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This post marks the first in a series to help you start from nothing and end with a Rails application. Although there are many posts/series on this subject, I feel like basic Rails tutorials, especially in the wake of Rails 3.1 changes, fall into a more-the-merrier category. Even so, this […]

Google, in the wake of their Google+ testing phase, have also been rolling out other Interface changes, namely within the search results. Game Changing AdWords? By now, almost every user will have the black bar that spans the page width across the top. Aside from some basic color changes to […]

The Mobile Web is the most important development in the online world since the internet itself. Due to better services and smaller, cheaper devices, there has been a huge explosion in mobile technology that far outpaces the growth of any other computing cycle. Are you ready for this? Our brand new title […]

Every job has its boring bits. Sometimes, the boring bits are actually mind-numbing; occasionally they’re actually loathsome. For in-office workers, this isn’t such a big deal. For one thing, there are others to vent to about how boring a part of your work is. And then there’s your boss, only […]

What’s interesting about the development platform for Windows Phone is that it is based on Silverlight, which, as most of us are aware, was first and foremost a web technology. As such Silverlight supports a navigation model that maps well to the way browsers work with the ability to navigate […]

Speaking as a developer, Opera’s version numbering seems sensible. Unlike Chrome and Firefox’s rapid updates or IE’s ridiculously sedate pace, Opera normally release a new browser once or twice a year. The version number is incremented when it’s right to do so. Opera 11.50 is out now and it’s brimming […]

One thing that puts many people off freelancing before they even begin is the apparently perilous nature of the job. Too many factors seem uncontrollable. Even those who have been freelancing for a while can find themselves in trouble if they’re not diligent and disciplined in their approach — if […]

By Max Wheeler 21st Jun 2011 Mobile Design Tutorial 4 Many, if not most, of the new breed of mobile devices use touch as their main input method. While many of the principles we usually apply to interface design are the same, there are some shifts in mindset required. Our […]

This is an excerpt from the upcoming book “Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices” by Earle Castledine, Myles Eftos and Max Wheeler. Over the coming weeks BuildMobile will exclusively publish a complete chapter from the book, the chapter on Mobile Web Apps. Enjoy. As a first pass for […]