October 2008
The Archives
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10.20.08Tools For Agile DevelopmentI've been doing web development for many years now, and over time I've discovered a few tools that make my life easier. I've used these in personal projects and recommended them to others, and I thought I'd share them here. While I'm a web guy, most of these can quite easily be used for other types of projects as well. To begin, tools for managing the development process: Beanstalk (SVN) SVN is an obvious requirement for any company doing development. The problem is, SVN takes time to set up and maintain properly, and smaller companies just can't afford to spend this time taking ...
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10.07.08How to Make a Full-Screen iPhone Web AppThere has been a fair amount of talk lately about a feature introduced in iPhone firmware 2.0 and above that allows a developer to make a web application, once saved to a user's iPhone home screen, run in a full-screen mode without the Safari toolbars. AppleInsider wrote about it, with a fantastic demo available on the website of the WebApp.net framework. While there has been a lot of talk about the result of this technique, I haven't seen anywhere that describes exactly how to make your application run full-screen (sans buried deep in the Apple Developer Connection documentation). It's actually incredibly ...
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10.05.08Documenting the Hacks: CSS Browser TargetingI think I'm somewhat of a rarity in the world of web developers - I actively use and certainly approve of CSS hacks to target and fix certain browsers. Of course, I don't condone their use unless it is absolutely necessary, and in most cases good, standards compliant CSS should alleviate most issues before they occur, but when there is a need I think these hacks can be a great way to fix issues while still keeping your CSS logical and concise. The caveat to this is that all hacks need good comments to describe what is going on for ...