Becoming A Better Developer For 2011
It’s time for the New Year to begin so we all know what that means – an excuse to learn and become something better than we already are1 For the holiday months, I’ve spent a ton of time learning, reading and trying out new coding techniques to find out what works best. Every site I...
Read more…Validation Is Still Relevant
I was listening to a Sitepoint podcast when they started talking about whether they still validate their HTML or not. This being my expertise, I quickly perked up my ears to listen to what the “experts” were saying. And I was disappointed. Perhaps the guys who take care of the podcast aren’t coders, or aren’t...
Read more…Building Findable Websites
Building Findable Websites by Arron Walter is one of the best books I’ve read on the subject of SEO, web standards and accessibility in the world of code. Aimed specifically to developers, Building Findable Websites is 264 pages based on several topics. This isn’t a regular SEO book, but teaches “findability” through good coding practices, including...
Read more…Should You Document Your HTML?
Anyone who knows anything about my development style knows I’m a huge stickler for clean, semantic code. It kills me when a client asks me to edit an existing site that’s filled with improper tabs, run-on coding, extra blank lines and divs name “div45673435534″. I’ve been so proud of the development community lately, because I’ve...
Read more…10 Ways To Increase Traffic By Changing Your Code
Search engine optimization, or SEO, is a very complicated science. While no one knows exactly how Google ranks websites, we do have a lot of proven techniques. Good SEO depends on several factors in your website, but when you usually think of SEO, you probably think of dealing with content and inward links. But did...
Read more…The 7 Habits of Miserably Failing Web Developers
OK bad Stephen Covey references aside, we developers can often fail into bad habits while slammed with coding that eventually stop us from reaching our full potential. While some habits can help us speed up our work, others (like stuffing my face with candy as I type…) can do harm to both our business and...
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