Author › Kevin Yank
Kevin Yank is a respected figure in the web development field and has over a decade of experience in both front-end and back-end development, with particular emphasis on PHP, CSS, and JavaScript. A talented communicator, he has authored three successful books, hosted the weekly SitePoint Podcast for over two years, and been invited to speak at industry conferences around the world.Kevin joined the SitePoint Group (an online media company with sub-brands including 99designs and Flippa) shortly after its founding in 2001, and served as SitePoint's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from 2008 through 2010. He spent 2011, his final year at the SitePoint Group, working for the elearning startup Learnable, as Chief Instructor.
In January 2012, Kevin joined Avalanche Technology Group as CTO, managing internal and customer-facing IT and development, technology strategy, and partnerships.
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Discover some of the basic, not-so-basic, and downright hidden features of the Sublime Text 2 code editor, and become a more productive developer.
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Thoroughly explains how to use CSS to build a site from scratch or redesign an existing site.
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Explores the technologies that come together in AJAX applications, including the DOM, XML, JavaScript, and XHR.
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Explains how to set up a complete web server on Windows; covers PHP 5, the Apache web server, and IIS.
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Guides users through the process of installing MySQL 5 on Windows and getting a server running.
