http://www.dzone.com/links/users/shared/218249.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:51:31 GMT The DZone community 2008-07-06T21:51:31Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/user/shared/218249/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/clean_and_pure_css_form_design.html This tutorial illustrates a simple way to design pure CSS form without using html tables css-html how-to trends web design Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:09:45 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/86013.html House 2008-06-08T23:09:45Z This tutorial illustrates a simple way to design pure CSS form without using html tables]]> 86013 2008-06-08T20:15:12Z 2008-06-08T23:09:45Z 24 0 956 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/86013.jpg House http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/264570.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/100_wonderful_photo_effects_photoshop_tutorials.html I gathered what I consider 100 of the best photo effects Photoshop tutorials available on the web how-to Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:57:32 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/84840.html Kirill Grouchnikov 2008-06-04T16:57:32Z I gathered what I consider 100 of the best photo effects Photoshop tutorials available on the web]]> 84840 2008-06-03T19:42:41Z 2008-06-04T16:57:32Z 20 0 389 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/84840.jpg kirillcool http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/160542.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/vectors_are_like_chocolate.html 25+ alphabetical list of websites where you can get free quality vectors graphics without registration for your collection! open source web 2.0 web design Tue, 27 May 2008 12:39:27 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/83108.html dewolf 2008-05-27T12:39:27Z 25+ alphabetical list of websites where you can get free quality vectors graphics without registration for your collection!]]> 83108 2008-05-27T03:00:14Z 2008-05-27T12:39:27Z 8 0 308 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/83108.jpg dewolf http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/291102.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/which_css_grid_framework_should_you_use_for_web_d.html "Ever wondered how all those slick "magazine" themes for WordPress and other platforms were created? Many, if not all, were designed using a CSS Grid Framework - at least in essence if not in actual fact. That is, you can use an existing CSS framework or build your own from scratch. While it's possible to design complex web page layouts without a framework, it's arguably an act in masochism. In this article you'll get an overview of the current batch of Frameworks and which you should choose to use." css-html frameworks opinion Thu, 22 May 2008 13:54:33 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/82219.html vladocar 2008-05-22T13:54:33Z "Ever wondered how all those slick "magazine" themes for WordPress and other platforms were created? Many, if not all, were designed using a CSS Grid Framework - at least in essence if not in actual fact. That is, you can use an existing CSS framework or build your own from scratch. While it's possible to design complex web page layouts without a framework, it's arguably an act in masochism. In this article you'll get an overview of the current batch of Frameworks and which you should choose to use."]]> 82219 2008-05-21T22:23:01Z 2008-05-22T13:54:33Z 16 0 706 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/82219.jpg vladocar http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/200638.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/7_ways_to_show_your_visitors_that_you_dont_care.html f you’re not interested in your website’s visitors, here are 7 things you can do to make this clear to them. css-html usability web 2.0 web design Fri, 02 May 2008 16:34:19 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78854.html vandelay 2008-05-02T16:34:19Z f you’re not interested in your website’s visitors, here are 7 things you can do to make this clear to them.]]> 78854 2008-05-02T00:12:40Z 2008-05-02T16:34:19Z 8 0 799 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/78854.jpg vandelay http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/233243.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/the_myth_of_the_lone_programmer.html There was a recent article on Slashdot with the salacious title Donald Knuth Rips On Unit Tests and More, implying that the Lord of Algorithms thought unit tests were a waste of time. If you read the actual interview, you will see that Knuth is simply saying that in his own experience writing code, he has never found much use for unit tests. opinion Sat, 03 May 2008 16:39:32 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/78788.html mswatcher 2008-05-03T16:39:32Z There was a recent article on Slashdot with the salacious title Donald Knuth Rips On Unit Tests and More, implying that the Lord of Algorithms thought unit tests were a waste of time. If you read the actual interview, you will see that Knuth is simply saying that in his own experience writing code, he has never found much use for unit tests.]]> 78788 2008-05-01T18:04:32Z 2008-05-03T16:39:32Z 14 0 988 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/78788.jpg mswatcher http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225256.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/web_development_framework_showcases.html A collection of showcases for some of the popular Web Development Frameworks. frameworks web design Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:16:18 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/77095.html iisbum 2008-04-23T05:16:18Z A collection of showcases for some of the popular Web Development Frameworks.]]> 77095 2008-04-22T13:50:47Z 2008-04-23T05:16:18Z 5 0 645 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/77095.jpg iisbum http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/218249.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/appengine_batteries_sold_separately.html At first glance, Google’s App Engine looks like a great way to build the next big web application; you get access to a massively scalable infrastructure, you get access to a huge existing authentication system, you get baked-in stats, you get all sorts of cool goodies. opinion Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:05:27 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/75024.html bloid 2008-04-09T19:05:27Z At first glance, Google’s App Engine looks like a great way to build the next big web application; you get access to a massively scalable infrastructure, you get access to a huge existing authentication system, you get baked-in stats, you get all sorts of cool goodies.]]> 75024 2008-04-09T06:13:53Z 2008-04-09T19:05:27Z 14 0 523 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/75024.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_not_php_for_googles_app_engine.html TechCrunch is announcing Google’s new “App Engine” service being launched this evening. The basic service is a full app stack hosted and managed by Google, providing a web framework (maybe I’m misreading this?) and the Google ‘big table’ database service. The web stack is Python, but there’s no word I’m seeing on whether it’s plain Python or if it’s based on an existing Python framework (like Zope or Django or something). opinion web services Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:22:22 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/74832.html Stefan Koopmanschap 2008-04-09T19:22:22Z TechCrunch is announcing Google’s new “App Engine” service being launched this evening. The basic service is a full app stack hosted and managed by Google, providing a web framework (maybe I’m misreading this?) and the Google ‘big table’ database service. The web stack is Python, but there’s no word I’m seeing on whether it’s plain Python or if it’s based on an existing Python framework (like Zope or Django or something).]]> 74832 2008-04-08T07:24:55Z 2008-04-09T19:22:22Z 17 0 742 5 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/74832.jpg skoop http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/225135.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/ranking_80_of_the_top_css_galleries.html Which CSS galleries are worth taking your time to submit your work? This post shows vital stats for 80 of the top galleries, including Alexa rank, number of subscribers, amount of activity in March, and more. Using this information you can submit your work to only the most beneficial galleries. css-html research web 2.0 web design Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:07:18 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/74590.html vandelay 2008-04-07T05:07:18Z Which CSS galleries are worth taking your time to submit your work? This post shows vital stats for 80 of the top galleries, including Alexa rank, number of subscribers, amount of activity in March, and more. Using this information you can submit your work to only the most beneficial galleries.]]> 74590 2008-04-07T02:02:41Z 2008-04-07T05:07:18Z 20 0 524 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/74590.jpg vandelay http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/233243.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/upgrade_to_wordpress_25_in_5_minutes_flat.html WordPress 2.5 is out with tons of sexy new features and a super slick layout. I was hesitant even though it looked really hot. Until I found probably the best WordPress Plugin ever created called “Wordpress Automatic Upgrade”. how-to reviews tools trends Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:48:58 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/74185.html mojos 2008-04-06T21:48:58Z WordPress 2.5 is out with tons of sexy new features and a super slick layout. I was hesitant even though it looked really hot. Until I found probably the best WordPress Plugin ever created called “Wordpress Automatic Upgrade”.]]> 74185 2008-04-04T01:52:19Z 2008-04-06T21:48:58Z 13 0 224 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/74185.jpg mojos http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/226598.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/65_resources_for_gridbased_design.html A collection of tools, article, tutorials, galleries, and more for designers that use grids or want to learn more about designing with grids. css-html tools web 2.0 web design Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:03:21 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/73580.html vandelay 2008-04-01T05:03:21Z A collection of tools, article, tutorials, galleries, and more for designers that use grids or want to learn more about designing with grids.]]> 73580 2008-04-01T01:51:06Z 2008-04-01T05:03:21Z 11 0 429 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/73580.jpg vandelay http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/233243.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/5_useful_url_rewriting_examples_using_htaccess.html These are the 5 useful url rewriting examples using .htaccess... how-to php security server Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:57:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/72429.html roshanbh 2008-03-25T17:57:28Z These are the 5 useful url rewriting examples using .htaccess...]]> 72429 2008-03-25T04:26:19Z 2008-03-25T17:57:28Z 21 0 826 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/72429.jpg roshanbh http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/262632.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_rails_will_not_reign_supreme_and_why_you_shou.html A while ago, Christian Sepulveda wrote an interesting post Why Rails will Reign Supreme. This is the latest variation on a theme that’s beginning to resound in the Rails community, and I can’t help but to disagree. opinion research reviews ruby Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:43:29 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/72054.html BigFisch 2008-03-22T01:43:29Z A while ago, Christian Sepulveda wrote an interesting post Why Rails will Reign Supreme. This is the latest variation on a theme that’s beginning to resound in the Rails community, and I can’t help but to disagree.]]> 72054 2008-03-22T01:01:20Z 2008-03-22T01:43:29Z 22 0 1425 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/72054.jpg BigFisch http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/234311.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/uipatternscom.html UI-Patterns.com are not the first to create a UI design library. While other pattern collections are useful, they are far from coherent and complete. The purpose of this site is over time to fill some of the gaps - especially by providing code examples as to how how the different patterns can be implemented: to join theory with practice. gui web design Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:42:42 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/71998.html bloid 2008-03-21T17:42:42Z UI-Patterns.com are not the first to create a UI design library. While other pattern collections are useful, they are far from coherent and complete. The purpose of this site is over time to fill some of the gaps - especially by providing code examples as to how how the different patterns can be implemented: to join theory with practice.]]> 71998 2008-03-21T11:40:37Z 2008-03-21T17:42:42Z 34 0 1025 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/71998.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/factors_to_consider_when_pricing_design_services.html This article has 12 factors that should be considered by web designers/developers for pricing their projects. how-to opinion web design web services Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:43:08 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/70556.html vandelay 2008-03-15T06:43:08Z This article has 12 factors that should be considered by web designers/developers for pricing their projects.]]> 70556 2008-03-12T22:48:17Z 2008-03-15T06:43:08Z 5 0 147 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/70556.jpg vandelay http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/233243.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/6_methods_to_make_your_website_standout.html With millions of websites online and more being added everyday, creating something unique is increasingly difficult. Here is a look at 6 things you can do to make your site standout. web design Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:16:57 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/69778.html iisbum 2008-03-10T00:16:57Z With millions of websites online and more being added everyday, creating something unique is increasingly difficult. Here is a look at 6 things you can do to make your site standout.]]> 69778 2008-03-07T22:09:51Z 2008-03-10T00:16:57Z 9 0 808 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/69778.jpg iisbum http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/218249.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/php_rss_parsers.html PHP RSS Parsers are what many PHP developers looking for these days as every web application or website has some RSS input or output. WebResourcesDepot have collected the most popular free RSS Parsers coded with PHP: open source php xml Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:20:12 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/60495.html webresourcesdepot 2008-01-09T03:20:12Z PHP RSS Parsers are what many PHP developers looking for these days as every web application or website has some RSS input or output. WebResourcesDepot have collected the most popular free RSS Parsers coded with PHP:]]> 60495 2008-01-08T13:17:33Z 2008-01-09T03:20:12Z 14 0 275 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/60495.jpg webresourcesdepot http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/263611.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/99_resources_for_web_20_design.html A collection of some great resources for designing modern web 2.0 sites. css-html web 2.0 web design Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:05:44 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/52569.html vandelay 2007-11-12T21:05:44Z A collection of some great resources for designing modern web 2.0 sites.]]> 52569 2007-11-12T18:37:50Z 2007-11-12T21:05:44Z 23 0 710 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/52569.jpg vandelay http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/233243.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/blueprintcss_101.html When one builds out many designs with HTML and CSS, one finds that there are a handful of the same of problems you solve each and every time. Among them: Resetting browser defaults to create a blank slate. Setting up layout and baseline grids for your design to adhere to. Creating sane defaults for type sizes, alignment, and spacing. And more. Wouldn’t it be handy to have this stuff taken care of ahead of time, so you can get to the really fun stuff designers love? css-html frameworks Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:41:28 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/49926.html bloid 2007-10-27T23:41:28Z When one builds out many designs with HTML and CSS, one finds that there are a handful of the same of problems you solve each and every time. Among them: Resetting browser defaults to create a blank slate. Setting up layout and baseline grids for your design to adhere to. Creating sane defaults for type sizes, alignment, and spacing. And more. Wouldn’t it be handy to have this stuff taken care of ahead of time, so you can get to the really fun stuff designers love?]]> 49926 2007-10-26T13:54:09Z 2007-10-27T23:41:28Z 11 0 571 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/49926.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/css_colour_tip.html Whenever I’m browsing the web and come across a certain website where something is interesting or I’m curious as to how something has been done, I’ll take a look in the source code and CSS to see how the designer solved a certain problem or created part of the page. css-html web design Sat, 06 Oct 2007 15:01:20 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/46248.html davewoods100 2007-10-06T15:01:20Z Whenever I’m browsing the web and come across a certain website where something is interesting or I’m curious as to how something has been done, I’ll take a look in the source code and CSS to see how the designer solved a certain problem or created part of the page.]]> 46248 2007-10-05T11:30:09Z 2007-10-06T15:01:20Z 12 0 613 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/46248.jpg davewoods100 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/251385.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/10_areas_where_rails_fails.html Having done both some real world Rails development and a lot of real world Java development, I have accumulated some experience, that I would like to share. In particular about where rails fails to deliver for me. I should start by saying, that I like Rails on a lot of areas. But we also know, that all technologies and tools have a flip side, which we come to know about only by using it for some time. frameworks opinion ruby Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:09:39 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/45609.html bloid 2007-10-03T06:09:39Z Having done both some real world Rails development and a lot of real world Java development, I have accumulated some experience, that I would like to share. In particular about where rails fails to deliver for me. I should start by saying, that I like Rails on a lot of areas. But we also know, that all technologies and tools have a flip side, which we come to know about only by using it for some time.]]> 45609 2007-10-02T21:04:10Z 2007-10-03T06:09:39Z 29 0 1746 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/45609.jpg bloid http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/100_unconventional_web_design_inspiration_sources.html Most web designers look to the usual resources for inspiration. But what happens when you do that? You get a site that looks just like everyone else’s. That won't be a problem with these unconventional sites as inspiration. open source tools usability web design Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:41:15 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/44632.html Peter_Poffenberger 2007-09-28T10:41:15Z Most web designers look to the usual resources for inspiration. But what happens when you do that? You get a site that looks just like everyone else’s. That won't be a problem with these unconventional sites as inspiration.]]> 44632 2007-09-27T19:13:00Z 2007-09-28T10:41:15Z 10 0 695 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/44632.jpg Peter_Poffenberger http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/229177.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/learn_apache_modrewrite_13_realworld_examples.html "Apache's low-cost, powerful set of features make it the server of choice for organizations around the world. One of its most valuable treasures is the mod_rewrite module, the purpose of which is to rewrite a visitor's request URI in the manner specified by a set of rules." php Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:26:33 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/44384.html vladocar 2007-09-27T01:26:33Z "Apache's low-cost, powerful set of features make it the server of choice for organizations around the world. One of its most valuable treasures is the mod_rewrite module, the purpose of which is to rewrite a visitor's request URI in the manner specified by a set of rules."]]> 44384 2007-09-26T16:06:30Z 2007-09-27T01:26:33Z 16 0 517 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/44384.jpg vladocar http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/200638.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/immature_developer_attitudes_revealed_in_flames_r.html Derek Sivers of CDBaby kicks ass. He got a sophisticated and very very user-friendly, efficient, straightforward e-commerce system (including the back-end systems) written in PHP. Based on what I’ve read, he’s up there with Phil Greenspun in my opinion; that is, he’s among those who understand strategy and customer service and low-level technology and are able to build systems that don’t suck, resisting the temptation to be distracted by technological panaceas and fads. I may disagree with their individual technology decisions, but their higher-level thinking is excellent, so they’re definitely in the class of people who I’ll give the benefit of the doubt. frameworks opinion php ruby Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:05:47 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/43789.html gst 2007-09-24T15:05:47Z Derek Sivers of CDBaby kicks ass. He got a sophisticated and very very user-friendly, efficient, straightforward e-commerce system (including the back-end systems) written in PHP. Based on what I’ve read, he’s up there with Phil Greenspun in my opinion; that is, he’s among those who understand strategy and customer service and low-level technology and are able to build systems that don’t suck, resisting the temptation to be distracted by technological panaceas and fads. I may disagree with their individual technology decisions, but their higher-level thinking is excellent, so they’re definitely in the class of people who I’ll give the benefit of the doubt.]]> 43789 2007-09-24T06:06:37Z 2007-09-24T15:05:47Z 26 0 888 2 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/43789.jpg gst http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/217101.gif