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Web developers who are actively utilizing the open standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript should be interested in the announcement by Symbian. Its mobile platform, Symbian 3 enables developers to use those standards to create software for hardware such as Nokia’s N8 and other Symbian 3 devices. Symbian’s web application development tools are currently available for […]

This week Apple’s Steve Jobs justified his company’s position on why they do not support Flash on its mobile devices. Although his reasons may have some merit, what it seems to come down to is control. Jobs essentially stated that Flash is not suitable for its iPhone, iPad and iPod platforms, as it’s not secure, […]

The latest research from Ovum’s developer survey indicates that mobile web application developers prefer to use Google’s server-side APIs to the developer’s own services. The report showed that 60 percent of mobile developers are either using, or plan to use Google’s APIs when building applications. The top requirements listed by developers who were selecting partners […]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is vital to the success (or failure) of your website. One of the most important aspects of SEO is keyword research, which we’ll discuss in this article! The first question that comes to mind is of course, where does one start? The answer is, start with what you know. What is […]

As a web developer begins to delve into more complex development tasks, PHP is often their chosen language of choice. We’ve put together a list of the top 10 questions asked about the PHP programming language to get you started! What is PHP? Is there online documentation and tutorials that can help me learn PHP? […]

The Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional development system is an integrated environment that simplifies creating, debugging, and deploying applications. This whitepaper gives you a developer’s overview of the features and functionality of Visual Studio 2010. Visual Studio 2010 enables developers to bring their vision to life using powerful design surfaces and innovative collaboration methods. By […]

The times they are a changing, at least when it comes to the time a person will wait for a web page to load. 10 years ago, 8 seconds was the norm…today, if your site’s visitors are waiting for longer than 3 seconds, they’re looking elsewhere. Many people don’t believe that a few seconds of […]

While Flash is still the industry standard used for online videos and games, many sites are slowly moving over to the emerging HTML5 video element. In a move indicative that the web is starting to use the new technology, Facebook is now using HTML5 for all of its videos. While most computer users are not […]

Last week Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and developer Bret Taylor announced three new plugins which may be useful for search engine optimization (SEO) projects. Web developers will find that their new Open Graph, Graph API and Like button are well worth looking into. Facebook’s “social plugin”, as they called their Like button, can be integrated […]

A recent survey on the State of Web Development 2010 was taken by professional web designers and developers who answered 50 questions about web technology topics. Not surprisingly, the study found increased use of technologies such as jQuery, CSS3, and HTML5 since the last survey, which was conducted in late 2008. As far as operating […]

If you’re finally getting around to adding a web design into your marketing strategy, you’re taking one of the most potentially lucrative steps you can to brand your company’s name and image. Here are four items you should know about effective web design as you get started! Keep flash to a minimum, it’s not search […]

10 years ago web developers had little choice when it came to web browsers–IE and Netscape were the cream of the crop. Fast forward 5 years and Firefox came into the scene with debugging tools and the rise of Web 2.0 applications. Among the choices facing developers today: Firefox with an abundance of tools Safari […]