Recently, while following the hype that the iPad produced, Steve Jobs made a comment which stood out for me over the iPad and the fact that it didn’t support Adobe Flash. He said that Adobe were “lazy” and lack of Flash wouldn’t be a problem for the iPad since everyone will be moving onto HTML5, but is HTML5 really going to replace Flash?

The layout of your code can really affect how fast your project happens, and whether or not you meet deadlines. On top of that it can also determine how easy it is to read and edit later on, when you’re making alterations to it. That’s why it’s important to follow some of these best practices on how to successfully code a neat website.

In the beginning typography wasn’t really an issue, as there was no real interface for the user. However, as the web advanced typography became a bigger issue, and no longer was it okay to be left with mediocre typography and illegibility on a now very graphically based web.

In the far out reaches of the globe, a group of people were working, working on something that would change the web’s face completely. The W3C completed CSS1 in 1996, and with it came a slew of font related CSS elements. Finally, the humble web developer was no longer confined by illegibility and bad typography. He was free, free to create what he chose, and with a smile on his face, and a keyboard in his hand, he walked into the distance, ready to create a new era in web design.

10 Things is a Series of posts outlining 10 short and sweet points (sometimes more) to help you as a web developer

I know what it’s like. You’ve worked so hard on that website of yours, and you just want to get it out there, for everyone to see, but take heed, young one, as there is much you have to sort out before you take such a drastic step. Hit the break to find out a bunch of things that you should be thinking about doing before you start sending out flyers about your new website.

What is a wireframe?

A wire frame is a basic, visual mock-up of a webpage or interface – used to show the general layout and priorities of elements on the page. You might wonder why on earth you’d actually need to use them? Surely you can just do some quick doodles, then jump straight to photoshop?

Speeding up your website is as important today as it was 10 years ago, mainly because websites have slowly became bigger, with their fancy external APIs and javascript libraries. Saying that, connection speed has grown also, and until we’re all running 5Gbps broadband, you can expect website speed to be a continuous problem in the foreseeable future. Below I’ve listed 7 main ways to speed up your website, and hopefully you’ll be able to put them into action.