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  • Designing in the browser

    Designer and developer Edward O'Riordan explains why you should design in the browser and why clients should be shown HTML and CSS mockups
  • The instant web

    Digital marketing strategist Luis Freitas ponders on the next step the web is going to take and discusses the semantic web, the instant web and Web 3.0
    By Luis Freitas on | 1 comment
  • How to get your first job

    Whether you’re a student or recent graduate, a designer or developer, it can be hard to break into the web industry. Rachel Shillcock shares her top tips on making your mark
    By Rachel Shillcock on | 5 comments
  • Turning web traffic into sales

    Much more than just revenue hinges on web site performance. Downtime, inconsistency, slowdowns and bad design can ruin customer experiences. Compuware's David Flower explains how to avoid lasting harm
    By David Flower on | 4 comments
  • Agile: the next step

    Jim Highsmith, one of the co-authors of the Agile manifesto, reflects on 10 years of Agile development and examines how it can keep moving forward as a movement
    By Jim Highsmith on | 1 comment
  • Getting feedback is crucial

    Hardly anyone likes asking for comments on their work, but the process is critical to career development and good results, says Jonathan Smiley
    By Jonathan Smiley on | 2 comments
  • Commercialising a community

    Teenage developer Jamie Rumbelow is all for open source but argues that creating a side business surrounding a community can actually help it grow and flourish
    By Jamie Rumbelow on | 2 comments
  • Crafting web design education

    Teaching web design should integrate theory and practice, say Nicklas Persson and Christopher Murphy of the University of Ulster, aka ‘The Standardistas’
    By Nicklas Persson And Chris Murphy on | 4 comments
  • Devs and creatives, it's time to collaborate!

    In this new mobile, multi-platform digital age, Ben Winter calls for an end to the old battles between creatives and developers and a return to the credo, ‘form follows function’
    By Ben Winter on | 1 comment
  • Stop banning Lorem Ipsum: a rebuttal

    User experience specialist Robert Hoekman Jr argues that Latin placeholder text aka Lorem Ipsum is a tool that still has value to the design process. It's up to you to know when and why to use it
    By Robert Hoekman Jr on | 9 comments
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