Tuesday: March 9, 2010
- Ten SQL tips you can use to speed up your beloved databases.
This is a great collection of tips for anyone who happens to deal with writing SQL queries on a daily basis (cough). And yes, I actually own the t-shirt contained in the attached thumbnail.
Monday: March 8, 2010
- Eight basics of regular expressions that can make you an expert.
Scared of the whole regular expression (as it relates to programming, not dialect) concept? This post provides eight quick tips that should help you get a better grasp on the basics to wrap your head around it. Print this out and keep it pinned to your wall (if necessary).
Tuesday: February 9, 2010
- The top eleven undocumented features of HTML5.
3. Enhanced support for people with disabilities by automatically correcting 'its', 'it's' and 'your', 'you're' mistakes on pages. Hey, what happened to item number four?
Monday: January 25, 2010
- The many advantages and methods to using a CSS reset implementation.
Everything you ever wanted and/or needed to know about the beauty of CSS reset all on one handy article. Yes, this site employs a CSS reset implementation as I'm sure you were dying to know.
Wednesday: December 23, 2009
- CSS techniques that you wished you knew about prior to designing websites.
This is a great for anyone who happens to be looking to dive into CSS based web design. Read this, learn it, and eventually try to love it. Yur forray into web design just might be a little smoother as a result.
Wednesday: December 9, 2009
- Fifteen best practices for writing super readable code.
Although you might not be able to tell from viewing source code of my beloved website, I'm actually a pretty big stickler when it comes to writing easy-to-read code. Indentation is your friend.
Monday: December 7, 2009
- Everything you need to know about HTML 5.0.
The new news is that XHTML2 is dead. The idealist recommendation for the web didn't make it. Possibly because of the lack of backward compatibility, possibly for lots of reasons – the web was hot with discussion on the loss of the spec; the why, who and 'whoh!'.
Tuesday: December 1, 2009
- Ten front-end techniques you can use to improve your site usability.
Usability is a very important part of website building. Sadly, this is often neglected by designers and developers. In this article, you’ll find 10 great techniques that you should definitely implement into your website.
Monday: November 30, 2009
- Microsoft's top developers prefer old-school coding methods over those fancy modern ones.
Graphical programming environments are usable when they are useless, but unusable when they would be useful,' said Jeffrey Snover, another Microsoft distinguished engineer and creator of Microsoft's PowerShell scripting tool for Windows.
Wednesday: November 25, 2009
- Microsoft decides to make .NET micro framework free and open source.
The gift to the open source community, however, does come with some strings attached -- or, rather, removed from the gift wrapping. Microsoft reduced some of the framework's functionality in making the Software Developer's Kit open source
Monday: November 16, 2009
- Nine of the most common Internet Explorer bugs and how to fix them.
Designing a website with the hopes of it being semi-cross-compatible amongst modern browsers? You'll soon realize, as most of the web designing world has, that Internet Explorer will be the bane of your existence.
Wednesday: October 28, 2009
- Thirty amazing jQuery plugins you can use to play with tables.
Ah, tables. Those were the good old days of web design. Remeber when tables were used for everything in the world of web design? Nostalgia aside, there are some great plugins ranging from heat maps to selectable rows. Enjoy.
Wednesday: October 21, 2009
- Fiftween ways to improve your CSS by adding a dash of jQuery.
Adding some jQuery into your CSS can make a world of difference. Source site covers everything from rounded corners to some specific Internet Explorer fixes. I've always been curious to try out some of that checkbox customization.
Friday: October 16, 2009
- Ten puzzle websites to sharpen your programming skills.
Whether your looking to just pass the time or to perhaps even find a job (see Facebook section of source article), puzzle programming may have something for you. Good luck and good programming.
Wednesday: October 14, 2009
- A list of CSS differences found in different versions of Internet Explorer.
In a nutshell, Internet Explorer 6 is a big steaming pile of 'not supported' while Internet Explorer 7 trails slightly behind. Version 8 seems to finally be on the right track.
- Seven things I wish I had known about jQuery.
A great writeup with a list of jQuery tips and tricks ranging from chainability to callback functions.
Wednesday: October 7, 2009
- NYC BigApps contest officially under way - start your programming.
The task is to create some sort of meaningful kind of application (be it for web, desktop, iPhone, etc) while utilizing at least one data source available on the NYC.gov Data Mine. There are cash prizes as well as chance to have dinner with New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. Swanky.
Monday: September 28, 2009
- Twenty-five excellent tips for improving your jQuery skills.
A good list of tips with some valuable resources for anyone looking to hone in on their jQuery skills. I'll be adding these cheat sheets to the office wall at some point today.
Wednesday: September 23, 2009
- New study shows that quality of open source code is actually improving.
'Defect density' has dropped 16 percent during the past three years among the projects scanned through the site and some 11,200 defects have been eliminated, according to Coverity's latest report.
Wednesday: September 9, 2009
- Eleven classic CSS techniques made simple with CSS3.
Finally, rounded corners made simple. You (and your visitors) still need a modern browser that actually supports CSS3 though.
Wednesday: September 2, 2009
- Twenty-five incredibly useful CSS tricks you should probably know about.
The whole 'position:relative;' thing on missing IE6 elements makes me chuckle every time. I love you, IE6.
Tuesday: September 1, 2009
- How to build a popularity algorithm that you can be proud of.
After reading this article I am not so proud of my lame 'recently popular' list over on the right side of the page.
Thursday: August 27, 2009
- Five habits that will help you complete your development project in record time.
An excellent post for those of us who can get a little deadline-crazy. I'd like to add that checklists (in addition to sketching and outlining) are also a great way to keep yourself ripping through a project.
Monday: August 24, 2009
- The top ten tips that working developers should know about Windows 7.
Article contains lots of useful links and resources. Now get to coding.
- See how well you fare at a programming IQ test.
Some of these questions are just flat-out evil. Good luck.
Wednesday: August 19, 2009
- Five things clients say and what they really mean.
Anyone who has done freelance work should be quite familiar with a few of these.
Tuesday: August 11, 2009
- Twenty SEO tips that every web developer should follow.
Another helpful resource for my development friends out there. Validate, validate, validate.
Monday: August 10, 2009
- Eight regular expressions you should probably know about.
A good refresher for my fellow development nerds who have to dive into the world of regex every now and again.
- A neat tutorial on how to create an animated postcard using jQuery.
This is quite neat, even seems to work pretty well in IE6 (if you disregard the lack of PNG support that is). I heart jQuery.
Friday: August 7, 2009
- Some signs that you may be a bad programmer (and shouldn't be programming at all).
The following may not have any remedies if you still suffer from them after taking a programming course in school, so you will stand a better chance of advancing your career by choosing another profession.
