Craig Wickesser09/02/09
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A Review of Napkee: Prototyping Tool for Your User Interface

Prototyping user interfaces is something that needs to be done for all new applications. However, there are many ways to go about it. Sketching on a napkin, using a whiteboard, wireframes using software, etc. Recently I found a tool called Mockups which is...

Chris Spooner09/01/09
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Create a letterpress effect with CSS text shadow

The letterpress effect is becoming hugely popular in web design, and with a couple of modern browsers now showing support for the text-shadow CSS3 property it’s now simple and easy to create the effect with pure CSS. No Photoshop trickery here!

Justin Sargent09/01/09
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Opera 10 is Now Here!

Opera Software today unveiled the final version of Opera 10. In a world of ordinary Web browsers, Opera 10 stands out from the crowd with innovative new features wrapped in an elegant, fresh interface. Opera 10 is absolutely free, comes in 43 languages, and...

Justin Sargent08/31/09
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OpenAjax Hub 2.0 Will Allow Secure Interaction Between JavaScript Widgets

In an upgrade to one of its core technologies, the OpenAjax Alliance, an industry group formed to boost interoperability in the AJAX space, is offering OpenAjax Hub 2.0, featuring capabilities for secure interaction between JavaScript widgets.

Simone Chiaretta08/28/09
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How to Get Started with Lucene.net

A few weeks ago I expressed my intention of introducing Lucene.net into Subtext, and that I would have written about the journey. In this post I’m going to write some hints on how to get started with Lucene.net.

Mihai Corlan08/27/09
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Introduction to Flex - for PHP Developers

I’ve been working with web related technologies since the late ‘90s, and my first server side technology was PHP. Later on, I did ColdFusion and Java development, but I always considered myself a PHP developer. When AJAX came along, I started working with...

Sara Chipps08/21/09
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Framework Agnostic Web Languages

After a great time at a language agnostic conference this past weekend (I don't have pictures, I got a new camera and I forgot to bring it. I was so mad) I've gotten to thinking about framework agnostic languages. The ones you need to know whether you're a...

Justin Sargent08/21/09
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W3C Introduces SKOS - Simple Knowledge Organization System

Expanding its Semantic Web technology stack, the W3C (World Wide Consortium ) announced this week a standard to bridge knowledge organization systems like classifications, thesauri, and taxonomies to linked data.

Chris Hardin08/20/09
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JavaServer Faces vs. Ajax Frameworks - Why Ajax is Better and Not Just Hype

Today I am looking into a JavaServer Faces application that I am having to make a few changes to. I didn't write it and the developer who did write it, wishes he had chosen another technology. I've done several projects with JavaServer "Feces" so...

Justin Sargent08/19/09
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Palm Pre is looking toward third party developers

Those who want the Palm Pre to take on thee iPhone app store are one step closer on Tuesday, as Palm announced that it's beginning to take submissions for its App Catalog's e-commerce beta program.

Shyam Seshadri08/19/09
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Fast Javascript Testing

Before I jump into how exactly you can perform super fast and easy JS testing, let me give you some background on the problem.

James Sugrue08/19/09
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ColdFusion Refcard: Meet The Author

This week DZone releases the ColdFusion Refcard, with all the latest updates for ColdFusion 9. I got the chance to ask Terry Ryan about ColdFusion and the advantages of using it in the crowded application server market. DZone: Hi Terry, could you please...

Jack Farias08/18/09
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3 New Desktop Tools for Creating Interactive Prototypes

Nowadays more and more people realize the value of prototyping and there are many new prototyping tools available in the market. Compared to static wireframes printed on paper, interactive prototypes are more suitable for collecting feedback on...

Justin Sargent08/17/09
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HTML Refcard: Meet the Author Andy Harris

Andy Harris is author of the recently published Core HTML Refcard. DZone got a chance to speak with Andy on a range of topics including HTML 5, Ajax, Web design tooling and the next phase of the 'browser wars'. The complete interview transcript has been...

Axel Rauschmayer08/15/09
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Mobile HTML: Dial a Phone Number Via a Hyperlink

As HTML5 is becoming a really cool way of developing applications for the major smart mobile platforms (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Palm Pre, all of them Webkit-based), it would be nice if one could invoke the dialer. It turns out, you already can, via URLs...