Stefan Mischook of killersites.com talks about how web programming is more than memorization. It is about the development process. Being able to create a useable and attractive website is more important than if remembering specific syntax. If you forget, you can always look it up. Even experienced web developers and designers can’t remember everything about of JavaScript or CSS.
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My schedule only allowed me to attend one day at WordCamp in Chicago. I went to the Saturday sessions.
WordCamp Chicago took place at DePaul University. The website had directions from one of the sponsors, MapQuest. Their directions made it simple to find DePaul University. Once you walked in the conference was easy to find.
My favorite sessions were “Advanced SEO: Thinking like a Searchbot”, “Developing for Success, or Any Fool Can Do This” and the Unconference track “WP Frameworks (or not…). In “Advanced SEO: Thinking like a Searchbot” provided tips talked about how search engines are the new gatekeeper for information and that you should use links in your content because it count more than in the sidebar. Heather Acton led the “WP Frameworks (or not…) Unconference session. The discussion on WP Frameworks was fun. We had a diverse group of people: developers, designers, new to WP and experienced with WP. As I group, we talked about the benefits and challenges of using frameworks. I learned that you need to decide what your projects goals are and then decide if creating your own theme or using a framework is the better option. Frameworks don’t fit all projects. In “Developing for Success, or Any Fool Can Do This”, Brian Richards gave his tips for success by talking about his experience as an entrepreneur and using humor to help motivate the crowd to succeed. He said that “You don’t have to be the best, but you can’t be the worst.” Brian demonstrated that “business = building relationships”.
I found a podcast for developers called Startups For The Rest Of Us. The team of Mike Taber and Rob Walling explains to how to launch your own software product. They have 20+ years of experience in launching their own products. Startups For The Rest Of Us guides developers who want to launch their own product and helps you to avoid the mistakes that Mike Taber and Rob Walling made.
If you are thinking of launching your own product whether a web application or native mobile app, check out their podcast for tips on how to get started.
While looking for a way to manage multiple websites on my Mac, I found a blog post by an Indie Mac Developer, Tyler Hall. He writes VirtualHostX that helps you to manage multiple websites on a Mac. Tyler wrote about his experience with Piracy. As a software developer, he believes that he cannot eliminate software piracy. Instead, he experimented with ways to turn non-paying customers into paying customers. His post details his experiments and the results.
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The .Net Developer’s Journal shows you how to build a custom server control using Google Maps and ASP.Net. Jeevan Murkoth shows you how to build a wrapper around the Google API. This techniques makes it easier for .Net developers to use the functionality of Google Maps without writing a lot of JavaScript.