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Viewport Sizes and Pixel Densities for Popular Devices. Test your website at different screen resolutions: Multi Screen Test. What's My Browser Size? What is Application Program Interface (API)? Webopedia. By Vangie Beal Application program interface (API) is a set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications.

What is Application Program Interface (API)? Webopedia

An API specifies how software components should interact. Additionally, APIs are used when programming graphical user interface (GUI) components. A good API makes it easier to develop a program by providing all the building blocks. A programmer then puts the blocks together. Different Types of APIs There are many different types of APIs for operating systems, applications or websites. Most operating environments, such as MS-Windows, provide APIs, allowing programmers to write applications consistent with the operating environment. Popular API Examples ProgrammableWeb, a site that tracks more than 15,500 APIs, lists Google Maps, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Amazon Product Advertising as some of the the most popular APIs. 1. 2. 3. Website dimensions - exact pixels - live check. Sitespeed.io - Analyze your website speed and performance. Web Design Blog - Webdesigner Depot. 5 Great Blog Designing Tips Graphic Designers Must Consider.

An attractive and appealing blog designing that also allows for technical structural potential can go a very long way in assuring a successful blog portal.

5 Great Blog Designing Tips Graphic Designers Must Consider

Balancing and harmonizing the aesthetics with the utilization is one of the most imperative objectives of any graphic designer, so by applying the valuable advice, you will be able to come up with a winning combo within no time! 1. Appearance of Your Blog Should Reflect Its Theme: Appearance of Your Blog Should Reflect Its Theme If you are to run a blog which is about environment friendly products, imply a design and color scheme on nature-inspired and green’s prints to compliment the entire theme.

Being precise, the design of your blog should be in accordance to the main theme of the blog so that an instant link between the two can be easily created. 2. Design Should Be Friendly And Fun Even if you are working as a graphic designer for a company or business, pick a design that is attractive and funky. 3. Integrate the RSS Feature 4. 5. About me. My name is Lea Verou (actually, in official papers it’s “Michaelia Komvouti-Verou” or “Μιχαήλια Κομβούτη-Βέρου”, but who can bear to use such a long name in everyday life?)

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And I’m a front-end engineer currently living in Greece and working remotely for W3C ( but I travel a lot ). I was the co-founder of a small web advertising company named Fresset Ltd although these days my focus has shifted from it. I am passionate about web standards, especially JavaScript and CSS. I make tools that help other developers working with them, I speak about them in conferences around the world , I write about them in popular industry media and blog about my related research and tools in this blog. I also help develop CSS as I’m a member of the CSS Working Group . ). To find out more about me in a more formal and unavoidably braggy format:

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