Posts Tagged ‘resources’
There are SO MANY articles out there that get very deep into web development and programming concepts, but not many people know what to start learning if you’re just starting in this field. I’ve put together a well-rounded list of resources and websites to read on a regular basis and learn as much as you can. If you become familiar with all of these websites, you’ll quickly be the best in your field. All the information is free to anyone with a passion or desire to learn.
I love learning new programming languages, especially if it solves a need that I have and automates my process a bit more. I spent a couple hours learning AppleScript which is a programming language for Mac that let’s you access the API and make basic function calls to cocoa based programs and applications. One such need that I had is compressing my JavaScript and CSS files before uploading to the web server. There are many applications and ways to this online, but they all are three or more steps to get the compressed file. A while back I downloaded the YUI java applet to do the compression on my desktop via Terminal, which sped up my process a bit, but since I only used it once in a great while, I’d always have to look up the parameters that I needed to pass to it. So today when I went to look it up, I decided I was going to be adventurous and try something new. That adventure led me to a solution that I’m happy with, and you may enjoy as well.
Third post in the Market Yourself Series. After following the other posts in the series by discovery your motivation and researching your market and demographic, it’s time to start refining and improving your product (or service) and learning how to properly promote it using the “4 P” model (Product, Price, Placement, Promotion) and the “A 3P S” model (Advertising, Publicity, Packaging, Personal selling, Sales promotion / incentives)
A comparison of some of the most popular PHP-based Content Management Systems (CMS). The views and opinions expressed are simply that.. my views and opinions.. not so much straight facts. If there are systems mentioned that you would like to contribute input to, do so in the comments. Same goes for any systems that I neglect to mention: feel free to mention it in the comments and a quick pro/con comparison.
In the past few years we’ve seen a growing trend towards forcing new typefaces on the web. CSS defines a property for browsers to support a property called @font-face which lets the developer define new typefaces and include the original font file for the browser to download and render the site with. Support for this feature has been implemented in Safari and is due to release with the next versions of Firefox and Opera…
Wordpress is jam-packed with some great features out of the box, and has been developed to make customization simple. However, Wordpress started out as a blogging CMS, and still has a way to go before some features are one-click or drag-n-drop easy. One such feature, custom fields, are a powerful and great tool to make your WP theme a little more creative. However, to take advantage of custom fields, you’ll need to get dirty with the code.
