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Make a CSS TARDIS

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20 free data visualisation tools

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Essential JavaScript: the top five graphical libraries

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Firefox integrates font inspector and WebRTC

Firefox brings in font inspector, WebRTC

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Should hosts cooperate with law enforcement?

Alex de Joode of LeaseWeb says trust is critical to the relationship

16 Sep 2011

By Alex De Joode on September 16, 2011 | 2 comments

Alex de Joode, security officer of global hosting provider LeaseWeb, discusses why it is vital that law enforcement agencies and hosting companies should cooperate, and why trust is critical to the relationship
Feature

.net Awards 2011: top 10 podcasts

We profile the top web design/development podcasts as nominated by you

16 Sep 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on September 16, 2011

This week we profile the top 10 podcasts for web designers and developers that you have nominated in the .net Awards 2011. Which one's your favourite show?
Tutorial

How to use PHP on the command line

Lorna Mitchell on how to use PHP outside of the scope of a web server

15 Sep 2011

By Lorna Jane Mitchell on September 15, 2011 | 1 comment

PHP is used by the biggest sites on the net. It also has a powerful command-line version, allowing you to use PHP outside of the scope of a web server. Lorna Jane Mitchell shows us how to get started
Tutorial

Code smarter CSS with Sass

Core contributor to Sass Christopher Eppstein explains how to use it

15 Sep 2011

By Christopher Eppstein on September 15, 2011 | 1 comment

Sass is a style sheet language that makes your style sheet as beautiful to read as your web page. Core contributor to Sass Christopher Eppstein explains how to use it and maintain style sheets with Sass
Feature

Run a WordPress site on the cloud (part 2)

How to set up and run a WordPress site on the cloud and more!

14 Sep 2011

By Dan Frost on September 14, 2011 | 2 comments

After part one’s introduction to cloud hosting, it’s time to step things up a notch. Now Dan Frost of 3EV (3ev.com) explains how to set up and run a WordPress site on the cloud, and looks at some advanced features to help improve your site’s performance
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How to build a killer mobile game

User Vision's Simon Duke and Mark Westwater on developing mobile games

14 Sep 2011

By Simon Duke on September 14, 2011

Simon Duke, senior UX consultant, and Mark Westwater, senior usability consultant of User Vision, explain some of the key constraints to gaming on a smartphone and highlight the key attributes of a successful game
Feature

Big question: what do you think of Adobe Edge?

Our experts give us their opinion on web animation tool Adobe Edge

13 Sep 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on September 13, 2011 | 4 comments

Last week, Adobe pushed out the second preview version of Edge, a web animation tool that generates the code for you. There’s been some controversy over its use of div-based animation instead of canvas or SVG, but Adobe wants us all to remember that this is just a taster …
Tutorial

A masterclass in CSS animations

Estelle Weyl explains how to get started with CSS3 animations

13 Sep 2011

By Estelle Weyl on September 13, 2011 | 9 comments

From the basics of animation keyframes to expert animation tips that will save you many a headache, Estelle Weyl, web developer and author of HTML5 and CSS3 For the Real World, takes you on a tour of all you need to know to get up and running with CSS3 animations
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Why the doodle matters

Don’t dismiss doodling – it can be a serious and useful tool

12 Sep 2011

By Sunni Brown on September 12, 2011 | 3 comments

Don’t dismiss doodling – in the right hands, it can be a serious and useful tool that should be deployed when problems are most messy and topics most serious, says business owner, author and leader of the doodle revolution Sunni Brown
Feature

7 ways web conferences suck (and how to fix them)

Robert Hoekman Jr lists seven things wrong with web conferences

12 Sep 2011

By Robert Hoekman Jr on September 12, 2011 | 2 comments

Robert Hoekman Jr has been speaking at web conferences for six years now. Here he analyses seven things that are wrong with such events and comes up with a few ideas about how to fix them
Blog

Enhance your intranet using social media

Rob Bagley argues that corporate intranets should embrace social

9 Sep 2011

By Rob Bagley on September 09, 2011 | 1 comment

Designer and developer Rob Bagley argues that corporate intranets should open up and embrace the social media revolution
Feature

.net Awards 2011: top 10 developers

This week we profile the world's coding titans as nominated by you

9 Sep 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on September 09, 2011

This week we profile the world's coding titans as nominated by you. Who will be the Developer of the Year and take the much coveted trophy home?
Feature

Five killer ways to use a gallery style

Digestible chunks of copy can be processed like a great tapas meal

8 Sep 2011

By Matthew Smith on September 08, 2011 | 2 comments

On a gallery-style website, we tend to look over the whole view to see what suits our artistic palette. Digestible chunks of copy or images can be processed like a great tapas meal, argues Matthew Smith
Tutorial

Create an SVG data visualisation with PHP

Learn how to save yourself time in creating visualisations with code

8 Sep 2011

By Brian Suda on September 08, 2011 | 4 comments

Using code to create beautiful visualisations saves time, effort and allows you to focus on the idea rather than implementation details. Brian Suda explains how he wrote a PHP script to build an SVG graphic based on the .net magazine covers
Interview

Mark Boulton on layouts and grid systems

The web needs to respond better to the way we consume content

7 Sep 2011

By Oliver Lindberg on September 07, 2011 | 1 comment

Mark Boulton, one of the UK’s most high profile designers, says the web needs to respond better to the way we consume content these days. He sits down with Oliver Lindberg to explain a new set of rules and how we can apply them