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Content strategy 101, Part 4: bringing your content to life

by Sandi Wassmer

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The top 10 realtime web apps

by Phil Leggetter

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Learn to code in a day

by Katie Moffat

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Don’t be afraid to undo previous work, argues designer

GOV.UK website retools and removes icon to better its design

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Five killer ways to tell a story

Letting users know who you are and what your site is for is important

10 Apr 2013

By Gene Crawford on April 10, 2013 | 1 comment

Letting users know who you are and what your site is for is important – and is often overlooked, reckons Gene Crawford
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.net Awards 2013: best online portfolio

10 talented designers with outstanding online portfolios

10 Apr 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on April 10, 2013

We delve into the minds of the 10 talented individuals who've made it onto the shortlist for the best online portfolio category in this year's .net Awards
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What the new TLDs mean for brands and consumers

Afilias CMO Roland LaPlante on the implications of the new TLD system

9 Apr 2013

By Roland LaPlante on April 09, 2013

Roland LaPlante, CMO at Afilias, discusses the domain changes afoot on the internet and what we can expect to see from this new online landscape in the coming months
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.net Awards 2013: open source project of the year

Some fantastic new initiatives have grown up over the last year

9 Apr 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on April 09, 2013

The 10 best open source projects to have grown up over the last twelve months
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.net Awards 2013: top 10 new entrepreneurs

The people behind some of the best web ventures of the last year

9 Apr 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on April 09, 2013

The people behind some of the best web ventures of the last year
Tutorial

Boost Sass & Compass efficiency

Discover Sass and Compass techniques to streamline outputted CSS

8 Apr 2013

By Ben Frain on April 08, 2013

Many say CSS pre-processors create bloated code, lacking the efficiency of handwritten CSS. Ben Frain looks at techniques in Sass and Compass to streamline outputted CSS
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Five tools for better PHP

Tools that make development process for LAMP slick and painless

5 Apr 2013

By Lorna Jane Mitchell on April 05, 2013 | 1 comment

Taking a look beyond the code of our web applications and into some of the tools that make development process for LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) slick and painless
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Managing your redesign

Don’t wait until your site is on its last legs before you redesign it

5 Apr 2013

By Marcy Mayer on April 05, 2013 | 2 comments

Don’t wait until your site is on its last legs before you redesign it, argues Marcy Mayer: regular reviews and planned updates are the key to success
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Essential JavaScript: the top five graphical libraries

Jack Franklin on using libraries for graphical work with JavaScript

4 Apr 2013

By Jack Franklin on April 04, 2013 | 2 comments

Jack Franklin explores five libraries for doing graphical work with JavaScript, covering data visualisation, 3D work and game-building
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Advice for my unborn daughter

Garrett Heath on how coding is becoming the new literacy

4 Apr 2013

By Garrett Heath on April 04, 2013

Garrett Heath on how coding is becoming the new literacy
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New tools for web design and development: March 2013

Mark Penfold examines the tools of note that came out in March

3 Apr 2013

By Mark Penfold on April 03, 2013

Backbone.js 1.0.0 is go! Mark Penfold examines this and the other tools of note that came out in March
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.net Awards 2013: side project of the year

The stories behind the 10 web projects nominated for a .net Award

3 Apr 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on April 03, 2013

We quiz the creators of the 10 web projects nominated for a .net Award this year
Interview

Paul Boag on relentless creativity

The Headscape co-founder ideas, motivations and keeping it simple

3 Apr 2013

By Martin Cooper on April 03, 2013

After nearly two decades at the web’s coalface, Paul Boag’s creative fervour remains undimmed. Martin Cooper tries to keep up with the Headscape co-founder as he chats ideas, motivations and the importance of keeping it simple
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.net Awards 2013: top 10 young developers

The stories behind this year's young nominees

2 Apr 2013

By Tanya Combrinck on April 02, 2013

We delve into the minds of the 10 talented individuals who've made it onto the shortlist for the Young Developer of the Year category in this year's .net Awards
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Big question: how do you deal with deadline stress?

How do our experts stop deadlines from becoming a nightmare?

2 Apr 2013

By Martin Cooper on April 02, 2013 | 1 comment

For anyone juggling projects, and freelancers in particular, handling deadlines is an ever-present challenge. But how do you stop it becoming a nightmare? We asked our panel of experts