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Create drag and drop features in HTML5

Thomas Hardy demonstrates HTML5’s nifty Drag and Drop API

15 Jan 2013

By Thomas Hardy on January 15, 2013 | 1 comment

Thomas Hardy demonstrates HTML5’s nifty Drag and Drop API, which facilitates dragging and dropping elements natively within the browser
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Designing for success in 2013

The 2013 trends designers need to watch

14 Jan 2013

By Olof Schybergson on January 14, 2013 | 1 comment

Olof Schybergson, CEO, Fjord, explains how to design for business success in the coming year, citing trends designers need to watch
Feature

Top 10 beginner programming mistakes

Game developer and lecturer Iain Lobb on the top pitfalls to avoid

14 Jan 2013

By Iain Lobb on January 14, 2013 | 6 comments

Game developer and lecturer Iain Lobb outlines the top 10 pitfalls that he sees beginners stumbling into time and again
Feature

Big question: Baseline grid or modular scale?

We liked Branch's question, so we turned it over to our experts

10 Jan 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on January 10, 2013 | 1 comment

‘Baseline grid or modular scale? Both? Neither?’ enquired a recent thread on Branch. We liked the question – so we turned it over to our panel of experts
Tutorial

Build a basic responsive site with CSS

Jason Michael walks us through building a simple responsive site

10 Jan 2013

By Jason Michael on January 10, 2013 | 14 comments

Responsive design is much misunderstood. Jason Michael lays to rest some myths, and then walks us through building a simple responsive website
Feature

New tools for web design and development: December 2012

Mark Penfold collates the best new tools of December

9 Jan 2013

By Mark Penfold on January 09, 2013 | 2 comments

Translate your InDesign comps into functioning web pages, try a new HTML5 game engine and check out the new version of Firebug. All this and more in Mark Penfold's latest round-up
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User experience vs financial institutions

Banks' online services need to step up to meet customer expectations

9 Jan 2013

By Paul Wheatley on January 09, 2013

Paul Wheatley argues that banks' online services need to step up to meet customer expectations
Blog

Big Mouth: Breaking the web

History tends to repeat, and Gary Marshall isn’t too happy about it

8 Jan 2013

By Gary Marshall on January 08, 2013

Tonight – whether you like it or not – we’re going to party like it’s 1993. History tends to repeat itself, and Gary Marshall isn’t too happy about it
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Why conference diversity matters

Designer Faruk Ateş says web industry must prioritise diversity

8 Jan 2013

By Faruk Ateş on January 08, 2013 | 7 comments

In response to the latest spat regarding conference line-ups, designer Faruk Ateş says the web industry must prioritise diversity.
Tutorial

Create cross-platform games with GameMaker: Studio

Dive straight into building games and learn to code as you go along

8 Jan 2013

By Gavin Smart on January 08, 2013

Make simple games without code and learn to program as you go along. Gavin Smart introduces GameMaker: Studio
Interview

Dan Mall on defeating apathy

SuperFriendly's founder on choosing projects, mentorship and more

7 Jan 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on January 07, 2013

Designer and entrepreneur Dan Mall tells Tanya Combrinck about how he chooses his projects, the influence of mentorship on his career – and why he moved on from Big Spaceship to start his own venture, SuperFriendly
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20 top web design and development trends for 2013

Craig Grannell talks to industry movers about 2013's defining trends

7 Jan 2013

By Craig Grannell on January 07, 2013 | 21 comments

Predicting the future is tough, but with the fast-moving nature of the web, it’s good to know what lies ahead. Craig Grannell talks to top industry figures about the web design and development trends you should be mindful of over the coming 12 months
Interview

Trent Walton on RWD, friends and passion

Trent Walton on getting hired to do what you're passionate about

4 Jan 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on January 04, 2013

Paravel founder Trent Walton answers your queries about responsive design, working with friends and getting hired to do what you’re passionate about. Oh, and talks turbo-powered space yachts …
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Make the perfect portfolio

Get a portfolio! Or take a fresh look at your existing one!

4 Jan 2013

By Gary Marshall on January 04, 2013 | 4 comments

If you don’t have a portfolio, you should – and if you do, perhaps you ought to take a fresh look at it, reckons Gary Marshall
Interview

Getting advice and investment for your startup

Venture capitalist Jonathan Gold on starting a technology business

3 Jan 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on January 03, 2013

Tanya Combrinck talks to North-East-based venture capitalist Jonathan Gold about what UK technology startups need to know when looking for advice and raising capital