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The Differences Between Posts and Pages in WordPress

For those who are new to WordPress, the difference between posts and pages can at first be confusing, but this article will shed some light on the two, and the novice WordPress user will very quickly be able to tell which type of method they need. Posts When WordPress was originally conceived, it was as a Blogging tool. For those not in the know, a Blog is an online version of a diary, but with the added advantage of the writer being able to post photos and much more to their online diary. Because WordPress was conceived this way, the posts section of the Blog is where the writer puts their thoughts for that particular time and day -much like a conventional diary. A prolific Blogger may put many post many times a week, or even many per day, and each new Blog post would be positioned at the top…    read more 

A Swift look at Apple’s new programming language Swift

During WWDC 2014 one of the big announcements is Apple’s new programming language Swift. Swift is a language based on Objective-C. Apple has dropped a lot of “baggage” with it’s new language and is usable on both OSX and iOS. Easier debugging With Swift developers will be able to see live changes when making adjustments in their code. Developers don’t have to compile their code every time they change something in their code to see the results. Better performance Because Apple has dropped a lot of baggage by building a lot of elements into the language itself, there is a performance increase with apps that have been specifically design for iOS 8 using Swift. Quicker development Because a lot of functions are already built into Swift, it will allow developers to build application much quicker then when using Objective-C. Swift is available with Xcode 6. Codester will of course support Swift. Developers…    read more 

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