Web Development Zone

hree years ago, Jakob Nielsen — a former Sun engineer who became one of the first people to focus on making the Web easier to use — published his most

Part 1 of this series started a simple project to show how you can use Adobe Flash Builder 4 to rapidly develop a SOAP-powered map application called TerraClient. Using the

Adobe Flash Builder (formerly Adobe Flex Builder) introduces a powerful new set of tools for using remote data services. Of particular interest is Flash Builder’s support for SOAP (Simple Object

Microsoft is trying to attract Web developers to Sharepoint 2010, while at the same time keeping the product integrated with a long list of other Microsoft products and services. Pleasing

There is a glut of overly optimistic literature giving advice and encouragement on entrepreneurship, innovation, and fearlessness in the face of risk. The advice can be quite misleading due to

Microsoft’s Tech Days Paris began this week, and programming languages and web apps are major themes. During a demo talk at the show, Don Syme, principal researcher at Microsoft Research,

odern browsers have greatly improved their performances, development tools, and compatibility. Even though most web sites still adhere to the page paradigm, rendering their content as it would appear in

any years ago, when I was first getting started as a programmer, much of the work that I did was focused on the development of multimedia applications (programs that combined

Since the first browsers came out, web designers have wanted to use custom fonts on their sites. It makes perfect sense: you should be able to choose not only your