Articles by Shaumik Daityari, Author at WPShout

15 Best PHP Books to Read (Learn Core PHP, Frameworks, and More)

Best PHP books

Even though PHP was first released in the 1990s, learning the programming language is still highly rewarding. Even today, it is widely used and in high demand in the job market. PHP is the technology that powers popular content management platforms like WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal. According to W3 Techs, PHP powers about 80% of websites on the internet. Today, we look at the most popular, most comprehensive, and best PHP books to read.

10+ Best JavaScript Books to Read (Beginner and Advanced)

Best JavaScript Books

Believe it or not, JavaScript is the most used programming language in the world. Probably the fact that it’s available on every system that runs a web browser has something to do with that. It is also the most accessible of the programming languages. Today, we look at the most popular, most comprehensive, and best JavaScript books this year.

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs): A Beginner’s Guide

by Shaumik Daityari
January 1, 2023
Web & App Frameworks, Web Design & Development

Progressive Web Apps (PWAs): A Beginner’s Guide

Progressive web development has picked up in recent years after Google's initial proposal back in 2015. Progressive web apps (PWAs) utilize the best of web and mobile technologies to provide great user experience.

Best SendGrid Alternatives: Cheaper and With More Features

Best SendGrid Alternatives

Looking for cheaper SendGrid alternatives to serve all your email marketing needs – both your campaign email and transactional email? We have some good options for you here.

Best JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks: Try These 14

Best JavaScript Libraries and Frameworks

In this post, we look at the best JavaScript libraries and frameworks to try out this year. Why? Well, with JavaScript being available in every web browser, this makes it the most accessible programming language of today.

GTmetrix vs PageSpeed Insights vs Pingdom Tools vs WebPageTest: Which Is Best

GTmetrix vs PageSpeed Insights vs Pingdom Tools vs WebPageTest

In this comparison of GTmetrix vs PageSpeed Insights vs Pingdom Tools vs WebPageTest, we give you hard details on each tool and point out which is likely going to be the best for your needs. We’re also going to be testing the same website with each of the tools to see what comes up.

6 of the Best Cross Browser Testing Tools – In-Depth Comparison

Best Cross Browser Testing Tools

Why care for best cross browser testing tools? Cross browser testing is a process of assessing the functionality of your web application on various browsers before pushing changes to production. In this post, we cover the best cross browser testing tools. We take into account various aspects such as cost considerations and ability to automate the whole process.

What Is Gatsby? Is It a WordPress Competitor?

What is Gatsby

With so many options to create a website or blog in 2019 out there, there’s this new thing called Gatsby – the youngest player to the game that might just be a viable alternative to the classic paths of WordPress, Joomla and the lot. Or is it? What is Gatsby, anyway? How easy is it to set up and deploy a site on Gatsby? How does Gatsby compare to WordPress? That’s a lot of questions to answer.

A Gutenberg Tutorial for Beginner Developers: Create Your First Block Plugin

Gutenberg Tutorial for Beginners

If you’re thinking of developing anything for WordPress in 2019, ignoring Gutenberg is simply not an option. Plugins and themes all have to cooperate with Gutenberg nicely and deliver a user experience that’s consistent throughout everything a user can see in the WordPress dashboard.

WordPress Development Tutorial: How to Automate Your Workflow

by Shaumik Daityari
February 28, 2019
Web Design & Development, WordPress Tutorials

WordPress Development Tutorial on Automation

As a WordPress developer, staying up to date with the recent techniques and trends can be intimidating. Take automation, for example – are you on top of what can be done in terms of automating your workflow? Not quite? Okay, this article can help you with that. It is a bit different from your usual WordPress development tutorial, though. It focuses on automating whatever can be automated when working on your next WordPress project.

15 of the Most Interesting Vue UI Component Libraries

Interesting Vue UI Component Libraries

In this post, we cover some of the most interesting Vue UI component libraries that you should look into in 2019. They will certainly come in handy if you have a Vue application in the works!

Angular vs React vs Vue: Which Framework to Choose

Angular vs Vue vs React

Not that long ago, developers were mainly debating on whether they should be using Angular or React for their projects. We saw a growth of interest in a third player called Vue.js. This post is a comprehensive guide on which is perhaps the right solution for you: Angular vs React vs Vue.

Website Speed Optimization: How to Do It #Step-by-Step

Website Speed Optimization Guide

About a decade back, Google announced that that site speed would affect web search ranking. Although the post did not clarify the impact of speed on the rankings, webmasters reading the announcement understood that website speed optimization should be at the top of their development plans.

Lazy Loading Images: Complete Guide Plus 3 Ways to Implement It

Lazy Loading Images: Complete Guide

As functionality and interactivity increase on the web, there has been a steady increase in web page size over the last few years. As of early 2018, the average page size on the internet stood at over 2 MB! How to battle this? A little something called lazy loading images is one of the better solutions.

Best Blogging Platforms: Top Sites to Launch Your Blog

Best Blogging Platforms

Choosing between the best blogging platforms in the market can be tough for those just getting started with blogging. There is a huge number of options out there, with each providing a set of not-so-different features.

The Complete WordPress GDPR Guide: What Does the New Data Regulation Mean for Your Website, Business and Data?

WordPress GDPR