|  | From Scott Orgera, your About Programming Editor This week we explain how to improve your marketability through online training courses, dive into the various roles a PHP developer can hold, take a look at the world of socket programming, and much more... | | Online Programming Training Courses A friend just started a new job. She was recruited via LinkedIn, and she's sure it was because of the online courses she has taken. She added her certifications to her profile and as soon as she did, the inquiries from employers started coming in. The online classes she took helped her transition from a marketing role to a tech role and made her much more marketable in a job market where tech rules. Even if you're not working in a purely tech role, programming skills are a valuable career asset. | Working as a PHP Developer If you are learning PHP because you hope to use it as a career, there are generally one of three categories you will fall under. You will be an employee, a contractor, or working for yourself... Read more | CSS2 Generated Content Sometimes you don't want content to be included in the document tree for some reason. Now, CSS2 comes with a way to include that content. This can let you add quotes around quotations or additional text in front or after blocks of text. | Introduction to Sockets and Socket Programming A socket is one of the most fundamental technologies of computer networking. Sockets allow applications to communicate using standard mechanisms built into network hardware and operating systems. Although network software may seem to be a relatively new "Web" phenomenon, socket technology actually has been employed for roughly two decades. | | | | Related Searches | | | | Featured Articles | | | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics | | | | You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Programming newsletter. If you wish to change your email address or unsubscribe, please click here. About.com respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 © 2013 About.com | | | | | Advertisement | |