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Choosing a web development framework Illustration from Wordle.net Web Dev FrameworksWhich one is right for you? So you have decided you want to start your startup, or may be you just want to build a hobby site. Choosing the web framework is going to be one of the most important decisions you will make, and this decision is going to influence most of your future decisions, so choose wisely. Recently at uswaretech.com, I helped a client evaluate frameworks and make a choice, so here is some help for you from my experience. Step 1.
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70+ Cheat Sheet Resources for Web Designers Posted By Thomson Chemmanoor Cheat sheats, or reference sheets, are a helpful and quick way to remember things. Web designers, by nature of their work, are forced to cram their heads with TONS of information ranging in many different areas. In this particular post, we have created a dynamite list of 70+ helpful cheat sheets we found on the web to help web designer’s manage all this information. 28 Incredible Photoshop Image Manipulation Techniques and Tutorials : Speckyboy Design Magazine The photo manipulation tutorials that we have chosen for this post are all aimed towards beginner and intermediately skilled manipulators. So if you are a Photoshop expert, there is nothing here for you, move along please. We are also not going to pretend that these tutorials will make you a guru, mastering Photoshop is hard, really hard.
7 Exciting Web Development Trends for 2011 At the end of December, you read Andrew's list of the hottest technologies, tools, and resources to come from 2010. Today, we're going to look forward, and take a peek at some exciting emerging technologies and trends. A Word from the Author The tools and technologies that we, as web developers, work with is in a state of constant flux, much like every other industry. What separates us from the rest is that we have to learn, unlearn and relearn new developments at a much faster rate, much more frequently.
Canvas Tutorial - Introduction Welcome! In this tutorial, we're going to create a breakout clone that you can play in your browser, using javascript and the In order to use this tutorial, you'll need a browser that supports the <canvas> element. Before you read any further, click on the "run code" button on the left to play the game that we'll end up creating. On every page, you'll be able to click the "run code" button to run the code we've developed so far.
About HTML semantics and front-end architecture A collection of thoughts, experiences, ideas that I like, and ideas that I have been experimenting with over the last year. It covers HTML semantics, components and approaches to front-end architecture, class naming patterns, and HTTP compression. We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time. T.S. 10+ Web Resources to Make Web Designer’s Life Easy First of all, I added a news section, so feel free to submit any interesting links, articles. Now, this article is another edition of my earlier post, about tools/resources web designer’s can/should use. I hope these sites helps you in your everyday work and project. Patterrific Even though from the name you might think the site is all about patterns, Patterrific offers more to offer than patterns.
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