Will the Windows Phone mobile platform rise to the occasion and be a main competitor to Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS offerings, or is it doomed to remain in relative obscurity? Some app developers offered their thoughts on Windows Phone and what it needs to be successful.

This tutorial will show you how you can use the ALTER TABLE statement to tweak table structures in MySQL.

In this third part of a four-part series on the Joomla MailChimp plug-in for managing e-mail campaigns, you'll learn how to handle subscription sign-ups and manage your mailing lists.

App Promo, a provider of marketing and strategy services for the app industry, recently released the results of its First Annual Developer Survey. The overall results of the survey show that app success is possible for developers should they dedicate significant time and financial resources to their projects, and those who fail to do so will have trouble staying afloat.

In this conclusion to a six-part article series on subroutines and functions in Perl, you'll learn more about lists and arrays, and take a look at default argument values. This article was excerpted from chapter six of the book Beginning Perl, Second Edition, written by James Lee (Apress; ISBN: 159059391X).

In this fifth part to a six-part article series on subroutines and functions in Perl, you'll learn about lexical variables, and how passing arguments works. This article was excerpted from chapter six of the book Beginning Perl, Second Edition, written by James Lee (Apress; ISBN: 159059391X).

This tutorial will explain what the MySQL GRANT statement does and how it can be used to grant privileges to certain MySQL user accounts.

In this second part of a four-part series on integrating Mailchimp with the Joomla content management system, you'll learn how to create a subscriber list, and how to install and configure JoomlaMailer. So if you use Joomla for your website and send out newsletters for your business, keep reading to learn how to simplify this process.

Getting into the app game as a developer can be as nerve-wracking as it is exciting. You never truly know if the time and money you invest into designing an app will pay off. Luckily, the introduction of the new Apptopia market is allowing some developers to recoup some of their initial investments into app development.

In this fourth part of a six-part article series on subroutines and functions in Perl, you will learn about two different types of variables (global and lexical) and their scopes. You will also learn what a package is. This article was excerpted from chapter six of the book Beginning Perl, Second Edition, written by James Lee (Apress; ISBN: 159059391X).

Is fragmentation in the smartphone market a true enemy of app developers? Many believe it to be, but could it also be a positive that developers could use in their favor? Some say yes, and this article will explain the reasons why.

Today’s MySQL database tutorial covers a few basic concepts. Specifically, we are going to discuss how to create a MySQL database in the first place. Next, you will learn how to list and select databases in MySQL. Finally, you will see the steps to remove databases in MySQL.

In this programming tutorial you will learn how to use the PHP array function array_change_key_case to manipulate data stored in your arrays.