Archive for November, 2009
Top 20+ MySQL Best Practices
To Grid or Not to Grid: Advantages and Disadvantages
I think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. A grid system allows to precisely lay out a website design.
Advanced Power Tips For WordPress Template Developers
patterns & practices Application Architecture Guide 2.0
Provides guidance on structuring applications. Have done a quick skim – it looks to [...]
Review: Test-Driven Development by Example
Test-Driven Development by Example is enough introduction to start one working in code by writing tests first. This book goes into just enough detail for a coder to build quality code with confidence – by ensuring the quality is in the code to start!
.NET Projects: Versioning Builds
This article is about setting a version number for a code build, and a mechanism to maintain a versioning system over time. This can be done in NAnt with some custom targets.
The History of the Internet in a Nutshell
A detailed, well-written overview of how the internet has evolved from it’s beginnings to where it is today.
20 New High Quality Free Fonts
9 Most Common IE Bugs and How to Fix Them
Looks like a useful go-to reference when debugging pages in IE.
Everything you need to know about WordPress [...]
.NET Projects: Packaging Your Build
Provides a description of packaging build artifacts in a Zip file using NAnt’s built in functionality. Includes code for a task to do the job.
This is a look at how one coder’s standard NAnt build file for .NET projects has evolved. In this post, a new standard buildfile will be shown, including a number of useful and commonly-used tasks.
Startups.com
Another StackOverflow-type site, this one targeted at startup businesses. [via]
Why and How to Use Dropbox for Client & Blog Files
Shows a clever way to store file sin Dropbox for multi-computer synchronization.
Five Years of Firefox
The once-upstart browser that reignited the browser market has reached a five-year milestone. [via]
20 Corporate Brand Logo Evolution
Interesting to see how some [...]
A brief look at Balsamiq and how it can save you time in planning and designing websites and applications.
FOSS FAQ
A Stack Overflow-inspired site for discussion of all things open source. [via]
The New W3C Website Goes Live … With Invalid CSS!
Oh the irony…The new site is quite the improvement though.
Secret copyright treaty leaks. It’s bad. Very bad.
A rather disturbing reveal of where use of content on the internet may be going.
Why Every Developer Should [...]
12 Essential Plugins that Extend WordPress as a CMS
To School or Not to School
An interesting look at whether formal training is essential to a career.
Do Your Web Forms Suck?
Sitepoint has a new book on the design of web forms. I may need to take a look.
How to Create a 3D Floorplan in Illustrator
Illustrator is so [...]
