Archive for Web Development

26 Websites for Tutorials Starting out in Website Design & Development

Web Development on August 26th, 2009 No Comments

With more and more resources being shared across the web today, there are tons of people starting careers in web design or web development. With how many tutorials about HTML/XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP there are out there, becoming a web designer has never been easier.

Four Ways Ruby on Rails Can Help You

Web Development on August 26th, 2009 No Comments

Ruby on Rails, an open source web development framework, has revolutionized the way we create web applications. By giving developers the necessarily tools and components needed to build powerful apps in an intuitive development environment, RoR makes development more efficient and less troublesome.

Mozilla demos impressive Firefox 3.1 features at SCALE

Web Development on August 26th, 2009 No Comments

During a presentation on Saturday at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCALE), Mozilla evangelist Chris Blizzard discussed some of new features that will be included in the next version of the Firefox Web browser. He demonstrated how several emerging standards-based Web technologies can be used together to produce impressively sophisticated Web applications.

Developers claim Apple rates all browser-embedded apps mature

Web Development on August 26th, 2009 No Comments

Apple has caught the ire of some developers this week after it was revealed that all applications with integrated Web browsers will reportedly be rated for ages 17 and up, and that all such apps will not be entitled to promotional codes.
As first reported at The Unofficial Apple Weblog, the App Store’s new app rating [...]

Interviewing Web Developers – 20 Good Questions to Ask

Web Development on August 24th, 2009 No Comments

SEOmoz has recently been interviewing applicants for a web developer position. Prior to conducting the interview, I wrote up a list of technical questions I wanted to ask. After interviewing, I decided to build upon this list and put together a larger one that everyone could use – both for interviewers and interviewees.

A Roundup for “Developers, Developers, Developers…”

Web Development on August 24th, 2009 No Comments

First off, I apologize for the title – I couldn’t resist. (If you don’t know what the title is talking about, see this video). I am a web developer, as many of you may know. I use software on my computer like Zend Studio, WinSCP, and Putty, as many developers would. But as I was [...]

27 Indispensable Web Design and Development Firefox Extensions

Web Development on August 24th, 2009 No Comments

A collection of extensions for your every Design and Development need, from Editing CSS and Database Management to Image Capture and Color Pickers.

The Future of Software Development

Web Development on August 24th, 2009 No Comments

In 1975, Frederick Brooks wrote a classic book on software project management called The Mythical Man-Month. In the book, he famously argued that adding more people to a development project will hinder rather than help to get things done faster. The reason is that having more people working on the project introduces a non-linear overhead [...]

10 Ways to Cut Down Web Development Time

Web Development on August 24th, 2009 No Comments

In today’s development environment: faster is better.
Present-day buzzwords and buzz terms like “rapid application development“, “Agile“, and “Asynchronous JavaScript and XML” (we can’t even wait for web pages reload anymore) gives you an insight of the fast-paced world we live in.

10 Most Sought-after Skills in Web Development

Web Development on August 24th, 2009 No Comments

In a time of economic crisis, web developers and freelancers everywhere have started chewing their fingernails. However, no matter how bad the economy worsens, there will always be work in certain booming fields of web development.