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Web Development Zone
(11/16/09)
The <audio> and <video> tags were among the first features to be added to the HTML 5 specification. Find out how these elements enable the browser to work with both types of media in an easy-to-use manner.
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(11/05/09)
One of the new features in the CSS specification lets web developers embed third-party fonts that users can use directly in a web page. Learn how to use this useful feature.
(10/29/09)
XForms 1.1 improves version 1.0 in areas where the initial specification was either ambiguous or was becoming outdated in the face of evolving web technologies. Get a rundown of some of the notable new features.
(10/21/09)
Discover how to use the iterators in the Standard PHP Library
(10/07/09)
The GridPanel is the centerpiece widget for Ext JS, a cross-browser JavaScript library for building rich Internet applications. Learn the basics of loading data from a DataStore and setting up a simple GridPanel.
In this follow-up to his popular "Best Practices for Developing a Web Site" eBook, Paul Chin explores how organizations can get a handle on the knowledge and content scattered among many departments, workgroups, and employees. Get your copy now. Click here!
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(09/25/09)
Discover how to call stored procedures and functions in MySQL from PHP using three database extensions: MySQL, MySQLi, and PDO.
(09/17/09)
One of the major initial goals of the HTML 5 effort was to update the core HTML form elements to reflect more contemporary thinking. Find out how well the HTML 5 specification has fulfilled that goal so far.
(08/31/09)
Discover how to generate PHP classes that provide common MySQL database operations using the DAO design pattern.
(08/07/09)
Flexible software systems require a foundation that supplies the basic system services that's easy for developers to use, yet powerful enough to support complex and flexible systemsin other words, a framework.
(08/04/09)
Discover how to install and use PHP Rules to separate conditional logical statements from your source code and manage them independently.
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Drupal Opens the Garden to Boost CMS
Open source effort offers users a preview of version 7 with its new Drupal Gardens effort, aimed to simplify implementation of the popular CMS offering.
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Apps Coming to Amazon Kindle
By taking a page from Apple's iPhone, App Store, and possibly, the widely expected Apple tablet, Amazon's move aims to broaden Kindle's capabilities for e-book publishers.
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Adobe Updates BrowserLab
Adobe's browser testing tool expands with new browser support and features. But it won't be free forever.
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You can impart knowledge, but not experience; all experts are self-taught.
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Past Blog Posts:
You Cant Teach Expertise
Over the past several weeks, I've had the obligatory parental experience of teaching a teenager to drive. This can be a nerve-wracking process as the new driver learns the mechanics of controlling the car: steering, using the pedals, shifting gears,...
What If Oracle OpenWorld Did Swallow JavaOne?
Does Oracle's acquisition of Sun mean a merger of their flagship conferences, Oracle OpenWorld and Sun's JavaOne, into a single co-located show? For Java developers, feeling like second-class citizens would be an unavoidable consequence.
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