Useful (and free!) Code Snippets
I reviewed Coda a few months ago and have been using it ever since. It’s an awesome all-in-one IDE with Transmit for FTP and great plugin support. My favorite feature of Coda is Coda Clips, a similar feature was also introduced in Dreamweaver CS4. Coda Clips allows you to store snippets of code you use...
Read more…Contribute Friday: Web Development Recommendations
I get a lot of requests for web development book recommendations, but up until a few months ago, I’ve never read one! I always thought they were a bit bland and preferred to learn by doing. Most of the ones I’m reading now are for advanced developers so it’s tough for me to recommend any...
Read more…In Depth CSS Part 4: New CSS3 Styles
In the first part of In Depth CSS we talked about margins, padding and the box model. Our second post was on the difference between floats and positions and our third post was all about text. In the fourth, and last, part of our In Depth CSS series, we’ll talk about several new CSS3 features – from fancy...
Read more…Progressive Enhancement: What It Is & How To Use It
There’s plenty of controversy between developers about whether or not we should continue to support IE6, especially with the addition of CSS3 and HTML5. However, no matter what side of the IE6 fence you’re on, you should understand that a website cannot, and should not, look exactly the same in every browser. Why is this?...
Read more…In Depth CSS Part 3: All About Text
In this first part of the CSS In Depth series. we talked about Margins, Padding & the Box Model. Last week in the second part of the series, we also discussed the differences between Floats & Positions. This week in part 3 of our CSS In Depth series, we’ll discuss something more visual and design related –...
Read more…In Depth CSS Part 2: Floats & Positioning
Last week, in the first of our CSS In Depth posts, we discussed the difference between paddings and margins, and what the box model is. This week we’ll be discussing positions and floats as well as what the differences are and when it’s best to use them. Both floats and positions deal with the relationship...
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