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  • App Cloud vs PhoneGap: a web developer’s view

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    App Cloud vs PhoneGap: a web developer’s view

    In depth: how does Brightcove's App Cloud compare with PhoneGap?

    13 Feb 2013

    Brightcove developer Adam Mark builds the same app on PhoneGap and Brightcove App Cloud to demonstrate the differing strengths of each system
  • New tools for web design and development: January 2013

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    New tools for web design and development: January 2013

    Mark Penfold looks at 10 of the best tools to come out in January

    11 Feb 2013

    By Mark Penfold on | 8 comments
    Mark Penfold looks at 10 of the best tools to come out in January, which include JavaScript libraries for form validation, functional programming and even one that enables you to write Ruby-style code in a JavaScript environment
  • The .net strip #31: Mega-nav

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    The .net strip #31: Mega-nav

    Brad Colbow on overwhelming navigation systems

    8 Feb 2013

    By Brad Colbow on
    Brad Colbow on overwhelming navigation systems
  • Master mobile navigation

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    Master mobile navigation

    Ensure users can locate content, whatever their device type

    8 Feb 2013

    By Aaron Gustafson on
    The success of a site almost always hinges on its content. Content, as we are frequently reminded, is king. But if that’s the case, then navigation is the establishment that keeps him on the throne.
  • Developers and designers unite!

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    Developers and designers unite!

    Erik Boman on how to improve communication within your team

    6 Feb 2013

    Poor communication between designers and developers can add weeks of work and mountains of stress to a project. Erik Boman identifies the stages where communication is most vital and suggests strategies to improve information-sharing
  • Big question: what’s the best way to find new work?

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    Big question: what’s the best way to find new work?

    Our experts discuss the question of how they go about sourcing work

    4 Feb 2013

    By Tanya Combrinck on | 2 comments
    Our panel of experts discuss the all-important question of how they go about sourcing work – and, if they have a steady stream of clients coming to them, how they reached that enviable state
  • 5 valuable tips for good project management

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    5 valuable tips for good project management

    Five things you need to know about successful project management

    4 Feb 2013

    By Brett Harned on | 3 comments
    Brett Harned, director of project management at Happy Cog, on the key elements of successful project management
  • The .net strip #30: New Typeface!

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    The .net strip #30: New Typeface!

    Brad Colbow makes some minute adjustments to a bezier curve

    1 Feb 2013

    By Brad Colbow on
    Brad Colbow makes some minute adjustments to a bezier curve
  • Writing modular frontend components in 2013

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    Writing modular frontend components in 2013

    Angelina Fabbro on encapsulation methods for frontend developers

    1 Feb 2013

    By Angelina Fabbro on | 5 comments
    Backend developers use encapsulation to separate and organise code to prevent conflicts, but what can frontend developers use in the browser to achieve the same end?
  • 5 things you didn't know Sublime Text 2 could do

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    5 things you didn't know Sublime Text 2 could do

    Alastair Lockie takes us off the beaten track to find some hidden gems

    30 Jan 2013

    By Alastair Lockie on | 2 comments
    Sublime Text is packed with features, but some are more well known than others. Alastair Lockie takes us off the beaten track to find some hidden gems in this powerful editor
  • The best image compression tools

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    The best image compression tools

    Save bandwidth and accelerate your site's performance

    29 Jan 2013

    By Mike Williams on | 2 comments
    Save bandwidth and accelerate your site's performance with these powerful free tools
  • Five killer ways to use parallax

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    Five killer ways to use parallax

    It’s important to build visuals around your narrative to engage users

    28 Jan 2013

    By Gene Crawford on | 5 comments
    It’s important to build visuals around your narrative to engage users, says Gene Crawford
  • Mobile prototyping: a new paradigm

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    Mobile prototyping: a new paradigm

    Can traditional prototyping techniques be used for mobile app design?

    28 Jan 2013

    By Alexis Piperides on | 1 comment
    Designers and UX professionals use design techniques like sketches, wireframes and mockups to visualise a website during the design process. Can these web design techniques also be used for mobile app design - or is it time for change?
  • Interaction design lessons from sci-fi: Visual interfaces

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    Interaction design lessons from sci-fi: Visual interfaces

    Futuristic interface design lessons you can use in your own work

    25 Jan 2013

    By Chris Noessel and Nathan Shedroff on | 3 comments
    Make it so is a book for interface designers interested in understanding sci-fi's role in design history and using sci-fi interfaces in their own work. Here we present an exclusive excerpt on visual design, with a focus on typography
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