Given that there is (quite rightly) an awful lot of talk, articles and discussion on new and upcoming web technology and methods in our industry, I feel that it can be quite disappointing for someone new to the industry, in their first job, who may not be using any of these technologies. Let me assure you that you are not alone.
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PC Pro have published my latest blog post should you be using HTML5 today? so feel free to go and have a look.
As usual, all comments welcome either here or there.
I’ve altered my already small homesite to run that bit faster by optimising both my JavaScript and CSS files, and also allowing Google to host the jQuery file.
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I have made a few changes to iandevlin.com, adding a new services section to indicate that I am now also available for hire to do freelance web design and development work.
I do work full-time so my availability might be limited, but it’s best to contact me first to check my workload. But please do get in touch.
A brief list of the web development skills I can offer:
- XHTML
- HTML5
- CSS
- JavaScript
- jQuery and MooTools
- ASP.NET: C# and VB.NET
- Object Oriented PHP
- MySQL
- SQLServer 2005
- IIS
- Apache
Like all web developers, I need to test how my pages look in different browsers. Doing this on Firefox, Safari, Opera and the whatever version of Internet Explorer you happen to have on your machine is easy, as they all happily run alongside each other on the same machine.
But what about the different flavours of Internet Explorer (IE)?
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If, like me, you sometimes end up with a corrupted designer file in Visual Studio, the best way to recreate it is as follows:
- Delete the current .designer file
- Right click the .aspx file and select “Convert to Web Application”
And that’s it, the file should be recreated.