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You need to understand the fundamentals of a web application before diving in. For example, do you understand how a simple form works? How data is transferred from a web browser to a server and back?

I found that the when I was trying to learn the web, I was too obsessed with learning a particular language..rather understanding the basics first, like static html vs server side html, form POST/GET, Css, Js etc.

My suggestion? Write a series of static html pages with css and js. Get a simple page working with a form, then try to submit that form to a server to process.

Once you have a form posting to a server, try generating the entire static html page you wrote on the server side using a simple scripting language (php, asp.net etc)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor

wtf?

Props for this link. These guys were true pioneers that pretty much started the whole 'rave scene' back in the 90's. I saw them live in Toronto once, fantastic show.

I love gitX ..I use it daily. Sometimes I find it hangs if you are switching branches via the command line though.

Wow, would have never expected someone to cite Blackmoon on HN .. respect!

I would argue that prostitution is profitable from day one..

Hey NICE work!! I've been looking for something like this for a while... iUI is great, but fails horribly on certain clients.

I love Kevin..he's like the Simon Cowell of the VC industry

Couple guys from my University started Jobloft.com and they were recently acquired - although this was before the recession.

Cannondale bad boy > segway

Happy birthday! The only site on the net worth checking multiple times a dayIMO.

Great tips, but ironic that his page is busted as has horizontal overflowing...

Whitepaper on it:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/3/e43bb484-3b52-4...

I'm a big fan of the 'grunge' trend we're starting to see

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/29/grunge-style-in-m...

Fantastic news. MS's libraries are crude and far behind the existing open source alternatives.

Move search to the top of the page.

No I think he's talking about the app that uses the accelerometer to simulate chugging a beer. That's it.

I've been intrigued by barcode scanning on mobile phones for quite some time.

I'm wondering what UPC database they query? Does anyone know of a company that provides an API? (aside from http://www.upcdatabase.com/)

Anything is possible but the end result would be a clean response stream thats' compliant but the application would be horribly broken.

My mind melts just thinking of the king of regex matching you would need to do to pull this off.

Do elaborate..

A step backwards IMO... legacy is legacy for a reason. Drop it like its hot.

I had to justify it to my boss and my fellow developers because everyone has their preference. Some want to use YUI, some want to use prorotype. In the end, the boss makes the decision and the availability of an MIT license comes into play, so he's going to the homepage either way and the last thing I want him to see is some cheesy rockstar shit for a framework that's going into a massive line of business SaaS application.

.NET folks have velocity http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/cc655792.aspx which is actually pretty nice, albeit late in the market

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Funny that you said this. I managed to convince my boss to incorporate jQuery into our app, using last week's page...

Anyone else think having 30 include files is a bad thing?

Yeah, at work and play.

Not like there are many Apple stores in Canada, but does the 10-20 unit sanction apply to each rogers store as well? In that case..the launch is going to be a complete flop, I couldn't be happier.

Packaging sucks but the tips are quite good.