Frameworks

We web geeks have a problem. If you’re like me, you probably taught yourself how to design or program websites for the love of it. But, one day, maybe after you built a free site for a friend’s company or your church, this thought passed through your mind: “I could get […]

Transitioning from .NET to Ruby: Hi there! I hear you want to make the transition from .NET to Ruby. It’s not a hard task, but it’s always nice to start with guidance. I too was once in your shoes. Master of .NET, a LINQ superstar, CLR guru, Generics generalist, conqueror […]

By Tara Hornor 5th Aug 2011 General 5 In recent years, a web design trend has emerged in which designers create web pages that resemble the layout of print posters. If you printed out a copy of the entire length of the web page, the printed version would look like […]

Advertising pioneer E. St. Elmo Lewis developed the popular AIDA sales process in 1898. Lewis argued there were four cognitive phases buyers follow when purchasing a new product or service — Attention, Interest, Desire and Action. The popular AIDA model outlines the basic process that causes people to become motivated […]

By Simon Pascal Klein 4th Aug 2011 Logo Design, Podcast Inspiration 2 And bam, episode 13! This week I had the honor of catching up with logo and identity designer David Airey to discuss his career and thoughts on freelancing, pro bono work, and identity design.   Download this Episode […]

I first heard of Sinatra a couple of years ago and have been in love with it ever since. For those who haven’t heard of it, Sinatra is a DSL that is used to create web applications. It is written in Ruby and was originally designed by Blake Mizerany, but […]

Episode 124 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week the panel is made up of regular members Louis Simoneau (@rssaddict), Patrick O’Keefe (@ifroggy) and Stephan Segraves (@ssegraves). The panel discuss topics from Google’s new Page Speed service currently in beta to Apple’s IiPhone ruling the Mile High WiFi club. Listen […]

In the seventh and final excerpt from the book “Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices” by Earle Castledine, Myles Eftos and Max Wheeler we draw to an abrupt close. BuildMobile has published the entire chapter “Mobile Web Apps” from the book.The final section, “We Have an App!” 7. […]

By James Edwards 3rd Aug 2011 JavaScript javascript, Tutorial 9 I thought it might be interesting to look at a JavaScript design pattern that I use a great deal. I settled on it gradually, over a period of time, absorbing and adapting influences from various sources, until reaching a pattern […]