Interviewing people can be one of the most aggravating things in this industry. Just about everybody who walks through your door could be some run of the mill engineer who’s set in their ways, and that’s not what you need on your front-end team.
Interviewing for front-end development (Posted on January 25th, 2010)
Open source programming languages for kids (Posted on December 19th, 2008)
The past couple of years have seen an explosion of open source programming languages and utilities that are geared toward children. Many of these efforts are based around the idea that, since the days of BASIC, programming environments have become far too complex for untrained minds to wrap themselves around. Some toolkits aim to create entirely new ways of envisioning and creating projects that appeal to younger minds, such as games and animations, while others aim to recreate the “basic”-ness of BASIC in a modern language and environment.
Supercharge Firebug (Posted on September 15th, 2008)
Designing and building Web sites can be a maze of tasks these days. One tool that can simplify the task is the well-known Firebug extension, which lets you edit and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript from within Firefox. As useful as Firebug is on its own, it can actually be extended past its initial setup with additional extensions that can make your work as a developer or designer even easier.
Easy blogging with Pivot (Posted on September 18th, 2007)
The GPL-licensed Pivot blogging software stands out among blogging applications because it requires no database, no extra libraries, and minimal installation effort. While it’s still in an early stage of development, its flexibilty and the ease with which it can be set up make it ideal for those new to maintaining their own blogging Web sites.
Keep users informed with PHPList (Posted on July 31st, 2007)
If you’ve ever considered throwing together a mailing list to keep the members of your group, project, or organization informed, you’d be hard-pressed to find a better application for that purpose than PHPList, a free and open source newsletter manager.
Simple polling with LimeSurvey (Posted on June 5th, 2007)
Setting up a survey on your Web site can be a simple task with LimeSurvey, a flexible and easy to set up tool for conducting a survey.