I’ve seen a lot of confusion on the use of the new HTML5 sectioning tags <article> <section>, <nav>, <aside> and the role left for the old <div> element we used often in previous versions of HTML specifications. After reviewing the documentation and consulting several examples of usage, a basic practical skeleton for an HTML5 document […]
Web development with PHP can get frustrating without the adequate tools. The most common thing a new web developer does when attempting PHP debugging is to add var_dump() calls to print out the value of a variable at a certain point in the program’s execution, in conjunction with an exit() or die() call. Doing this […]
Testing your web design in multiple Internet Explorer browser versions is now easier. I’ve written before about how to test your website in IE using GNU/Linux machines. But now the process is simpler since Microsoft has finally began to distribute cross platform virtual images for testing against IE browser versions. Of course, nothing from Microsoft […]
When programming in any language there are certain common errors that everyone makes as they mature and evolve their programming skills. In the case of PHP, I’ve seen a lot of ugly and complicated code around, since the language is very permissive. To have a good and healthy PHP code base so it won’t resemble […]
As a web developer, you are always required to test your website code on Internet Explorer. And everyone knows how much of a pain that alone can be. But for GNU/Linux-only users the fun starts even before taking a look at your code on IE. The trouble starts with how are you going to run […]
Web standards have always been about good markup, keeping things in order and cleaned up, etc. Using transitional or strict DTDs and validating our markup with different tools was a good practice encouraged by many. With HTML5 things seem to be going a bit backwards regarding structure and markup rules. Google’s HTML styleguide shows an […]
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