Links: Development

Aaron Cannon: The Accessibility Checklist I Vowed I'd Never Write »

http://northtemple.com/1608

Great checklist of accessibility items to keep in mind when coding. Developed by Aaron Cannon, a blind web developer.

Accordian v2.0 Menu »

http://stickmanlabs.com/accordion/

Cool (Apple-esque) javascript slide/accordion menu.

ALA Web Design Survey »

http://alistapart.com/articles/webdesignsurvey

Take the A List Apart 2007 Web Design Survey...

ASCII Character Code Chart »

http://www.asciitable.com/

Dec, Hex, Oct, and HTML ASCII character codes

Book: Just Ask: Integrating Accessibility Throughout Design »

http://www.uiaccess.com/justask/

Great book by Shawn Lawton Henry on accessibility and user-centered design.

CFML: Round to the nearest X »

http://www.techfeed.net/blog/index.cfm/2006/4/5/Round-to-the-nearest-x-in-ColdFusion

Simple Coldfusion function to round to the nearest (X).

CoRD: Mac Remote Desktop client »

http://cord.sourceforge.net/

CoRD is a Mac OS X remote desktop client for Microsoft Windows servers using the rdp protocol. It is easy to use, fast, and free for anyone to use or modify.

Creating Crontabs [on Dreamhost] »

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Crontab

Guide to creating cron jobs on Dreamhost hosting.

Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design »

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/web_standards_creativity_png/

Creative uses of PNG's in web design now that IE7 supports it.

CSS+Javascript power. Fancy menu »

http://www.devthought.com/cssjavascript-true-power-fancy-menu/

Cool JS/CSS menu with transition effects when rolling over menu items.

Deziner Foilio: Simple Javascript Accordions »

http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2007/07/19/simple-javascript-accordions/

Cross-browser, simple and small javascript accordion menu script.

Email Standards Project »

http://www.email-standards.org/

The Email Standards Project works with email client developers and the design community to improve web standards support and accessibility in email.

Fleeting Epiphanies: Stephanie Sullivan »

http://www.communitymx.com/blog/index.cfm?blogger=15

Great posts about accessibility, standards, and front-end development

Flickr API Documentation »

http://www.flickr.com/services/api/

Documentation on the Flickr API

Getting Microformats »

http://adactio.com/extras/gettingmicroformats/

Microformat resources: Documentation, tools, implementation, readers, etc.

Hivelogic: Installing Ruby/Rails on Leopard (Mac OS X 10.5.x »

http://hivelogic.com/articles/2008/02/ruby-rails-leopard

Guide on how to install ruby on Mac OS X 10.5.x (Leopard).

I Love Jack Daniels: Dial-Up Emulator »

http://www.ilovejackdaniels.com/resources/modem-emulator/

Test your page load time on dial-up using this simple web based tool.

Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar »

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=e59c3964-672d-4511-bb3e-2d5e1db91038&displaylang=en

Microsoft finally caught up to FireFox, and is now providing a developer toolbar.

iPhone Developer Center »

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/devcenter/designingcontent.html

Developer information for iPhone, including: how to create favicons for home screen.

Jody Ferry - Philadelphia Art Director »

http://www.jodyferry.com/

Philadelphia Art Director Jody Ferry - Recommended by jamesthethird.com as being one of the top Art Directors in the industry.

KLWines.com Site Redesign Helps Growth »

http://www.internetretailer.com/dailyNews.asp?id=24429

Internet Retailer highlights K&L Wine Merchants' recent redesign, and the impact on sales. Design and production by WebLinc.

Lightweight device-detection in PHP »

http://dev.mobi/node/472

One problem that keeps cropping up when developing mobile content is how to differentiate between mobile devices and desktop browsers. A good, Lightweight start at device detection using PHP.

Mac OS X Free Diff Program »

http://www.sourcegear.com/diffmerge/

Free Diff/Compare application for OS X.

MAMP »

http://www.mamp.info/

Like LAMP, but runs on your local system (Mac). Easy install!

MAMP: Installing WordPress »

http://michaeldoig.net/4/installing-mamp-and-wordpress.htm

Great article on installing WP on your local MAMP system.

Optimizing Web Applications and Content for iPhone »

http://developer.apple.com/iphone/designingcontent.html

Apple Developer Connection guide on building apps for the the iPhone

Parse ATOM Date with CF Function »

http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?id=1144&enable=1

Parsing an ATOM feed published date has never been easier with this function.

Parse RSS/ATOM Feed with ColdFusion »

http://weblogs.macromedia.com/khoyt/archives/coldfusion/index.cfm

Great tutorial about parsing feeds with ColdFusion.

phpFlickr »

http://phpflickr.com/

phpFlickr is a class written by Dan Coulter in PHP4 to act as a wrapper for Flickr's API. Methods process the response XML and return a friendly array of data to make development simple and intuitive.

Policy Map: Online GIS mapping »

http://www.policymap.com/

PolicyMap is a revolutionary, easy, new way to explore geographic data through maps, tables and reports.

PuTTY - Free telnet/ssh client [Win/Unix] »

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

A free telnet/ssh client for use on Windows or Unix boxes.

Run Multiple IE Versions [v3-6] »

http://tredosoft.com/Multiple_IE

This download of Internet Explorer versions (3 through 6) has been the best I've found to date. I tried a couple other standalone IE6 versions but found them to be very buggy with CSS and cookies.

Running PHP from Cron Job »

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/Run_php_from_cron

Run a PHP script from an Apache crontab or cron job on Dreamhost Hosting.

Section 508 - WCAG 1.0 Comparison »

http://www.jimthatcher.com/sidebyside.htm

Side-by-side comparison of Section 508 and WCAG 1.0 - compliments of Jim Thatcher.

Setting up Rails on OS X »

http://www.blueflavor.com/ed/technology/setting_up_rails_on_os_x.php

Nice write up by Tom Watson over at Blue Flavor... Some tips and suggestions about setting up Rails on your OS X box.

Slider Menu »

http://webfx.eae.net/dhtml/slider/slider.html

Clean javascript slider menu, horizontal and vertical.

Solution Watch: Developer/Collaboration Applications »

http://www.solutionwatch.com/578/a-roundup-for-developers-developers-developers/

Great list of applications for collaboration, development, user tracking, and more...

SSH on Dreamhost »

http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/SSH

Guide to setup SSH on Dreamhost hosting.

SWFObject - Flash Embed Script »

http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/

SWFObject is a small Javascript file used for embedding Flash content. The script can detect the Flash plug-in in all major web browsers (on Mac and PC) and is designed to make embedding Flash movies as easy as possible.

Textmate + Fluid CSS bundle »

http://metaatem.net/2008/06/14/project-3-fluid-css-textmate-bundle

An easy way to convert PXs to EMs based on base font-size to use for fluid/EMs/100% width sites.

Using public keys for SSH authentication »

http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.58/htmldoc/Chapter8.html

Helpful guide to setup your SSH authentication.

Vitamin »

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/

The resource for web development.

Vitamin Feature: Survive the digg effect with Amazon Web Services »

http://www.thinkvitamin.com/features/webapps/survive-the-digg-effect-with-amazon-web-services

Theron Parlin isn't selling tickets to the "3-headed Lizard Lady" — but what he has to say about Amazon Web Services is just as unbelievable. Unlimited processing power and storage, whenever you need it, for a fraction of the cost? Apps like Parlin's Geezeo are buying heavily into AWS and he tells you all about it.

WCAG 2.0 Quick Reference »

http://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG20/quickref/

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 Quick Reference Guide

Web Standards Project »

http://www.webstandards.org/

The one and only.

WebLinc Blog »

http://blog.weblinc.com

WebLinc's blog.

XRAY: XRAY Elements »

http://westciv.com/xray/

This little widget is similar to the Firefox Web Developer Toolbar (Display Element Information), but better!

Yahoo! Design Pattern Library »

http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/

A pattern describes an optimal solution to a common problem within a specific context.

YUI Code Samples »

http://blog.davglass.com/2006/06/yui-code-samples/

Tons of example files for YUI.

YUI: Inline Popup / Tooltip »

http://alexle.net/archives/143

Example of setX/Y and getX/Y to position tooltip element to any element on the screen.