The new Web Platform Installer from Microsoft makes setting up PHP and PHP-based applications on Windows a breeze. Louis walks us through what’s available with this new tool and shows us how simple it is to start off with WordPress or Drupal on Windows with IIS.

Ever updated a web site’s markup and CSS only to have it render incorrectly when you load it in your browser? Perhaps you’ve had to tell a co-worker or client that they needed to refresh the site or empty their browser cache to view your updated site correctly? In this article, Zach shows us a few methods to avoid these headaches and turn the browser cache from a foe into an ally.

Git represents the current state of the art in version control tools, but it’s surprisingly easy to use. In this article Alec Clews introduces Git and demonstrates why it’s your new best friend.

Joomla is one of the most popular open source content management systems that exist today. In this step by step tutorial, Andrew demonstrates how easy it is to get started.