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Review: HTML5 for Web Designers

Grant — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:44:03 +0000

A review of one of the first books to cover the new HTML5 standard: HTML5 for Web Designers, from A Book Apart.

Weekly Links #115

Grant — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:24:23 +0000

How To Use CSS3 Media Queries To Create a Mobile Version of Your Website A tutorial on building a mobile-friendly stylesheet, and also on retrofitting an existing site to include the same. Unit Test using test doubles, aka Mock, Stub, Fake, Dummy Laurent Kempé explains some unit-testing terminology, differentiating various types of "fake"e; objects. Deciphering [...]

Weekly Links #114

Grant — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:16:58 +0000

HTML5 For Web Designers Sells Out A Book Apart’s first print run has sold out within two months. Not surprised – I’ve read it, and it is a good book. Getting Started with WordPress Custom Menus A good tutorial on making use of one of WordPress’ latest and greatest features. CSS3 PIE A script that [...]

Review: Brownfield Application Development in .NET

Grant — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:32:08 +0000

A helpful book on reviewing and updating existing projects to streamline the development process.

Weekly Links #113

Grant — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 05:20:23 +0000

Prefix or Posthack Eric Meyer explains the use of vendor-specific prefixes in CSS, and why they are useful for the evolution of the web. Introducing WebMatrix Scott Guthrie announces a new tool – WebMatrix – that is composed of a few new tools, and provides an all-in-one web development solution. Great Ways to Learn jQuery [...]

Weekly Links #112

Grant — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:20:06 +0000

JScript and DOM changes in IE 9 preview 3 The latest preview appears to be catching up on script support in a big way. View the resulting compatibility table. IE‘s big leap forward; CSS3 selectors fully supported Peter Paul Koch of QuirksMode reports on the CSS support in the latest IE 9 preview – appears [...]

Weekly Links #111

Grant — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 06:14:55 +0000

New FxCop is available …as part of the new Windows SDK. You must install the SDK, then you can install FxCop from the resulting folder. I think older versions were available standalone, strange that this one is not. [via] How I use Inversion of Control containers, How I use Inversion of Control containers – pulling [...]

Using the new NCover

Grant — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:50:52 +0000

Explains why the current NCover is worth purchasing and using over the old free version. Shows how to use the GUI as well as the console interfaces. Also includes a tip on a time-limited NCover discount!

Weekly Links #110

Grant — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 17:09:40 +0000

Launchlist A nice web-based checklist for site reviews. Start Using CSS3 Today: Techniques and Tutorials A roundup of web rendering techniques that are possible with today’s CSS3 implementations. The State of HTML5 Apps A detailed essay on where HTML5 came from, what it is today, and where it is going. Also highlights the use of [...]

Weekly Links #109

Grant — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:06:00 +0000

The Best Visual Studio 2010 Productivity Power Tools, Power Commands and Extensions Scott Hanselman lists a number of useful extensions for VS 2010, a few of which I’ve started using. WordPress: From Kubrick to Twenty Ten A look at how WordPress’ default theme has changed from the default theme in previous versions. A refresher on [...]