Posts in the Web Development category

• Here's why microformats are useful

  20 May 2007 by Clive Walker

  Here's a cool use of microformats. Jeremy Keith has posted a video demo that shows how you can transfer microformatted event information from a webpage to a mobile phone with one click.

• What makes a successful web application?

  09 May 2007 by Clive Walker

  I was thinking about the criteria for website success recently. With web applications, it may depend on your objectives. Perhaps you want to establish an active community or even make some money from your lovingly-crafted ‘web app’. However, one possible measure of success is whether the application has been sold to another company. That’s certainly the case with two web applications that were described last night at the second £5 Apps meeting in Brighton.

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• Microformats explained

  05 April 2007 by Clive Walker

  Glenn Jones gave a lucid explanation of microformats and their usage at last night's Sussex Geek Dinner.

• How to develop your own web application

  28 March 2007 by Clive Walker

  I went to the inaugural £5 App Meeting in Brighton yesterday to hear John Montgomery and Ian Oszvald talk about two web applications that they have developed in their spare time.

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• What am I - web designer or web developer?

  19 March 2007 by Clive Walker

  I signed up for the Future of Web Design Conference recently and the name badge registration asked whether I was a web designer or web developer. Hmmm. Tricky question.

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• Web development books for 2007

  22 December 2006 by Clive Walker

  Books that I'm looking forward to reading in 2007: Bulletproof Ajax by Jeremy Keith. As a follow-up to DOM Scripting, this should be a clear and insightful read

• Strange website behavior from a large company

  17 December 2006 by Clive Walker

  Sometimes, the largest companies make mistakes with their websites. I used to assume that big corporate enterprises have large budgets and teams of website developers that are fully aware of cross-browser problems and the latest techniques. Perhaps not if my recent experience is anything to go by.

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• Using Aardvark Firefox extension

  28 November 2006 by Clive Walker

  Following on from a previous post, another tool I have been using recently is the Aardvark Firefox extension or add-on.

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• Jay talks jQuery

  22 November 2006 by Clive Walker

  Last night I attended the seventh Sussex Geek Dinner (ably organised by Simon Harriyott once again) where Jay Gooby from Snipperoo gave a presentation about jQuery, which is a newish JavaScript library.

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• Microformats everywhere

  20 October 2006 by Clive Walker

  Yesterday, I atttended the London WSG Meeting – Microformats. Here’s my quick review.

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