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Tickets on sale for Generate, .net's first conference!

by Tanya Combrinck

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Content strategy 101, Part 3: put knowledge into action

by Sandi Wassmer

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Facebook’s top 10 social design secrets

by Paul Adams

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First Opera WebKit browser released

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New tools for web design and development: March 2012

Mark Penfold looks at another 10 new releases for designers and devs

2 Apr 2012

By Mark Penfold on April 02, 2012 | 2 comments

In the second of his regular roundups, Mark Penfold looks at another 10 brand new releases that will make life easier for web designers and developers
Interview

Adobe’s Bruce Bowman on Adobe Shadow

The origins of Adobe's revolutionary testing tool revealed

30 Mar 2012

By Craig Grannell on March 30, 2012

Shadow’s senior product manager reveals the origins of the revolutionary testing tool
Feature

Don't go it alone: collaborative web design

Bearded's Matt Griffin on his agency's philosophy of collaboration

30 Mar 2012

By Matt Griffin on March 30, 2012 | 4 comments

Matt Griffin, designer and co-founder of Bearded, describes his agency's philosophy of collaboration in web design, and presents practical project management strategies for successful relationships between designers, developers and clients
Tutorial

Styling the user interface of a Sencha Touch application

How to customise your app and use the Sencha theme engine with SASS

29 Mar 2012

By John Clark and Bryan Johnson on March 29, 2012 | 1 comment

In this exclusive excerpt from their book on the Sencha Touch mobile JavaScript framework, John Clark and Bryan Johnson explain how to customise your app and use the Sencha theme engine with SASS and Compass
Feature

Big question: should we design in the browser from the start?

Our experts discuss the pros and cons of designing in the browser

28 Mar 2012

By Tanya Combrinck on March 28, 2012 | 10 comments

Our panel of experts discuss the advantages and disadvantages of designing in the browser as opposed to Photoshop
Interview

Jessica Hische on teaching yourself how to code

Jessica Hische has co-created Don't Fear the Internet to teach code

27 Mar 2012

By Tanya Combrinck on March 27, 2012

Illustrator and letterer Jessica Hische has teamed up with web designer Russ Maschmeyer to create Don’t Fear the Internet, a web series that teaches complete beginners how to code
Tutorial

Create an interactive bubble chart with HTML5 canvas

Josh Marinacci on how to build an interactive chart with HTML5 canvas

27 Mar 2012

By Josh Marinacci on March 27, 2012 | 2 comments

Josh Marinacci, software engineer, researcher, part-time designer, and general miscreant, explains how to use HTML5 canvas to build an interactive chart that works on desktop mobile and then populate it with real data
Blog

Is the mobile optimisation message really getting through?

Abby Hardoon looks at how businesses adopt the mobile web

26 Mar 2012

By Abby Hardoon on March 26, 2012 | 1 comment

Abby Hardoon, founder and CEO of hosting company Daily.co.uk, looks at the adoption of the mobile web, the pay off for businesses that get it right and the reasons why some are slow on the uptake
Feature

The top five cross-platform video players

Rich Shupe reviews the best players for HTML5 and Flash video

26 Mar 2012

By Rich Shupe on March 26, 2012 | 3 comments

In the second part of Rich Shupe's series that explains how to deliver video seamlessly to desktop and mobile devices, he covers the best players for HTML5 and Flash video
Feature

The .net strip #24: Abandon shopping cart!

This week Brad Colbow looks at shopping carts on ecommerce sites

23 Mar 2012

By Brad Colbow on March 23, 2012

This week Brad Colbow looks at all the fun web designers have when dealing with shopping carts on ecommerce sites
Feature

An introduction to Lean

Laurence McCahill on what you need to know about the Lean movement

23 Mar 2012

By Laurence McCahill on March 23, 2012 | 7 comments

Laurence McCahill, design lead and co-founder of Spook Studio, spills the beans on the Lean Startup and Lean UX movements, which bring a groundbreaking approach to product development, and what it means for designers, developers and clients
Tutorial

Build a 360 view image slider with JavaScript

Robert Pataki demonstrates how to show-off great looking products

22 Mar 2012

By Robert Pataki on March 22, 2012 | 26 comments

Robert Pataki of Waste Creative demonstrates how to show-off great looking products and keep users interested by making your own 360 view image slider in JavaScript
Blog

Don't rely too much on JavaScript libraries

Libraries are great, but don’t discount the benefits of learning JS

21 Mar 2012

By Ross Bruniges on March 21, 2012 | 4 comments

Libraries are great, but don’t discount the benefits of learning JavaScript itself, says developer Ross Bruniges
Feature

Social media at SXSWi: the top five talking points

Katie Moffat reports on the latest trends in social from SXSW 2012

21 Mar 2012

By Katie Moffat on March 21, 2012 | 1 comment

We sent PR consultant Katie Moffat to the biggest geek festival on the planet, SXSW Interactive, to find out all about the latest trends in social media. This is her report
Tutorial

Get more out of your CSS transitions with jQuery

Get better control over your CSS transitions with the help of jQuery

20 Mar 2012

By Val Head on March 20, 2012 | 2 comments

CSS3 transitions alone don’t always quite cut it. We can use a little help from jQuery to get better control over them and push them just a bit further. Val Head shows us how