Web programming is a very complicated subject and it takes years to learn different programming techniques. Unlike web designing, there is no “10 things you need to know about programming.” There are just so many different programming languages and each of them has its own code writing principles.

You must have patience to learn different web programming languages and practice rigorously to improve your coding skills.

Programming is like mathematics and it’s based on logic. For example, when a web user inserts wrong data in a web form, the form informs him about the error. A common man overlooks this small function, but as a programmer, you should be inquisitive and try and find out how a form identifies wrong data.

Here are some guidelines that will help you improve your programming logic.

1. Learn “C” Language- Some programmers may not like this suggestion. Web programmers mainly use Java, .NET and PHP programming for web development, then why am I recommending C?C is a powerful programming language, but more importantly, it has an organized structure. C allows you to experiment directly with computer memory and helps you understand how data moves forward from once block to another. If you have any doubts about data processing system of programming languages, then C will clear all your doubts.
2. Develop Programs that Improve Your Logic- Try to write simple, but logical programs in C to test your programming skills. Obviously, you will make mistakes at the beginning, but your mistakes and failures will help you find new solutions.
3. Find Interesting Codes and Try to Understand the Logic Behind It- You have probably come across cool effects and features in websites while surfing the net. Find the source code behind those effects and understand how it was created. Once you understand the coding logic, try to modify it by adding custom functions.
4. Solve Logic Puzzles- Every standard newspaper publishes logic puzzles everyday. Try solving them regularly and train your brain to think differently. When working in a web development company, you have to face different programming challenges everyday. Sharpen your thinking capabilities and use your problem solving skills in web programming.
5. Help Other People and Learn from Them- Every newbie programmer should join a website programming forum and share his knowledge with others. Read the programming challenges other developers are facing and try to provide them a solution. If you are facing any problem, then share it with other members and take their help. This problem sharing habit will help you learn new programming secrets and easier ways to solve critical programming challenges.

Whether you are a newbie programmer or an experienced developer, you should always try to increase your knowledge. Web programming is like a riddle and solving it gives you immense satisfaction.

Drupal is an open-source CMS (content management system) which has earned quite a significant popularity with its features. By using Drupal, you can create complex websites easily because there is a Drupal community to give you any kind of assistance in the designing and web programming process. It also offers an array of modules.

First, let’s take a look at the advantages of using Drupal -

• It is an open-source platform.
• It is extremely customizable, which gives you the freedom to create a content–centric as well as user-generated website. That means, you can build anything from a forum to an image gallery.
• It has a huge community of learned people – Yes, Drupal’s open-source community is among the biggest and the best in the world. It contains not only developers but supporters and users as well. They help you with a continuous supply of online tutorials, fast fixing of bugs, core updates and excellent support.
• Drupal offers countless modules to expand its capabilities.
• Drupal gives developers endless opportunities. If you are a developer, there is actually no limit to how much you can do with Drupal. It was created for giving designers complete freedom. Many CMSs focus more on the convenience and user-friendliness of the end-user, which makes the actual development and website programming process very cumbersome and challenging for the developers.
• There is a caching system integrated in Drupal. This system speeds up the response time of the pages and lessens the load on web-servers. It also results in a better performance of the web servers.
• Drupal has an integrated search feature which is quite good, though no match for outside search features such as Google or Yahoo! Still, this kind of search feature is not usually found in most other CMSs.

After the advantages, here comes some disadvantages of Drupal:

• If you are new to Drupal and want your website programming to be over in a short time, say, within a week, using Drupal will not be a clever choice. It takes some time to understand Drupal.
• If you are not a developer, Drupal can be challenging for you since it is made for aiding to the needs of developers.
• Drupal has a complicated admin user-interface, though it will change very soon, Drupal’s user-interface is not as easy to use as it is expected to be.

Let’s put Drupal in a competition with WordPress:

Comparisons are bound to occur because WordPress is a leading open-source CMS and so is Drupal. If you are creating a very complex website wherein there will be customized content, user registration, custom permissions etc., it’s better to use Drupal.

If you want just a blog or a portfolio site, it is better to use WordPress.

If you want inspiration and a little motivation for using Drupal, Mozilla and Ubuntu are some of the well-known websites that use it.

For most of us, using Internet Explorer is a forgotten reality. However, some people still prefer to use Internet Explorer even today, ignoring the benefits and interesting features of other browsers, such as Chrome and Firefox.

Recent release of Internet Explorer 9 proved this fact. Since some people associated with website programming and PHP programming were excited about it, we decided to check usability of IE9 by testing ourselves.

Our Experience of Using IE9

Let us start this post by describing our experience of using IE9. The first step was to download and install IE9. It went smoothly. We were almost convinced that our skepticism about IE was wrong, when we were proved wrong.

We were eager to find out appearance of our company website in IE9. The result was shocking.

Our website’s layout was broken (leaving us heart-broken as well). After sulking for several minutes, we decided to be pro-active. Our web programming experts managed to solve the problem by opting for the XUA Meta hack. Things restored to normal (great relief, we muttered amongst ourselves).

Why People are so Frustrated about IE?

While all browsers come with their respective flaws, most people agree that IE managed to frustrate them the most. We think that the problem lies in poor effort that Microsoft invested in improving the browsers.

Most web browsers learned from their mistakes and tried to offer people better user experiences in their subsequent versions. IE developers, of course, did not follow this method. If one version incorporated a unique feature, the subsequent versions messed it up.

Also, many times, new versions of IE failed to address the issues that were present in earlier versions. Problems persisted, making users frustrated with time.

Review of IE9

• IE9 has improved regarding usability and speed of the interface. However, when it comes to the browser speed, it fails. Loading times of tabs and windows are unfavorable. Additionally, as compared to other browsers, the interface is unrefined.

• To understand inconsistencies of the interface of IE9, users can check the settings menu. The Atom feed and RSS notification feature is absent in the address bar. Therefore, users need to opt for the almost hidden default bar.

• Now, most Internet users are not tech-savvy. Therefore, it would be more difficult for them to find out this default bar and use it.

• Another disadvantage of using IE9 is that it is not compatible with Windows XP. Therefore, chances are high that many users will avoid using it.

Can We call IE9 a Modern Browser?

To simplify matters, we will first explain what we mean by ‘modern browsers’. Modern browsers offer predictable patterns that developers can utilize fully. They do not remove specifications suddenly.

Going by this definition, we cannot label IE as a modern browser. Of course, we admit that as compared to earlier versions, IE is better and enhanced. However, we are not exactly hopeful about the future of IE. According to our opinion, web developers should use avoid using IE9 and opt for other browsers.

We think that with competition becoming increasingly tough, chances are high that IE will die a natural death within few years.