Archive for the ‘Professional’ Category

Latest useful collections of resources for designers, students, programmers

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

12 Useful Web Tools for Designers – http://sixrevisions.com/graphics-design/12-useful-web-tools-for-designers/

13 Free Web Apps To Simplify Designer’s Work Life – http://www.smashingapps.com/2009/01/19/13-free-web-apps-to-simplify-designers-work-life.html

10 Online Learning Tools for Students – http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/handy-tools-for-students/

50 Extremely Useful PHP Tools – http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/01/20/50-extremely-useful-php-tools/

The Power of WordPress and jQuery: 25+ Useful Plugins & Tutorials – http://www.noupe.com/jquery/the-power-of-wordpress-and-jquery-30-useful-plugins-tutorials.html

30 Useful Open Source Apps for Web Designers – http://sixrevisions.com/tools/30-useful-open-source-apps-for-web-designers

22 Most Used Free Fonts By Professional Designers – http://www.instantshift.com/2008/10/23/22-most-used-free-fonts-by-professional-designers/

20 Useful Resources for Learning about CSS3 – http://sixrevisions.com/css/20-useful-resources-for-learning-about-css3/

The “Top 10″ and other Technological slideshows from ChannellWeb

Friday, January 16th, 2009

These slide shows from ChannellWeb present various technological topics in a very concise manner, usually 10 slides explaining/outlining the most important features of a product or technology…

Some examples,

The 10 Coolest Notebooks of 2008
The 10 Coolest Netbooks of 2008
The 10 Coolest Open Source Products Of 2008
Google Apps Vs. Microsoft Windows Live

At the bottom of the page there are links to previous years’ archives.

Free Icons for Web Applications

Friday, January 16th, 2009

free icons set, composed of 20 icons specifically designed for Web applications:

http://yensdesign.com/2009/01/webappers-free-web-application-icons-set/

100 Favorite Blogs from pc magazine

Monday, January 5th, 2009

http://www.pcmag.com/print_article2/0,1217,a%253D235252,00.asp

Google Doctype

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Google Code Blog announced the formation of an encyclopedia for web developers, Google Doctype.

In its current (beta) form, Google Doctype contains dozens of articles written by top Googlers on topics important to all web developers: security, performance, caching, DOM manipulation, CSS styling, and more. It contains over 8,000 lines of JavaScript code: Google’s own battle-tested JavaScript library, released today under a liberal open source license. And it contains the beginnings of a test-driven reference of the open web: a reference of every element, every attribute, every DOM method, every CSS property, all backed up by test cases.

Useful Firefox Extensions for Developers

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Technology Bites has a list of useful Firefox extensions. Some of those may be found useful by the pros and laymen alike.

Useful Firefox Extensions For Developers

Optimizing PHP code

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

This post offers 40 useful tips on optimizing your PHP code, which is then followed by a link to an informative article describing various issues when dealing with code optimization…

Best of September 2007

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

An excellent collection of links to and information about various software packages/tools from the Smashing Magazine

CSS-Techniques
References, Tutorials
Desktop-Tools
Plugins, Extensions
Web Tools
CSS Tools and Services
Ajax, Javascript
Web-Typography
Articles and Publications
Colors, Color Palettes
Design-Galleries, Showcases, Inspiration
Icons, Fonts, Templates

The Art of Filing

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Mind tools posted some tips on file management. Most of the information is pretty general, but there are a couple of detailed tips that I found useful and will consider implementing in my own file management system (Organize files by dates, Use “Tickler” files).

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Major Computer System Failures Caused by Software Bugs

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

People at softestclub compiled a list of 40 most recent major IT failures caused by software bugs. Who said Software QA was not important?

PHP Toolbox

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

Mashable came up with yet another list of tools. This time it’s “The PHP Toolbox: 20+ PHP Resources“.

CSS TOOLBOX: 20+ Tools For Working With CSS

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

This collection of CSS-related links should be a good start – from basic tutorials to advanced tools, it’s all here. CSS Toolbox

Free Video Lectures

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

freevideolectures.com acts as a filter , providing us a way to connect to the best material that is being offered by World Class institutions, saving a lot of OUR TIME and giving US the BEST Material that is offered.

This description says it all, check out the webdesign and the programming sections for example…

6 Keys to Understanding Modern CSS-based Layouts

Friday, August 10th, 2007

6 Keys to Understanding Modern CSS-based Layouts

Web Design Toolbox: 50+ Tools for Web Design

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007

Mashable has a good collection of tools for Web designers/developers. Read comments following that post for even more good resources…

Update:
softwaredeveloper.com also has a good compilation of useful tools, “100 Essential Resources for Web Developers”