyBox
  A pop-up window that doesn’t suck. GreyBox can be used to display websites, images and other content in a beautiful way.
• GreyBox 3D
• Greybox Redux
  Completely unobtrusive - no need to embed Javascript into your site.
• Leightbox
  Simon de Haan · Eight Media
• Lightbox JS v2.0
  by Lokesh Dhakar
• Lightbox Gone Wild!
  Particletree - Chris Campbell
• Litebox
  Litebox is a modified version of Lightbox v2.0 created with one thing in mind, size reduction. Litebox utilizes the 3kb javascript library moo.fx in association with prototype.lite, giving us the basic tools we need to make this work and you the ability to expand.
• Multifaceted Lightbox
  A script (JavaScript) that allows you to focus the users attention on a particular portion of the screen. It creates the equivalent of a modal dialog box - this means that while the user looks at this focused part of the screen, they can’t interact with the rest of the screen.
• Slightly ThickerBox 1.7
  Slightly ThickerBox is a modification of Cody Lindley’s Thickbox script
• Suckerfish HoverLightbox
  Jonathan Christopher
• ThickBox - One box to rule them all.
  My version of the Lightbox technique includes functionality similar to that of the Greybox technique. That is, ThickBox can show html pages as well as images. The html that is shown inside ThickBox is pulled from the server using AJAX (really AXAH). I would like to think that my twist is bridging the gap between Greybox and Lightbox functionality.
• WP lightbox JS WordPress plugin
  WP lightbox JS is a WordPress plugin that enable you to use lightbox JS script to overlay images on the current page. This plugin also adds a “Lightbox JS” quicktag to the post window in the WordPress admin section.

Flash

• Flash and ActionScript Tutorials
  Learn how to use Flash to create everything from simple animations to complicated ActionScript projects by following the easy-to-learn tutorials found on this page
• Flash Kit Tutorials
  An online resource for Macromedia Flash development. Read the latest Flash news and tutorials, and download our free FLAs, SWFs, and sound loops
• Flash MX Tutorials
  1421 Flash Tutorials
• Flash Perfection Tutorials
  Enjoy learning Flash with our incredibly diverse collection of Flash tutorials. Flash tutorials are broken into comprehensive and easy to browse categories
• Flash Tutorial
  In our Flash tutorial you will learn how to start using Flash in your applications.
• Flash Tutorials
  451 Tutorials
• Tutorials - ActionScript.org
  The site includes thousands of tutorials, open source movies and scripts, support forums, reviews, scene news, a fully featured Flash jobs and employment section and much more
• Ultrashock Tutorials
  We are collaborating with some of the top professionals & institutions to bring useful and unique resources to the web. You will find information in this section which you may refer to often to gain an understanding of the concepts and useful techniques behind the tools used.

Forms

• Accessible CSS Forms
  Using CSS to Create a Two-Column Layout
• Basic Forms
  basic inputs, text-input boxes, radio buttons and check boxes
• Form Help without Popups
  This article illustrates a scripting technique to get around the problem without having to open a new window.
• Form layout
  Richard Rutter - clagnut blog
• Forms Tutorial
  Forms allow your viewers to input text right to their screen! 17 Form Tutorials
• Fun with forms
  customized input elements - By Sшren Madsen
• Prettier Accessible Forms
  It can be time consuming to make web forms both pretty and accessible….
• Styling form controls
  Roger Johansson - 456 Berea Street
• Styling even more form controls
  Roger Johansson - 456 Berea Street
• Styling of forms - Stu Nicholls
  A form with style
• Table-less Forms
  Most of the CSS-only, table-less forms available suck. So, not wanting to stoop to mediocrity, I decided to take on the task of coming up with something better. This is the result of my efforts….
• The Form Garden
  A CSS Stylesheet Collection for Web Forms
• Trimming form fields
  We’ll make a semantic and accessible form with only a sprinkling of additional mark-up. We’ll add minimal CSS to maximum effect and provide users with a method for removing optional fields….

HTML

• Character Sets & Encodings in XHTML, HTML and CSS
  Tutorial on how to markup up XHTML, HTML and CSS pages with information about character encodings, and how to use character escapes.
• HTML Beginners Guide
  How to make web pages - A good practice guide to HTML and CSS.
• HTML Intermediate Tutorial
  Whereas the purpose of the HTML Beginner Tutorial was to teach the bare essentials, this guide adds a few nuts and bolts, which shouldn’t be particularly difficult as such, but will add a bit more to our understanding of HTML and enable us to do a few more things.
• HTML Advanced Tutorial
  The aim of the HTML Advanced Tutorial is to show how to fully exploit the features of HTML and how to optimise it for accessibility.
• HTML Code Tutorial.
  Our goal is to provide the most helpful and complete guide to creating web pages anywhere
• HTML TUTORIAL
  The pages are packed with: Easy to understand explanations, massive examples, tips, smart workarounds and useful quick references.
• HTML Tutorial - Basic & Advanced
  In this HTML tutorial you will learn how to use HTML to create your own Web site.
• HTMLSource : HTML Tutorials
  HTML tutorials and well-researched links on all aspects of web design, equally suited to beginners and advanced webmasters
• Starting with HTML + CSS
  W3C: This short tutorial is meant for people who want to start using CSS and have never written a CSS style sheet before. It does not explain much of CSS. It just explains how to create an HTML file, a CSS file and how to make them work together.
• Tizag Tutorials
  Tizag was designed to teach beginner web programmers how to use HTML and CSS….
• XHTML Tutorial
  XHTML is a stricter and cleaner version of HTML. In this tutorial you will learn the difference between HTML and XHTML. We will also show you how this Web site was converted to XHTML.

JavaScript

• Basic JavaScript
  In this tutorial we’ll be laying some groundwork on the language, and writing our first script.
• From DHTML to DOM scripting
  An example of how to replace outdated JavaScript techniques
• Intro to the DOM
  Introduction to the Document Object Model
• DOM Event Model
  The DOM Event Model
• Javascript Boot Camp Tutorial
  Amy Hoy gave a 3-hour tutorial session on Javascript fundamentals on Monday, and today posted her entire slide stack, source code, and links.
• JavaScript Cake
  Tutorials and Scripts
• Javascript/DHTML Tutorials
  147 Javascript/DHTML Tutorials
• Javascript in Ten Minutes
  Quick review for programmers
• JavaScript tutorial
  JavaScript Tutorials
• JavaScript Tutorial
  JavaScript is used in millions of Web pages to improve the design, validate forms, detect browsers, create cookies, and much more. JavaScript is easy to learn! You will enjoy it!
• Quick guide to somewhat advanced JavaScript
  Advanced javascript tutorial

RSS

• Ajax RSS reader
  Learn how to build an Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) Really Simple Syndication (RSS) reader, as well as a Web component that you can place on any Web site to look at the articles in the RSS feeds.
• PHP and RSS: Getting it together
  This article explains the basics of RSS, some of its many uses, how to use PHP to create an RSS feed from a database, and how to use the XML_RSS module to read an existing RSS feed and translate it into HTML.
• Pete Freitag - Howto Create an RSS 2.0 Feed
  If you can learn HTML, you can easily learn how to build your own RSS 2.0 feeds. I’ll take you through the steps to creating an RSS feed from scratch.
• RSS Tutorial
  This tutorial explains the features and benefits of a Web format called RSS, and gives a brief technical overview of it. It also includes information on a similar format called Atom.
• RSS Tutorial
  There are many resources on the Web for RSS. This tutorial emphasis the benefits of RSS, and how they can be realized. This tutorial refers to other sources for RSS History, Background, and Technical specifications.
• RSS Tutorial
  Tutorial von w3schools.com
• RSS Workshop
  In this workshop you’ll learn how to create, validate, parse, publish, and syndicate your own RSS news channel. The emphasis will be the practical application of the two most popular varieties of RSS for dynamic publishing.

Ruby

• 9 Best Ruby On Rails Tutorials from IBM
  “I have researched IBM’s developerworks web site for their best Ruby On Rails Tutorials. I found nine of them - here they are, linked and described below. These will help you both to get started using Ruby On Rails and to improve your current Ruby on Rails skills.”
• Learning Ruby
  Best Ruby Guide, Ruby Tutorial
• Max Kiesler - Learning Ruby: A Guide to Online Tutorials, Examples and Downloads
  This article will present the best Ruby tutorials, examples and downloads I’ve found over the course of the last year….
• Ruby on Rails Tutorials
  Digital Media Minute: Top 12 Ruby on Rails Tutorials
• try ruby! (in your browser) - a hands-on tutorial
  Try out Ruby code in the prompt above.

ASP

• ASP.NET 2.0: A Getting Started Guide
  “Are you ready to take off into the wide blue yonder of ASP.NET 2.0? Join Cristian and Zak on this eventful ride: you’ll tame the installation process, sink your teeth into two ASP.NET languages, and conquer .NET programming basics with your bare hands. Finally, you’ll pull server controls, user controls, master pages, and CSS into the beginnings of an application that will see you land safely - and without casualties - at the start of a brilliant career in ASP.NET programming.”
• ASP.NET 2.0 QuickStart Tutorial
  The ASP.NET QuickStart is a series of ASP.NET samples and supporting commentary designed to quickly acquaint developers with the syntax, architecture, and power of the ASP.NET Web programming framework…
• ASP.NET 2.0 Tutorial
  The tutorial is designed for college-level classes in Web Development; however, it is available to anyone with an interest in learning ASP.NET 2.0 from the ground up. It is not designed as comprehensive coverage of ASP.NET 2.0. It presents features and techniques to apply this Web development framework to produce applications of a generally useful nature. It is a learning resource moreso than a reference source.
• ASP Introduction
  Learn how to program Active Server Pages (ASP)
• ASP Tutorial
  In our ASP tutorial you will learn about ASP, and how to execute scripts on your server.
• ASP Tutorial
  Active Server Pages tutorial for beginners

C/C++/C#

• C Tutorial
  Blog on C and C++ - Learn C in 19 Lessons “This website will provide you with lessons and quality material to learn basics of C language programming in just a few days.
• Sams Teach Yourself C in 24 Hours
  Written in a plain and clear format, this book is designed to help you learn the C programming language as quickly as possible.
• C++ Language Tutorial
  These tutorials explain the C++ language from its basics up to the newest features of ANSI-C++, including basic concepts such as arrays or classes and advanced concepts such as polymorphism or templates. The tutorial is oriented in a practical way, with working example programs in all sections to start practicing each lesson right away.
• Teach Yourself C++ in 21 Days
  This book is designed to help you teach yourself how to program with C++. In just 21 days, you’ll learn about such fundamentals as managing I/O, loops and arrays, object-oriented programming, templates, and creating C++ applications–all in well-structured and easy-to-follow lessons.
• C++ Programming Language Tutorials
  These tutorials were developed as part of a series of courses on C++ I taught at the University of California, Irvine, Washington University, St. Louis, and Vanderbilt University. I’m making these tutorials available on the Web for anyone who is interested in teaching or learning about C++.
• C++ Programming Tutorials
  Understandable C++ tutorials (covers most of basic C, except i/o). Includes basics, pointers, arrays, classes and structs, recursion, linked lists, encryption, OpenGL graphics, and more.
• C++ Programming Tutorials - Learn C++
  C++ Tutorials, Pointers and Dynamic Memory Allocation, Debugging, Standard Template Library (STL), Free C++ Compilers, C++ Tips and Tricks
• C# Practical Learning
  This site offers Lessons, examples, and links on the C# programming language
• C# Tutorial
  This is a set of lessons suited for beginning to intermediate programmers or anyone who would like to gain familiarity with the C# programming language. These lessons will help you get a quick head-start with C# programming.
• C# Tutorial
  This tutorial covers Microsoft’s programming language C#. It is aimed at people with some programming experience, although it tries not to assume too much knowledge.

LISP

• An Introduction and Tutorial for Common Lisp
  Lisp tutorials, documentation, and on-line resources.
• Paul Graham’s Lisp Site
  Lisp. Explained by Paul Graham.
• Common Lisp Educational Resources
  22 Lisp Tutorials.

Java

• Ajax for Java developers
  Build dynamic Java applications
• Java Applets
  Short example showing how simple it is to embed an applet on a page.
• JavaServer Faces (JSF) Tutorial
  JSF KickStart: A Simple JavaServer Faces Application
• JSF Tutorial
  An Introduction to JavaServer Faces Plus Apache MyFaces Extensions
• Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP) 1.0: A Tutorial
  A Tutorial on Java Servlets and Java Server Pages (JSP)
• The Java Tutorial
  Practical, example-based guide that thousands of programmers have used to learn the Java programming language.
• The Java Tutorials’ Weblog
• Trail: Learning the Java Language
  This trail covers the fundamentals of programming in the Java programming language.
• Working with XML: The Java/XML Tutorial
  The Tutorial for the Java/ Api for XML Parsing (JAXP) version 1.1 is nearly complete. See the Work in Progress page for details…

Perl

• Beginner’s Introduction to Perl
  The first part in a new series that introduces Perl to people who haven’t programmed before. If you weren’t sure how to get started with Perl, here’s your chance!
• Introductory Perl Tutorial Course for Windows
  This introductory Perl tutorial course for Windows will introduce you to the beginning concepts of Perl in a familiar Windows environment and show you how to set it up for CGI with Microsoft’s Personal Web Server or Internet Information Server.
• PERL
  This tutorial will be covering the PERL syntax and should provide you with a very solid foundation of PERL for you to build upon.
• Perl Programming Tutorial :: Table of Contents
  This tutorial takes only an Introductory look at Perl. Therefore, if you wish to study the Perl Programming Language further, consult the texts mentioned below.
• Teach Yourself Perl 5 in 21 days
  This book is designed to teach you the Perl programming language in just 21 days. When you finish reading this book, you will have learned why Perl is growing rapidly in popularity…

Python

• Python Tutorials
  More than 300 Python tutorials.
• Python Tutorial
  By Guido van Rossum. Large tutorial from Python’s eloquent author.

PHP & MySQL

• Good PHP Tutorials
  Providing a wide selection of PHP-Tutorials, from beginner to advanced
• Learning PHP, Part 1 - Register for an account, upload files for approval, and view and download approved files
  This tutorial is Part 1 of a three-part “Learning PHP” series, teaching you how to use PHP through building a simple workflow application. This tutorial walks you through creating a basic PHP page using HTML forms and covers accessing databases.
• Learning PHP, Part 2 - Upload files and use XML to store and display file information
  This tutorial is Part 2 of a three-part “Learning PHP” series, teaching you how to use PHP through building a simple workflow application. Take this tutorial if you have a basic understanding of PHP and want to learn about uploading files from the browser, sessions, or using PHP to process XML.
• Learning PHP, Part 3 - Authentication, objects, exceptions, and streaming
  This tutorial is Part 3 of a three-part “Learning PHP” series, teaching you how to use PHP through building a simple workflow application. In this tutorial, you will learn about using HTTP authentication, streaming files, and how to create objects and exceptions.
• PHP and RSS: Getting it together
  This article explains the basics of RSS, some of its many uses, how to use PHP to create an RSS feed from a database, and how to use the XML_RSS module to read an existing RSS feed and translate it into HTML.
• PHPBuilder.com
  The resource for PHP tutorials, templates, PHP manuals, content management systems, scripts, classes and more for the PHP developer
• PHP configuration patterns
  The right way to build configurable PHP applications
• PHP Tutorial - Learn PHP
  The goal of this tutorial is to teach you the basics of PHP…
• Regular Expressions PHP Tutorial
  Tutorial by Mark Ghosh
• Set up a PHP and MySQL development environment
  Set up PHP, Apache, and MySQL as a development environment on a Windows XP machine. This tutorial gives you step-by-step instructions on how to get it all up and running painlessly
• Zend Developer Zone
  Advancing the art of PHP. Best practices, samples, articles, news, tutorials and community for PHP 4, PHP 5, and beyond.

XML

• A Beginners Guide to Creating and Displaying Your First XML Document
  This tutorial is divided into two parts. In Part 1, we will explain how to create an XML document and how to assign data types to the values in the XML document. In Part 2, we will create HTML pages that display the data contained in the XML document.
• A Really, Really, Really Good Introduction to XML [XML, XSLT & Web Services]
  In this chapter, we’ll cover the basics of XML — essentially, most of the information you’ll need to know to get a handle on this exciting technology.
• Introduction to XSLT
  Transform XML data from one format to another with Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
• New to XML
  Need help getting started with XML? The XML zone on developerWorks contains articles, tutorials, and tips to help developers with XML-based development. For users trying to find their way in a new topic, all of that information can be overwhelming. This page provides an overview for readers who want to learn about XML, but don’t know where to start.
• XML Tutorial
  Learn the basics of XML
• XML Tutorial - Basic & Advanced
  XML stands for EXtensible Markup Language. In our XML tutorial you will learn what XML is and the difference between XML and HTML. You will also learn how to start using XML in your applications.
• XML Tutorials
  Largest Source of XML Examples on the Web (1,069 Tutorials)

50 Excellent AJAX Tutorials

AJAX provides Web developers with plenty of opportunities to enhance the user experience and improve the performance of their websites. There are countless ways that AJAX can be used, and fortunately there are plenty of good and useful AJAX tutorials out there to help you with your own implementation.

This post serves as a collection of useful tutorials on working with AJAX in a wide variety of ways. You’ll find tutorials on working with forms, building shopping carts, creating chat features, working with log-ins and usernames and much more.

Useful AJAX Tutorials

Build an AJAX-Powered Shopping Cart
NETTUTS shows us how to build an AJAX-powered shopping cart using PHP, jQuery and some plug-ins.

AJAX Username Availability Checker Using MooTools 1.2
When allowing a user to register a username, you can use AJAX with MooTools to let them check the availability of the username being submitted.

Introduction to AJAX Calls Using jQuery and PHP
If you’re not familiar with using AJAX calls with jQuery and PHP, this is a good starting point.

AJAX and XML: AJAX for Tables
IBM.com has a lot of useful articles on using AJAX. This one shows how to create tabs and tables.

AJAX and XML: AJAX for Chat
Learn how to create a simple chat box for a website.

Creating a Dynamic Poll with jQuery and PHP
This poll is created with PHP, XHTML and jQuery. AJAX effects are used to eliminate the need for a page refresh when the poll is submitted.

RSS AJAX JavaScript Ticker
This AJAX ticker may be useful for displaying news headlines or similar content to visitors.

Building Your First AJAX Application with PHP
An introductory post for getting started with AJAX.

Taking AJAX Further with PHP
Following up on the preceding introduction, this post goes a bit further.

jQuery/JavaScript - Customizable AJAX Pagination
AJAX can also be used to improve the pagination of a website.

One Form, Many Uses - Server-Side jQuery with Jaxer
AJAX can help you get more use out of one form rather than create multiple forms.

How to Call Server-Side Function from Client-Side Code Using PageMethods in ASP.NET AJAX
This post shows a work-around for calling server-side functions from the client side.

Developing Portlets Using JSF, AJAX, and Seam - Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
An in-depth three-part series to help you create portals.

AJAX Forms with jQuery
Trevor Davis shows how to create a form that will check an email address for validity, makes sure there are no blank fields and display an error if something isn’t right or complete.

Easily Build Powerful Client-Side AJAX Paging Using jQuery
This is another useful tutorial on improving pagination with AJAX.

Use jQuery and ASP.NET AJAX to Build a Client-Side Repeater
This tutorial shows how to improve user experience and reduce server load by using a client-side repeater.

Develop AJAX Applications Like the Pros - Part 1: Using the Prototype JavaScript Library and Script.aculo.us
The first part of this three-part series includes an introduction to the Prototype JavaScript library.

Develop AJAX Applications Like the Pros - Part 2: Using the Prototype JavaScript Framework and Script.aculo.us
The second of the three parts moves on to the Scriptaculous library.

Develop AJAX Applications Like the Pros - Part 3: Use DWR, Java, and the Dojo Toolkit to Integrate Java and JavaScript
The third and final part takes you through the process of setting up a message board.

PHP Components: Autosuggest
Using PHP and AJAX, you can add an autosuggest feature to a search box.

AutoCompleter Tutorial
This tutorial produces a result similar to the preceding tutorial.

A Dynamic AJAX Table Example Using Dojo and RESTful Web Services on Glassfish
This tutorial takes you through the process of creating a dynamic table as you would see on a travel-booking website.

AJAX Overhaul - Part 1: Retro Fit Existing Sites with AJAX and jQuery
Have an existing website that needs some enhancements? This tutorial series takes you through the process.

AJAX Overhaul - Part 2: Retro Fit Existing Sites with jQuery, AJAX, Tooltips, and Lightboxes
The second part of this series takes you further through the process of improving a shopping website with tooltips and lightboxes.

AJAX Overhaul - Part 3: Retro Fit Existing Sites with jQuery, AJAX Tabs, and Photo Carousels
The third part of the series adds some nice AJAX effects with tabs and carousels.

AJAX Overhaul - Part 4: Retro Fit Existing Sites with jQuery and AJAX Forms
The final part of the series looks at enhancing the purchase form.

Auto Populating Select Boxes Using jQuery and AJAX
Learn how to allow users to choose a top-level category in a select box that will trigger the subcategory box to autopopulate.

Using AJAX to Validate Forms
Use PHP and jQuery with some AJAX to create a form that validates the data entered.

Easy AJAX with jQuery
This tutorial includes some introductory information on AJAX and jQuery and will help you get started.

Quick and Dirty AJAX (video)
This brief video tutorial shows some ways to improve the functionality of a website with jQuery and AJAX.

Load Content While Scrolling with jQuery
This tutorial creates a scrolling effect similar to DZone’s.

Wicket - Updating ListViews Using an AjaxLink
Create a table that will update without a full page refresh when a link is clicked.

AJAX for Evil: Spyjax
A look at the dark side of AJAX: viewing browsing habits.

How to Integrate Google Calendar in Your Website Using AJAX
Calendars have a great use in a number of websites.

Edit in Place with AJAX Using jQuery JavaScript Library
Allow a visitor to edit the HTML of a page they are visiting.

Creating an AJAX Rating Widget
Create a rating widget that allows visitors to rate an item with stars or some other measurement.

Use AJAX and PHP to Build Your Mailing List
Allow visitors to subscribe to a mailing list without a page refresh.

Nice AJAX Effect for Message Box Using MooTools
Use this AJAX effect to give visitors a message based on some action.

Build an AJAX Dropdown Menu
This is a fairly simple tutorial on creating a drop-down menu.

Making AJAX Work with Screen Readers
For accessibility purposes, this article covers how AJAX effects can affect users of screen readers.

How to Load In and Animate Content with jQuery
Another NETTUTS tutorial for enhancing a website with jQuery and AJAX.

Continuous Pagination
Another look at the subject of pagination by demonstrating continuous pagination, in which the user keeps scrolling down rather than going to another page.

Making Element Selection and AJAX simple with DOMAssistant
A tutorial to get you started with the DOMAssistant JavaScript library.

Slider Using PHP, AJAX, and JavaScript
Create a nice slider using PHP, JavaScript and AJAX.

ASP.NET AJAX Calendar Extender
Seven different tips and tricks for working with this calendar extender.

Log-in/Sign-up Screen Using AJAX Modal Pop-up Extender
This is a quick look at creating log-in and sign-up forms.

Dealing with Large Data in AJAX
Get your AJAX application to meet your data requirements.

Creating a Gmail-Like AJAX Status Display
Use Prototype and AJAX to create this status display.

Creating an AJAX-Enabled Calendar Control
Another tutorial that focuses on enhancing calendars with AJAX effects.

JavaScript Error Publishing using ASP.NET AJAX
Use AJAX to display errors in code.

50 Extremely Useful PHP Tools

PHP is one of the most widely used open-source server-side scripting languages that exist today. With over 20 million indexed domains using PHP, including major websites like Facebook, Digg and WordPress, there are good reasons why many Web developers prefer it to other server-side scripting languages, such as Python and Ruby.

PHP is faster (updated), and it is the most used scripting language in practice; it has detailed documentation, a huge community, numerous ready-to-use scripts and well-supported frameworks; and most importantly, it’s much easier to get started with PHP than with other scripting languages (Python, for example). That’s why it makes perfect sense to provide the huge community of PHP developers with an overview of useful tools and resources that can make their development process easier and more effective.

This post presents 50 useful PHP tools that can significantly improve your programming workflow. Among other things, you’ll find a plethora of libraries and classes that aid in debugging, testing, profiling and code-authoring in PHP.

You may also want to take a look at the following related posts:

• 50 Extremely Useful And Powerful CSS Tools
• 15 Helpful In-Browser Web-Development Tools

Debugging Tools

• Webgrind
  Webgrind is an Xdebug profiling Web front end in PHP 5. It implements a subset of the features of kcachegrind, installs in seconds and works on all platforms. For quick ‘n’ dirty optimizations, it does the job.

  

• Xdebug
  Xdebug is one of the most popular debugging PHP extensions. It provides a ton of useful data to help you quickly find bugs in your source code. Xdebug plugs right into many of the most popular PHP applications, such as PHPEclipse and phpDesigner.
• Gubed PHP Debugger
  As the name implies, Gubed PHP Debugger is a PHP debugging tool for hunting down logic errors.
• DBG
  DBG is a robust and popular PHP debugger for use in local and remote PHP debugging. It plugs into numerous PHP IDE’s and can easily be used with the command line.
• PHP_Debug
  PHP_Debug is an open-source project that gives you useful information about your PHP code that can be used for debugging. It can output processing times of your PHP and SQL, check the performance of particular code blocks and get variable dumps in graphical form, which is great if you need a more visual output than the one given to you by print_r() or var_dump().
• PHP_Dyn
  PHP_Dyn is another excellent PHP debugging tool that’s open-source. You can trace execution and get an output of the argument and return values of your functions.
• MacGDBp
  MacGDBp is a live PHP debugger application for the Mac OS. It has all the features you’d expect from a fully featured debugger, such as the ability to step through your code and set breakpoints.

Testing and Optimization Tools

• PHPUnit
  PHPUnit is a complete port of the popular JUnit unit testing suite to PHP 5. It’s a tool that helps you test your Web application’s stability and scalability. Writing test cases within the PHPUnit framework is easy; here’s how to do it.
• SimpleTest
  SimpleTest is a straightforward unit-testing platform for PHP applications. To get up and running with SimpleTest quickly, read through this pragmatic tutorial that shows you how to create a new test case.

  

• Selenium
  Selenium Remote Control (RC) is a test tool that allows you to write automated Web application UI tests in any programming language against any HTTP website using any mainstream JavaScript-enabled browser. It can be used in conjunction with PHPUnit to create and run automated tests within a Web browser.
• PHP_CodeSniffer
  PHP_CodeSniffer is a PHP 5 script for detecting conformance to a predefined PHP coding standard. It’s a helpful tool for maintaining uniform coding styles for large projects and teams.
• dBug
  dBug is ColdFusion’s cfDump for PHP. It’s a simple tool for outputting data tables that contain information about arrays, classes and objects, database resources and XML resources, making it very useful for debugging purposes.

  

• PHP Profile Class
  PHP Profile Class is an excellent PHP profiling tool for your Web applications. Using this class will help you quickly and easily gain insight into which parts of your app could use some refactoring and optimization.

Documentation Tools

• phpDocumentor
  phpDocumentor (also known as phpdoc and phpdocu) is a documentation tool for your PHP source code. It has an innumerable amount of features, including the ability to output in HTML, PDF, CHM and XML DocBook formats, and has both a Web-based and command-line interface as well as source-code highlighting. To learn more about phpDocumentor, check out the online manual.
• PHP DOX
  An AJAX-powered PHP documentation search engine that enables you to search titles from all PHP documentation pages.

Security Tools

• Securimage
  Securimage is a free, open-source PHP CAPTCHA script for generating complex images and CAPTCHA codes to protect forms from spam and abuse.
• Scavenger
  Scavenger is an open-source, real-time vulnerability management tool. It helps system administrators respond to vulnerability findings, track vulnerability findings and review accepted and false-positive answered vulnerabilities, without “nagging” them with old vulnerabilities.
• PHP-IDS
  PHP-IDS (PHP-Intrusion Detection System) is a simple-to-use, well-structured, fast and state-of-the-art security layer for your PHP-based Web application.
• Pixy: PHP Security Scanner
  Pixy is a Java program that performs automatic scans of PHP 4 source code, aimed to detect XSS and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Pixy takes a PHP program as input and creates a report that lists possible vulnerable points in the program, along with additional information for understanding the vulnerability.

Image Manipulation and Graphs

• PHP/SWF Charts
  PHP/SWF Charts is a powerful PHP tool that enables you to create attractive Web charts and graphs from dynamic data. You can use PHP scripts to generate and gather data from databases, then pass it to this tool to generate Flash (SWF) charts and graphs.
• pChart - a chart-drawing PHP library
  pChart is a PHP class-oriented framework designed to create aliased charts. Most of today’s chart libraries have a cost; this one is free. Data can be retrieved from SQL queries or CSV files or can be manually provided.

  

• WideImage
  WideImage is a PHP library for dynamic image manipulation and processing for PHP 5. To be able to use the library, you should have the GD PHP extension installed on your Web server.
• MagickWand For PHP
  MagickWand For PHP is a PHP module suite for working with the ImageMagick API, which lets you create, compose and edit bitmap images. It’s a useful tool for quickly incorporating image-editing features in your PHP applications.

PHP Code Beautifier

• PHP_Beautifier
  PHP Beautifier is a PEAR package for automatically formatting and “beautifying” PHP 4 and PHP 5 source code.
• PHPCodeBeautifier
  PHPCodeBeautifier is a tool that saves you from hours of reformatting code to suit your own way of presenting it. A GUI version allows you to process files visually; a command-line version can be batched or integrated with other tools (like CVS, SubVersion, IDE, etc.); and there is also an integrated tool of PHPEdit.
• GeSHi - Generic Syntax Highlighter
  GeSHi is designed to be a simple but powerful highlighting class, with the goal of supporting a wide range of popular languages. Developers can easily add new languages for highlighting and define easily customizable output formats.

Version-Control Systems

• Phing
  Phing is a popular project version-control system for PHP. It is a useful tool for organizing and maintaining different builds of your project.
• xinc
  xinc is a continuous integration server version-control system written in PHP 5 (i.e. continuous builds instead of nightly builds). It works great with other systems such as Subversion and Phing.

Useful Extensions, Utilities and Classes

• SimplePie
  SimplePie is a PHP class that helps you work with RSS feeds. Check out the online RSS and Atom feed reader, which demonstrates a simple Web application that uses SimplePie.

  

• HTML Purifier
  HTML Purifier is a standards-compliant HTML filter library written in PHP. HTML Purifier not only removes all malicious code (better known as XSS) with a thoroughly audited, secure yet permissive white list, it also makes sure your documents are standards-compliant. Open source and highly customizable.
• TCPDF
  TCPDF is an open-source PHP class for generating PDF documents.
• htmlSQL
  htmlSQL is a unique tool. It is a PHP class for querying HTML values in an SQL-like syntax. Check out the live demonstration of how htmlSQL works.
• The Greatest PHP Snippet File Ever (Using Quicktext for Notepad++)
  “A little something for all coders: a snippets file that I use for PHP coding. This is designed to be used with Quicktext for Notepad++, but feel free to adapt it to whatever text editor you prefer.”
• Creole
  Creole is a database abstraction layer for PHP5. It abstracts PHP’s native database-specific API to create more portable code while also providing developers with a clean, fully object-oriented interface based loosely on the API for Java’s JDBC.
• PHPLinq
  LINQ is a component that adds native data querying capabilities to PHP using a syntax reminiscent of SQL. It defines a set of query operators that can be used to query, project and filter data in arrays, enumerable classes, XML, relational databases and third-party data sources. [via]
• PHPMathPublisher
  With PhpMathPublisher, you can publish mathematical documents on the Web using only a PHP script (no LaTeX programs on the server and no MathML).

  

• phpMyAdmin
  If you’re working with PHP, there’s a big chance you’re set up in a LAMP configuration. phpMyAdmin is Web-based tool for managing, building, importing, exporting and exploring MySQL databases.
• PHPExcel
  PHPExcel is a set of useful PHP classes for working with Microsoft Excel files. PHPExcel allows you to read Excel files and write to them. This is useful for dynamically generating Excel spreadsheets for downloading.
• Phormer
  Phormer is a PHP-based photo gallery management application that helps you to store, categorize and trim your photos online.
• xajax PHP Class Library
  xajax is a PHP class for easily working with PHP AJAX applications. It gives you an easy-to-use API for quickly managing AJAX-related tasks. Check out the xajax Multiplier demo and the Graffiti Wall demo to see the xajax PHP class in action.
• PHP User Class
  PHP User Class is an excellent script that helps you create a system for user authentication (i.e. registration, log in, account profile, etc.). It’s a useful utility to have around if you require user registration for your Web applications.
• PHP-GTK
  PHP-GTK is a PHP extension for the GTK+ toolkit (a robust toolkit for developing GUIs). It is a suite of useful OOP functions and classes to help you rapidly build cross-platform, client-side GUI’s for your application.

PHP Online Tools and Resources

• Minify!
  Minify is a PHP 5 app that can combine multiple CSS or JavaScript files, compress their content (i.e. remove unnecessary white space and comments) and serve the results with HTTP encoding (via Gzip/deflate) and headers that allow optimal client-side caching. This will help you follow several of Yahoo!’s Rules for High Performance Websites.

  

• HTTP_StaticMerger: Automatic “merging” of CSS and JavaScript files
  This library automatically merges sets of static files (CSS or JavaScript) and speeds up page loading (by lowering the number of HTTP queries). It is recommended to use this together with caching reverse-proxy to minimize the response time.
• PHP Object Generator
  PHP Object Generator is an open-source Web-based tool that helps you quickly construct PHP objects and leverage object-oriented programming (OOP) principles in your code.

  

• gotAPI/PHP
  gotAPI is a useful online tool for quickly looking up PHP functions and classes. Also check out the Quick PHP look-up widget example in case you’d like to include this awesome look-up feature on your website.

  

• koders
  koders is a search engine for open-source and downloadable code. It currently has over a billion lines of code indexed and isn’t limited to just PHP.
• PECL
  PECL is a directory of all known PHP extensions and a hosting facility for downloading and developing PHP extensions.

In-Browser Tools (Firefox Add-Ons)

• FirePHP
  FirePHP is a Firefox extension that allows you to log data in Firebug. It has a variety of useful logging features, such as the ability to change your error and exception handling on the fly and to log errors directly to the Firebug console. To learn more about what FirePHP can do, check out the FirePHP guide on how to use FirePHP. For developers using the Zend PHP framework, you might find this guide on using FirePHP with Zend useful.

  

• phpLangEditor
  phpLangEditor is a very handy Firefox add-on for translating language files and variables in your script.

  

• PHP Lookup
  PHP Lookup is a built-in search bar to help you quickly look up references to PHP syntax.
• PHP Manual Search
  PHP Manual Search is a handy search bar that searches official PHP documentation from within your Web browser.

Frameworks for PHP

• Dwoo
  Dwoo is a PHP 5 template engine positioned as an alternative to Smarty. It is (nearly) fully compatible with its templates and plug-ins, but it is being written from scratch and is aimed to go one step further with a cleaner code base.
• CodeIgniter
  CodeIgniter is a powerful, high-performance, open-source PHP framework that helps you author PHP applications rapidly. CodeIgniter is known for having a light footprint, thereby reducing your server’s work. You can get up and running with CodeIgniter in a jiffy: it has an awesome online manual, a couple of helpful video tutorials and an active user forum.

  

• YII Framework
  Here is a high-performance component-based PHP framework that is supposed to be more efficient than CodeIgniter, CakePHP, ZF and Symfony. An optimal solution for developing large-scale Web applications. Yii supports MVC, DAO/ActiveRecord, I18N/L10N, caching, jQuery-based AJAX support, authentication and role-based access control, scaffolding, input validation, widgets, events, theming and Web services.
• NetBeans
  A dedicated PHP coding environment and complete integration with web standards. The NetBeans PHP editor is dynamically integrated with NetBeans HTML, JavaScript and CSS editing features such as syntax highlighting and the JavaScript debugger. NetBeans IDE 6.5 fully supports iterative development, so testing PHP projects follows the classic patterns familiar to web developers.
• Solar
  Solar is a PHP 5 development framework for Web applications derived from the Savant templating engine. Solar uses the MVC architectural pattern and has a host of classes and functions for securing your Web app against SQL injection, cross-website scripting (XSS) and other common exploits.

  

• symfony
  symfony is an open-source PHP 5 Web application framework that is well known for its modularity and useful library of classes. To get up and running as fast as possible, you should check out the pragmatic symfony online tutorial called “The symfony 1.2 advent calendar tutorial,” which takes you through a step-by-step example of building your own symfony-based Web application.
• PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Repository
  PEAR is a popular framework and distribution system for reusable PHP components. The purpose of the framework is to provide a structured library of open-source code for PHP users, a system for code distribution and package maintenance and a standard style for PHP code.
• Propel
  Propel is an Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) framework for PHP 5. It allows you to access your database using a set of objects, providing a simple API for storing and retrieving data.
• {{macro}} template engine
  {{macro}} compiles initial templates into executable PHP scripts with very clean syntax (much cleaner than WACT and Smarty) and executes them very fast. The engine doesn’t use an XML-like syntax; there are only two data scopes, global and local, and no more data sources (all data is displayed with regular PHP variables); and the system supports all WACT features such as templates wrapping and including.
• Zend Framework
  The Zend Framework by Zend Technologies (the creators of PHP’s scripting engine) is a popular PHP Web application framework that embraces the principles of PHP OOP; it’s very extensible and has built-in utilities for working with free Web service APIs, such as those of Google, Flickr and Amazon.
• Qcodo
  Qcodo is an excellent open-source PHP Web application framework. It’s subdivided into two parts: (1) Code Generator, and (2) Qforms. Code Generator handles the creation of object code and PHP and HTML front-end code from your data model. Qforms is an intuitive system for handling and creating complex PHP-driven HTML Web forms. Check out demos of applications that use Qcodo and presentational material that covers Qcodo.

  

• SAJAX
  SAJAX is a JavaScript and AJAX application framework that works well with PHP (as well as several other server-side scripting languages). See SAJAX at work by going to Wall live demonstration.
• Smarty
  Smarty is a popular PHP templating system to help you separate PHP logic and front-end code (HTML, CSS, JavaScript). It will keep your projects modular and easier to maintain.
• CakePHP
  CakePHP is one of the leading PHP frameworks for creating robust, fully-featured Web applications. CakePHP has an extensive and well-organized online manual. If you want to learn via video tutorials, check out the CakePHP screencasts.

  

• Savant2
  Savant2 is another popular object-oriented PHP templating system. Instead of a special syntax unique to Savant2, you use PHP syntax to develop your project’s template.
• PHPSpec
  PHPSpec is a simple and intuitive PHP framework. It follows the Behavior-Driven Development principle and therefore allows you to write behavior-oriented code, oftentimes in plain English.

PHP IDEs and Editors

• PHPEclipse
  PHPEclipse is a popular PHP source-code editor that is open source and runs on all the major operating systems, such as Windows, Linux and Mac OS. It has all the features you’d expect from a PHP source-code editor, such as code-folding, syntax highlighting, hover-over tool tips and support for XDebug and DBG.

  

• PhpED
  PhpED is an excellent IDE for Windows users. It is one of the most robust and feature-packed IDEs currently out on the market and has useful features such as a built-in source-code profiler to find bottlenecks in your PHP source code and excellent integration with third-party apps and services just as front-end code validation.

  

• phpDesigner
  phpDesigner is a lightweight PHP editor/IDE that also handles front-end code and markup remarkably well. Check out the phpDesigner online tutorials, as well as screencasts on phpDesigner to help you learn more about the IDE.

  

• Zend Studio
  Zend Studio is an excellent PHP IDE for Eclipse. It’ll help you develop, deploy and manage Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) in an intuitive interface.

  

• Aptana PHP
  Aptana PHP is an open-source IDE extension/plug-in to be used in conjunction with Aptana Studio. To learn more, be sure to check out the online documentation about Aptana PHP.
• PDT
  PDT is a PHP Development Tools framework that’s part of the Eclipse project. PDT includes all the necessary tools for you to create PHP-based Web applications.
• VS.Php
  VS.Php is a PHP IDE for MS Visual Studio, making it a great IDE for recently converted ASP developers who have used MS VS to develop Web applications. To get you up and running ASAP with VS.Php, check out Jcx.Software’s online tutorials as well as its online documentation.
• PHPEdit
  PHPEdit is an excellent PHP editor/IDE with a ton of useful features and a very intuitive user interface. To learn more about why PHPEdit is a good IDE, read the 10 reasons to use PHPEdit and view the introductory screencast about PHPEdit.