Archive for the ‘Web Development’ Category
You’ll find tutorials, recommendations, code snippets and other useful web development chachke here.
Static FBML: Not Every Facebook Fan Page Needs An Application
Posted on June 26, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
You don’t always need a custom application for your Facebook fan page to look amazing. Save yourself time and money by using the Static FBML application instead.
Changes to Facebook’s Newsfeed/Wall
Posted on April 30, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
With the most recent API changes, specifically the one that changed the way fan pages behave so that they look and behave more like Facebook user profiles, Facebook also made a significant change in how newsfeeds work in applications.
%$#^%$* Facebook Application Tabs
Posted on April 30, 2009 by snipe in Web Development
So this is new. And by new I mean painfully similar to the types of major functionality bugs we see every time there is a large-scale functionality change in Facebook.
And Still More Notes on Mosso
Posted on March 30, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
Continuing in the Moving to Mosso series, I’ve come across a few more issues that anyone considering moving to Mosso should consider.
Quick and Dirty PHP Caching
Posted on March 29, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
Caching your database-driven website pages has a plethora of benefits, not the least of which being improved speed and reduced server loads. This article will explain how to set up a simple caching system, and will also address when and where caching might not be appropriate.
SVN Working Copies and Repository Locations
Posted on March 10, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
In part one of this series, you learned what Subversion is and how it can help you, in addition to the terms you’ll need to become familiar with in order to use Subversion in your development process. Part two of this series goes into more specific detail about potential development environments that may work for [...]
Getting Started with Subversion
Posted on March 10, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
As a web developer, hopefully you’re already using subversion, and this tutorial is utterly useless to you. If so, good job, and carry on! If you’re a web developer (or web designer, or web programmer, or are in any way creating files that display or do something on the internet) and you’re not using subversion [...]
Questions to Ask Before Starting a Project
Posted on February 18, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Web Development
We’re all human, and we all make mistakes and overlook important details sometimes – but the thing I can’t stand is making the same mistake twice. To prevent making the same mistakes twice, I have an ever-evolving list of questions that I use to create the tech brief for new projects.
Practical Mod_Rewrite for Web Developers
Posted on February 17, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Tips & Tricks, Web Development
On *nix-based servers, mod_rewrite can be a powerful tool in any web monkey’s arsenal, however it still voodoo to many, while others may not even be aware that it can help them at all.
Some Notes on Moving to Mosso
Posted on February 16, 2009 by snipe in Web Development
It’s been over a month since I opened my account with Mosso, Rackspace’s cloud hosting division. Overall, I’ve been very happy with my decision – but there are a few things you may want to be aware of if you’re considering switching.
Photo-Realistic Painting in Photoshop
Posted on February 11, 2009 by snipe in Featured, Graphics
While Photoshop is an incredibly powerful photo manipulator, you can achieve amazing results using it as a painting program as well. If you have some more traditional art skills but are not sure how to make it work in Photoshop, check out these tutorials.
