Previously in another post, I had created a uploader using simple HTML and PHP to upload files directly to Amazon AWS S3 server. In this tutorial, we will transform s3 uploader into Ajax based uploader using jQuery. Ajax makes it really easy for the user as the page doesn’t need to be reloaded and we can also show a progress bar as the user waits for the upload to finish.

Coding is undoubtedly a difficult task. This is why bugs are an inevitable part of code production process. The problem with bugs is that debugging (the process of removing bugs) is tedious in extreme. It takes a lot of effort, attention and concentration to debug code and developers generally hate this brain draining process.

I recently needed to generate username based on first and last name of Facebook and Google users. So I created PHP functions that achieve the results I wanted.

The automation tools come in handy for saving time and avoiding any common human error. These tools permit users to offload mundane tasks and helps them in completing these tasks in faster and stress-free manner. When it comes to choosing the best automation tools, you will come across two names Gulp & Grunt. In this post, you will read about what exactly these two tools do as well as a brief comparison on the basis of speed, performance, and similarities.