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The Soul Of The Web - Why Ajax Standards Matter
I spoke on a panel at Mashup Camp this week on why Ajax Standards matter. I was quoted by Doug Henschen of Intelligent Enterprise as saying that we are locked in a struggle for the soul of the web, so I thought I would expand on that theme.
The Abstract User Interface Markup Language Web Toolkit: An AUIML renderer for JavaScript and Dojo
Code: Flickr Developer Blog " Lessons Learned while Building an iPhone Site
Tree | The Dojo Toolkit
The Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers | Web Resources | WebAppers
How Do You Prototype Your Apps?
I've seen more ways to create application prototypes than I can count, from PowerPoint (I'm look at you Chuck) to FileMaker Pro (and you, Bob) and everything in-between. Often, I see folks skip prototypes entirely and just using good ol' OmniGraffle / Illustrator / Photoshop / hand-drawn wireframes with sticky notes. Never have any of the mechanisms I've seen or used felt quite right.
A recent post on Boxes and Arrows, Prototyping with XHTML, got me thinking about this again. In the article Anders Ramsay and Leah Buley write towards a design audience to advocate what the title implies: using XHTML to create prototypes. (The comment thread goes on to provide links to several prototypes and the discussion turns to Protonotes, which we covered sometime ago, and PolyPage for jQuery, which we have not yet covered.)
Is hand-coded semantic mark-up with applied styles really the state-of-the-art for prototyping? Shouldn't a primarily visual medium be used in the prototype stage? Or is semantic mark-up the way to go because it frees you to change the design of the same content quickly? How do you prototype your user interfaces? Or do you skip prototypes entirely?
The Best Cheat Sheets for Web Developers
WebAppers has collated a set of best cheat sheets for web developers. It includes some of the popular programming language, e.g. jQuery, Mootools, Prototype, PHP, MySQL and etc…
simpleCart(js) - An Incredibly Easy Javascript Shopping Cart
No programming needed, No databases. Just some simple HTML and you've got a working shopping cart. It just uses javascript and paypal to allow anyone a nice ajax shopping cart.
How to define a front-end developer
The role of front-end developer has changed in the last years. Here's my take on what it takes to be one, and what the required skill sets are, as well as some minor rants on the skills of the people looking for talent.
