Okay, so many of the points below aren’t purely my philosophy, but ideas and principles I have picked up along the way throughout my [development] career. Some relate to the UNIX philosophy, or even the Zen of Python, but wherever they’re from, they can be applied to many other domains.
Tags: Adobe, api, Asides, Design, Dev Opera, Development, Freelancing, Google, Google Code, JavaScript, Microsoft, philosophy, Python, unix, web community, work, Yahoo, zen, Zoho
ColdFusion is 13 years old. That make makes it the daddy of the web world! It does not make it any less hip or useful than the relatively new kids on the block. Let’s not dilly-dally, bicker or insult one another about which is best, which one is dying and which one is not worth the computer it is compiled on. What is important is to understand the merits of each language and decide which one best suits the application, not only in technical terms, but also in terms of time-to-market, cost of development, availability of a skilled workforce etc.
Tags: .Net, ActionScript, administrator, Adobe, Adobe ColdFusion, AJAX, Atom, best practice, Business, ColdFusion, content management, Design, Design Patterns, Development, encryption, enterprise-level search, Flex, Frameworks, fundamentals, HTML, Internet Applications, Java, JavaScript, ORM, programming, rapid application development, Rich Internet Applications, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, The Web, Web, web technology, web world, XML
Mike Chambers announced at the onAIR tour London event last week that he would be releasing an electronic version of the Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers pocket book, by the publishers O’Reilly, under Creative Commons licence terms. Well, good to his word, you can download the pocket reference from the Adobe onAIR website.
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Integrated Runtime, AIR, command line tools, Developer Library, developers, Development, development technology, HTML, HTML & XHTML, JavaScript, London, Mike Chambers, O'Reilly, official guide, pocket guide, web applications, web developers
Software development is an often complex affair, beset by a multitude of difficulties ranging from talentless developers, feature bloat, stakeholder politics and poor planning.
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During the 1990s business leaders and venture capitalists grappled with how they would make money from the web. This was tipified by the two VCs, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia Capital, investing $25 million in Google in the late 1990s; they new the search engine created by Sergey Brin and Larry Page was a winning formula, even though the pair had not yet monetised search. Bricks and mortar compaines were deemed “old hat” as the dotcom bubble was expanding. Companies such as eBay, Amazon and Yahoo! were at the forefront of every investors’ chequebook. Every company needed a 21st Century “Blue Sky” web strategy; every company needed to do e-commerce. However, the bubble burst and everyone was brought down with a bang. Boo.com is a classic example of the fallout from the over speculation.
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Here I provide a list of ColdFusion development tools.
Tags: Applications, CFEclipse, code editor, ColdFusion, ColdFusion Development Tools ColdFusion Studio, ColdFusion Studio, Development, development tool, Dreamweaver, Homesite, ide, macromedia, tool