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11 Outstanding Online Resources for Web Developers
This series is supported by Rackspace, the better way to do hosting. Learn more about Rackspace's hosting solutions here. If you're a web developer, you're almost certainly constantly looking for ways to improve your skills, expand your technology arsenal, and keep on top of the latest trends in development and design. Whether you need to pick up a new coding language, get informed about new standards, brush up on best practices, or simply get inspired by great examples from your peers, we've collated a number of great resources to help you stay at the top of your game. Have a look at some of the online repositories for great development information and inspiration below, and be sure to tell us about any other trusted sources we haven't included in the list that other developers should check out. 1. 2. Taking a holistic approach to the subject of web development, A List Apart is "for people who make websites" including designers, developers, and online content creators of all stripes. 3.
20 Things I Learned About Browsers and the Web
HTML5
HTML5 is the latest evolution of the standard that defines HTML. The term represents two different concepts. It is a new version of the language HTML, with new elements, attributes, and behaviors, and a larger set of technologies that allows the building of more diverse and powerful Web sites and applications. This set is sometimes called HTML5 & friends and often shortened to just HTML5. Designed to be usable by all Open Web developers, this reference page links to numerous resources about HTML5 technologies, classified into several groups based on their function. Semantics: allowing you to describe more precisely what your content is. Semantics Sections and outlines in HTML5 A look at the new outlining and sectioning elements in HTML5: <section>, <article>, <nav>, <header>, <footer> and <aside>. Using HTML5 audio and video The <audio> and <video> elements embed and allow the manipulation of new multimedia content. Forms improvements New semantic elements Improvement in <iframe> MathML WebRTC
Top 10 Professional Sample Code Websites For Programmers
Most programmers are not just desktop programmers, web programmers or scripting gurus – they are often all of the above. Over time, most software developers find that it’s much easier to re-use code components than it is to recreate the wheel every time you write an application. Over time, these developers typically archive a library of these reusable modules in order to save time the next time they need to do the same task. Now, thanks to the power of the Internet, there is a proliferation of websites where professional programmers offer these modules to the general public for absolutely free. For other application developers, these libraries are a goldmine. Whether you write in VB, C, C++, C#, Perl, PHP, Ruby, or any other programming language, there’s a website out there where you can find such reusable sample code. Choosing the Top Websites for Sample Code The following is, by no means, an exhaustive list of the best developer websites online. #1 – Programmer’s Heaven #3 – CodeGuru
CSS3 + Progressive Enhancement = Smart Design
Progressive enhancement is a good thing, and CSS3 is even better. Combined, they enable designers to create lighter, cleaner websites faster and easier than ever before.. CSS3 can do some pretty amazing stuff: text shadows, rgba transparency, multiple background images, embedded fonts, and tons more. Among these generalized strategies, the second approach comes closest to the concept of progressive enhancement. A Quick Example Consider a basic layout done with good ‘ol CSS 2.1 and HTML 4.01. basic layout and compositionbackground, border, and font colorsfont families, styles, and transformationsbasic styles for HTML elementsdecorative graphics, link styles and so on The idea here is to begin with a nice, well-styled presentation that looks good in even archaic browsers like IE6. CSS 3 and Progressive Enhancement Progressive enhancement provides a well-defined strategy for implementing CSS3 into the presentational layer of our designs. Do More with Less Code Why even bother with CSS3?
html5shim - HTML5 IE enabling script
Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses Full original, uncompressed source available here: Source code adds new HTML5 elements (which is simple code), but also supports printing HTML5 elements and includes the default styles for HTML5 elements, like block on article and section. Getting it to work in the browser was easy, @jon_neal and afarkas made IE actually print HTML5 elements - these guys are to take all the credit. Please take a moment to thank them! To use this script, download the html5shiv and roll it in to your own code (ideally minified). Common question: what's the difference between the html5shim and the html5shiv?
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