As a change from our usual front-end development focused articles, this week we’re taking a step back to think about the content—and, more specifically, how to improve both the navigation and search on our sites through a better understanding of our content taxonomy. Join Heather Hedden as she investigates the history, management, and practical application of taxonomies on the web. Read more
If you’re anything like me, your hard drive is probably littered with unfinished redesigns of your personal portfolio site. As professional designers, we can often be our own worst client—which is why I’m very pleased to welcome FreelanceSwitch’s Collis Ta’eed to set out some sensible ground rules to consider when approaching that portfolio project. Read more
Wherever you turn these days, you can’t escape Facebook. Whether it’s on the news or being blocked by your corporate firewall, you can’t ignore the social networking sensation of the year. But how can you take advantage of those millions of eager users? Our resident API expert, Gareth Rushgrove, shows us how to use our existing skills—or websites—to create a Facebook application of your very own. Read more
JavaScript libraries were the hot topic last year, and have made it easy for us to build ever more powerful applications—but are you making best use of the object-oriented capabilities of JavaScript? The latest and greatest book on the subject, from Yahoo!’s Ross Harmes and Google’s (and Digital Web author) Dustin Diaz, takes a detailed look at OO best practices and how they can be applied to JavaScript—and this week Digital Web is happy to present an entire chapter to whet your appetite: The Adapter Pattern. Read more
In their new book, Ross Harmes and Dustin Diaz share their expertise in object-oriented JavaScript programming, and take us to new heights by demonstrating how to build design pattern conventions, all based on JavaScript’s unique flexibility. Digital Web’s Tiff Fehr takes an objective look at Pro JavaScript Design Patterns. Read more
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