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Glen Stansberry is a web developer and blogger. You can read more tips on web development at his blog Web Jackalope or follow him on Twitter.
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10 Django Trouble Spots for Beginners

10 Django Trouble Spots for Beginners

Glen Stansberry on May 24th 2010 with 34 comments

Django is an incredibly-powerful web framework, but using it can be a bit daunting for new users. I found this out the hard way over a year ago, spending hours struggling with even the most basic of concepts. If you're new to Django, (or MVC frameworks in general), you're probably going to have to shift your thinking a bit to use this robust framework. Here are some of the issues that I had to struggle with before I fully understood them. Hopefully, this will save you hours of struggling.

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Top 20 Ways for Web Developers to Reduce their Carbon Footprint

Top 20 Ways for Web Developers to Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Glen Stansberry on Oct 14th 2009 with 135 comments

Climate change is greatly affected by our carbon footprint. As web developers, it may not seem that we make huge “footprints.” We read our mail and news online (no paper), communicate with instant messenger and Skype (no stamps or letters), and many of us relax by watching video or TV shows online (no renting/buying physical DVDs). As a whole, web developers do a pretty good job reducing their carbon footprint.

Yet there are plenty of ways that we can reduce our carbon footprints even further and treat Mother Nature a bit better. After all, every little bit helps when it comes to becoming more environmentally responsible.

So here are the top twenty ways that web developers can reduce their carbon footprint each day. They’re simple changes, but in the end they make a huge difference.

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Best of the Web: September

Best of the Web: September

Glen Stansberry on Oct 12th 2009 with 23 comments

September was yet another exciting month for web developers. New Javascript libraries, major acquisitions, and monster open source projects were some of the things that happened as Summer died out. And that’s not including the usual plethora of excellent tips and articles published from top-notch web development sites.

Read on for some of September’s highlights in web development.

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30 CSS Best Practices for Beginners

30 CSS Best Practices for Beginners

Glen Stansberry on Sep 16th 2009 with 178 comments

CSS is a language that is used by nearly every developer at some point. While it’s a language that we sometimes take for granted, it is powerful and has many nuances that can help (or hurt) our designs. Here are thirty of the best CSS practices that will keep you writing solid CSS and avoiding some costly mistakes.

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Best of the Web - August

Best of the Web – August

Glen Stansberry on Sep 4th 2009 with 20 comments

August was a month filled with excellent articles from around the Net. We can always rely on major companies to provide some interesting fodder for developers; Yahoo! started suggesting Firefox users try IE8 and Google unveiled a faster, sleeker search engine. Oh, and if you’ve ever released some imperfect shoddy code to meet a deadline, than you’ll appreciate some examples of dirty hacks used in games.

All these and more in August’s edition of Best of the Web.

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10 of the Most Usable Content Management Systems

Top 10 Most Usable Content Management Systems

Glen Stansberry on Aug 27th 2009 with 438 comments

There are plenty of options when it comes to picking a content management system for a development project. Depending on how advanced you need the CMS to be, what language it’s built in, and who is going to be using it, it can be a nightmare trying to find the “perfect” CMS for a project.

However, some CMSs have a slight edge over the rest of the competition because of the usability of the software. Some are just easier to install, use and extend, thanks to some thoughtful planning by the lead developers. Here are 10 of the most usable CMSs on the web to use in your next project.

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30 PHP Best Practices for Beginners

30+ PHP Best Practices for Beginners

Glen Stansberry on Aug 13th 2009 with 178 comments

PHP is the most widely-used language for programming on the web. Here are thirty best practices for beginners wanting to gain a firmer grasp of the fundamentals.

Editor’s Note: The “Best Practices” series has been my baby for three articles now. However, due to my focus on the CI video series, I’ve decided to hand off this next entry to Glen. Having said that, I’m not very good at keeping my mouth shut! I thought it might be fun to sporadically add a few rebuttals to his tips. I hope he doesn’t mind!

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30 More Helpful Video Tutorials For Web Developers
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30 More Helpful Video Tutorials For Web Developers

Glen Stansberry on Aug 6th 2009 with 22 comments

You can find a good tutorial on just about any subject of web development, but great video tutorials are much less common. Here are a few great tutorials that any developer can use to brush up on various topics like iPhone development, frameworks, jQuery, CSS and more.

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Best of the Web- July

Best of the Web- July

Glen Stansberry on Aug 5th 2009 with 23 comments

July has been an interesting month for web developers. Aside from some excellent tutorials, interesting announcements from major web companies have come to light. New homepage designs, new APIs and other announcements have been put forth by Google, Twitter, and other big web players.

The times, they are a changin’!

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20 Ruby on Rails Tutorials to Rule Them All

20 Ruby on Rails Tuts to Rule Them All

Glen Stansberry on Jul 23rd 2009 with 53 comments

Today, we’ll review twenty incredible Ruby on Rails tutorials that every developer should consider reading. Whether you’re a beginner who prefers video tutorials or an experienced dev, you’ll find an applicable tutorial here!

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