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There’s no bigger website building challenge than creating your own web development website portfolio. Apart from making sure you create a fully functional, well-designed website, you also need to advertise your services in a creative way. Even though you’re passionate about the web development profession, promoting your services may not come naturally to you. However,…
It’s Pride month; perhaps you’ve noticed from the rainbows all over everything? A most unusual Pride month it is, too — the familiar sights of parades were missing last year, and those happening this year are somewhat cautious by comparison to years past. The representation and visibility that Pride was conceived to address has been…
Professional versatility is the best term that can accurately describe the full-stack developer profession. Full-stack developers with experience in web development and app development are versatile, talented professionals many companies wish to hire. Since the rise of the digital age, more and more companies and organizations are creating their unique online presence through their websites….
To get hired as a web developer, you need a specific set of skills and abilities to help you achieve high performance and success in this profession. When you’re starting out, it might be difficult to figure out what skills a web developer should have, so we put together a list of the most sought-after…
More people learn to code every day, which increases competition in the field of web development. Landing a programmer job can be tricky, so you have to market yourself very well in the recruitment process. The first and easiest way to do this is through your resume. Your web developer resume introduces you to potential…
Most web developers start coding out of pure passion and later on turn it into a career. They usually learn to code on their own and then start working as a freelance web developer or as an employed web developer in a company. Whichever route they choose, they work hard and pull all-nighters or do…
If you have a business website you want to internationalize, or the company you are working for is planning to expand globally, website localization should be one of the first things to do. It can work wonders regardless of the size and niche of a business. Many people have a mistaken idea about website localization….
There was quite a bit of discussion about a study that said that nearly 65% of Google searches in 2020 did not result in a click. This is one of the topics that our resident SEO experts Joost de Valk and Jono Alderson talked about in this month’s webinar. Want to know what they had…
This 21st century is termed as digital age and rightly so as the technological advancements in this century are enormous. The demand for professionals in web application development is skyrocketed, and companies are always in search of talented developers. It provides a wonderful opportunity for newbie developers to pursue a developer job in a thriving industry….
With each new year, social marketers like to predict what’s going to happen in their industry for the next 365 days. But you can’t predict everything and 2020 is an excellent example of this. This being said, social media evolves constantly and Instagram, with over 1 billion monthly active users, is no exception. For Instagram,…
Reality check: B2B social media is here to stay. In fact, recent statistics note that social advertising is practiced by a staggering 83% of B2B marketers and is second only to search engines in terms of success. From nurturing customers to flexing your industry influence, the social space has a ton to offer B2B brands….
Looking for the best free and premium WordPress gaming themes? We’re here with a list of the best WordPress gaming themes for your websites. The gaming industry has been the most influential and profitable business in quite some time. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that over the past decade, an entire generation of kids…
Are you searching for the best WordPress themes to create your website? Then you can halt your search because we’re here with an article with the best WordPress themes of all time. WordPress platform may be the first choice to power your website as it is the most popular CMS today. It powers over 33%…
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has a new product — the Raspberry Pi 400. The flagship Raspberry Pi 4 was released in June 2019. Since, they added an 8GB model, brought out the Compute Module 4, we certified all Raspberry Pis since Raspberry Pi 2 and we worked together to make the full Ubuntu Desktop ‘just…
JavaScript (JS) is the programming language that makes web pages come to life. Anyone interested in building websites and web applications needs to master JS skills, and there are tons of resources out there for beginners to get started. Before we dive into the top 15 courses for JavaScript, let’s briefly introduce this powerful language….
As we’re witnessing with schools and learning communities around the world, education is shifting dramatically. With the right set of tools, your class, team, or group can learn to communicate and collaborate more efficiently online. Since our company was founded over fifteen years ago, the people behind the scenes at WordPress.com have worked from home…
We are proud to host many websites for language tutors, yoga schools, and personal fitness coaches around the world. It’s exciting to see how educators and consultants across different industries are getting creative with their online offerings: language teachers conduct 1:1 sessions to help students hone pronunciation, yoga studios livestream group sessions, and instructors lead…
I like to think that designers solve problems, while artists ask questions. And when the two go hand-in-hand, real magic happens. Why? Because the right question gets answered with the right solution — art asks, and design responds. Here at Automattic we were extremely fortunate to recently get to partner with independent artist and designer…
Automatticians, the people who build WordPress.com, participate in events and projects around the world every day. Periodically, they report back on the exciting things they do in the community. This week, we share our experience at the Grow Leadership Academy. On May 24th and 26th, Hugh Lashbrooke (WP community manager), Gareth Allison (WooCommerce marketing designer),…
Karen Arnold and Erica Varlese work on the Happiness Hiring team at Automattic, where they hire new Happiness Engineers who support users on WordPress.com and Automattic products. They met with the Brazilian WordPress community last week and wanted to share their experiences. On August 29th, 2015, we traveled to Brazil to attend WordCamp Rio de…