Category: Development

  • Bulletproof HTML: 37 Steps to Perfect Markup

    Tommy Olsson writes a nice “F.A.Q.” on HTML markup. File this one under must read if your a web developer, or if you’ll ever write any HTML markup. I’ve generally known how to be standards compliant, but this article has shown me the “why” in a few areas I didn’t know before. Bulletproof HTML: 37…

  • Funny Question from our Dev Team

    We’re working with some developers on a project and I wanted to share this funny question we received from them today. “We are going to use AJAX instead of radio buttons – is that ok?”

  • The Problem With Ecommerce: Don’t Build Your Own Ecommerce Engine

    I just had a meeting with two bright guys who have spent the last three months building an ecommerce system from scratch. Actually, they haven’t been the ones doing the coding, it has been a group of 4 students from Devry (a technical trade school in AZ). Talk about a school project. During our meeting,…

  • Web development should follow design, with emphasis on the word follow

    In the world of web project management as it relates to building complex web applications, do you think that the development should follow design, or can both be done concurrently? I’m involved with an exciting project with a fast approaching deadline. Because of this deadline the development team (database, JSP, and Flash) had to get…