HTML5 and CSS3

January 13, 2011

My second book, HTML5 and CSS3, is now available in print and is a good solid guide to all of the cool features you can start using in your sites and applications. It’s not a beginner book by any means, but if you’ve gone through Web Design For Developers, you’ll be just fine. HTML5 and […]

Generate Favicons Quickly With Favigen

October 13, 2010

Favicons (those icons for web sites that show up in the browser bar) can be a little tough to make sometimes, but Favigen make is pretty simple thanks to its easy web-based interface. Simply upload a square version of your logo or icon, select the output icon size, and download your newly created file. While […]

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, the Google way

September 15, 2010

Here’s a nice series of presentations and example code from Google that show you how to build user interfaces using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. HTML, CSS, and JavaScript From The Ground Up

Be Stingy With Your Markup

June 29, 2010

Developers who don’t understand web development often tend to use way more markup than they need. Take a look at this article, which dissects an SMS message displayed within Google Voice. A single message uses the following: 369 lines 46 divs 7 tables 8 spans In the book, I point out that more characters in […]