HTMLGoodies Staff

Microsoft recently upset many Silverlight developers with the news that its upcoming operating system, Windows 8, comes with an app model that is based on the still-unofficial HTML5 markup language. If you have been debating whether it’s worth your time and effort to learn more about HTML5, here are some reasons to get started that […]

Although in many people’s eyes, sharing content is not a moral issue, but for copyright holders, it’s a serious problem that simply has to be addressed. The use of Creative Commons licensing is one way to solve the problem, and if Joi Ito has his way, it may provide a solution to the digital rights […]

Developers are rightly concerned about Microsoft’s sudden focus shift towards HTML5, and away from Silverlight. A development platform that’s based on HTML5 and JavaScript may be good for the web, but bad for developers who have invested in a Java or .NET skillset. Why would developers be under the assumption that Microsoft is ditching .NET […]

After being an important aspect of web development and online business for well over a decade, search engine optimization (SEO) as we know it has been changed. Google’s Panda algorithm updates over the last year have hit websites and SEO practices hard, but it has improved search results and altered the way developers approach SEO. […]

Cell phones evolved into smartphones, which later gave birth to mobile applications–the single most important milestone in the techno timeline to date. Mobile app downloads are at 10 billion for 2010, and projected to grow to over 76 billion a year by 2014. Successful mobile apps can bring in money and customers, but what characteristics […]

Although it doesn’t receive much press coverage, Joomla! has reached the very impressive statistic of 23 million users as an open source content management system (CMS). The success of Joomla! is largely due to the developer community that creates and supports it. The president of nonprofit group that oversees Joomla!, Ryan Ozimek discussed it’s success, […]

Flash developers who would like to be able to create content for iOS device users will be interested in Google Swiffy, a new tool designed to convert Flash files into HTML5 application that can be viewed on all modern browsers, including those on mobile devices. A developer can put their Flash SWF files into the […]

This week Appnovation Technologies announced the launch of its monthly SproutCore user group meetups. The first SproutCore meetup is scheduled to occur in the Vancouver, Canada area in July, and is a way for SproutCore, mobile and JavaScript developers to network and stay up to date on the latest developments for the JavaScript framework. The […]

If you ask a typical user of the web just exactly what is used to create web pages, they may be likely to correctly guess “computers” but they would only be partially correct. HTML, the Hyper Text Markup Language, is the building block of the web that all websites have in common, and HTML5 is […]

Many would-be developers are excited by the prospects of what HTML5 brings to the table, but are a bit intimidated by the idea of actually having to code HTML5. Adobe’s new Edge tool gives developers a graphical user interface (GUI) that automates many of the programming tasks that would otherwise be daunting to a new […]

Developers have depended on Adobe’s Dreamweaver for the design and creation of websites for years now. Adobe’s Dreamweaver CS5.5 has taken the tool to the next level by providing developers with a tool that enables them to create not only standard websites, but also mobile web content for iOS and Android devices. Adobe’s move is […]

Owners of websites are usually concerned about performance issues and bottlenecks on their sites, and will often consider using the latest server software or hardware enhancements. The real culprit may actually lie closer to the web page itself, or more specifically, the old, outdated JavaScript libraries it uses. Some development teams pay close attention to […]