A technical overview of running PHP applications on Windows Azure, covering scaling, storage, and SQL Azure with sample code.
A developer reflects on shutting down a phpBB forum they didn't build themselves, preferring the satisfaction of using their own custom-built tools.
Exploring advanced CSS counter techniques and demonstrating them with a CSS3 Reversi game UI implementation.
A developer outlines ideal working relationships with designers, from best-case collaboration to worst-case scenarios.
A guide to using Django's template2pdf app to render RML templates directly into PDF files within web applications.
A presentation on developing and deploying PHP applications on Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud platform, including slides and sample code.
Introduces Sharpy, an ASP.NET MVC view engine using Smarty syntax for cleaner, designer-friendly templates with extensibility via MEF.
A developer details the process of converting a personal blog to HTML5, covering semantic elements, CSS adjustments, and IE compatibility.
A practical guide to quickly improving website performance using free tools for image compression, CSS/JS minification, and sprite generation.
A tutorial on using jQuery to find and replace specific text patterns within the DOM, useful for content editing workflows.
Analysis of Facebook's HipHop PHP compiler, discussing its design, performance goals, and limitations compared to dynamic language implementations.
A developer launches a redesigned blog, switching from a custom VBScript system to WordPress with HTML5/CSS3 and expanding content beyond web development.
A technique to preload JS and CSS files as print stylesheets to improve page load times, with a warning about Chrome compatibility issues.
Discusses the shift from chasing website visitor numbers to focusing on deeper user engagement and content contribution in a saturated web.
A review of Douglas Crockford's book 'JavaScript: The Good Parts' and how it changed the author's perspective on the language.
A developer details their migration from a dynamic Django site to the static site generator Hyde, explaining the technical motivations and process.
A review of 'Dive into Python 3', a book for programmers learning Python, covering its content, style, and availability.
A developer announces moving their blog to a custom Django-based platform, thanking contributors for hosting and design.
A critique of automatic website localization that ignores user language preferences, using examples from Twitter, Facebook, and Windows Mobile Marketplace.
A developer recounts attending Microsoft's invite-only Web Development Summit 2009, focusing on dialogue between Microsoft and the PHP community.
