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Feb 12

What is the Trend for Web Design in 2012?

Just a month and a half has passed in 2012 and there are some patterns which are quite easy to notice in how people design Sure most of them are similar to the ones of 2011 – it seems 2011 and 2012 will not be too different however there might be some small changes which I will talk about soon There is no doubt that screen size is not an issue anymore and designing for all sizes is crucial – this is the stand point of web design trends in 2012
Why is responsive web design crucial? Because…..


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Feb 12

We’re Hiring New Teachers!

Treehouse is looking for four new awesome teachers to add to the Treehouse Team ! If you’re a talented designer or developer this is an absolute dream job

We’re hiring four new video teachers! The Treehouse video studio is located in Orlando Florida which is where you’ll be working We’re looking for some amazing people that can dominate the following roles:

PHP & WordPress Teacher
Front-End Design Teacher
Android Development Teacher
Business & Marketing Teacher

Responsibilities

Writing and recording…..


22
Feb 12

A Simple, Responsive, Mobile First Navigation

We’re going to build a simple responsive web site navigation Our solution will help us place emphasis on the content of our page arguably the top priority when designing for mobile There’ll be no JavaScript involved and we’ll tackle it from a Mobile First approach

Mobile Navigation
If you’ve read Luke Wroblewski’s Mobile First you’ll be familiar with his statement that:
As a general rule content takes precedence over navigation on mobile
What he means by this is that mobile users…..


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Feb 12

Readers’ Poll: Do You Use Boilerplates in Your Projects?

During the last year we’ve seen more and more Boilerplates cropping up to save you time when kicking off a new web project Do you use them? Do you have a favorite? Have you tried but find your own bespoke setup more efficient? Let’s hear what you have to say about them

Thumbnail image courtesy of Boilerplate : Mechanical Marvel of the 20th Century

Boilerplates
Twitter’s Bootstrap has been topping the charts at GitHub for a while now which says something about the way people…..


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Feb 12

The Popular Rise of Mobile Studios

Advertise here with BSA Savvy tech consumers are slowly adapting to a world where smartphones and tablet PCs are commonplace With these new devices comes a revolution of mobile software which we have never seen before Mobile dev studios are popping up everywhere to showcase and market their latest app ideas

In this article I’d like to go over the concepts behind working in a creative studio How will projects differ when we’re planning for app development? Mobile labs and studios are like any…..


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Feb 12

23 Amazing Single Page Websites

Advertise here with BSA When a website doesn’t call for a lot of content it might be a good idea to go with the single page approach – where all of the content lives on the home page and the navigation in most cases allows the user to jump from one section to another In the past few years we’ve seen a steady increase in popularity of these types of sites mainly partly because the use of jQuery can make for some nifty transitions and effects For you’re inspiration we gathered some…..


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Feb 12

PDO vs. MySQLi: Which Should You Use?

When accessing a database in PHP we have two choices: MySQLi and PDO So what should you know before choosing one? The differences database support stability and performance concerns will be outlined in this article

Summary

PDO

MySQLi

Database support
12 different drivers
MySQL only

API
OOP
OOP + procedural

Connection
Easy
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Feb 12

Build Your Own Network, and Grow in the Design/Dev Community

Within the overall web design and development communities there are endless communities within them Within each freelancer designer developer blogger or otherwise there is a community based around that individual as well and a community based around each agency big or small Within a field that is constantly evolving and has one of the highest rates of independent workers a community is needed

As much as it’s needed for us all as a whole having a community based around…..


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Feb 12

25 Photo Editing Tutorials for Photoshop

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Most professional digital photos are touched up in some way or another Photoshop is of course one of the leading programs for photo editing so learning the basics of the possible photo editing techniques can have a positive impact on the end result of your photography For designers many photos that are provided by clients will need some touch ups to get the best look possible
In this post we’ll link to 25 helpful tutorials…..


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Feb 12

What is the Trend for Web Design in 2012?

Just a month and a half has passed in 2012 and there are some patterns which are quite easy to notice in how people design Sure most of them are similar to the ones of 2011 – it seems 2011 and 2012 will not be too different however there might be some small changes which I will talk about soon There is no doubt that screen size is not an issue anymore and designing for all sizes is crucial – this is the stand point of web design trends in 2012
Why is responsive web design crucial? Because…..