The JavaScript Framework Matrix, by Mathias Schütz, is a well-presented comparison of the popular JavaScript frameworks.
It shows examples for most of the functions which gives a strong idea on the coding principles of every framework.
Every function/snippet provided links to the original documentation which is nice for reading more on the resource.
E-commerce has its own dynamics when compared to the standard shopping experiences. It:
If the product sold is not something unique, then it probably exists in 100s of other e-commerce websites. So, to differentiate your stores from others, here are 13 tips for a better e-commerce website:
Behind almost every successful web application, there is an easy-to-use & feature-rich API as they simply help the main application to spread into others & reached by more users.
Also, an API-enabled application can be easily developed further using the API itself.
In order to create an API for your web application, here are 10 tutorials to get you started. But before that, you may want to checkout the video: How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters by Google.
A very detailed yet easy-to-implement tutorial on creating a REST API with PHP.
And, there is a follow-up article: "Making RESTful Requests in PHP" by the same author which can guide you as well.
A detailed tutorial which describes the concepts like REST, SOAP & creates an API step-by-step with PHP.
Userfocus, a consultancy & training company on website usability, is sharing 247 web usability guidelines for creating more consistently & better.
The guidelines are very well-categorized like homepage, forms & data entry, navigation, search & more.
All the guidelines are also provided as an Excel workbook, where you can go through a website & check the ones that are ok.
Inside the "Let’s make the web faster" website, Google is sharing the tips & tutorials for better performing webpages.
Besides the articles, It is possible to reach videos of speeches by several organizations on website performance.
Also, links to various tools for the issue provided & a large community discusses the subject continiously.
Cloud hosting, storage & content delivery networks (CDNs) are very popular services for the last few years, which is very normal, as they offer a series of advantages in running + serving web applications.
An application hosted in the cloud will:
With the increasing number of providers & tools created, cloud hosting is getting simpler & simpler everyday.
Getting in the cloud, in most cases, will save so much time & resources when running a growing web application. You won't need to think of the hardware, better react to the system resources & bandwidth usage fluctuations, pay exactly for what you use & much more.
Here is a collection of popular options & tools that can help you in hosting your applications in the cloud:
Cloud Servers – (hosting)
The service provides instantly deployable servers with a choice of popular Linux distributions (no Windows). Currently, there is no API support but it is on the way.
Cloud Files – (storage)
A redundant data storage service which replicates the data in 3 seperate locations.
Files can be managed from a web-based interface or an API. The system is integrated with LimeLight content delivery network & files can be selected to be served faster via this network.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) – (hosting)
Amazon EC2 is a web service that provides you the environment to instantly launch (or remove) new servers (instances) with the OS & configuration you need which makes scaling of a web application much easier.
This functionality can be controlled via the web service APIs or tools to be mentioned in this post.
You are charged with the resources consumed like hours your servers (instances) work or the bandwidth used.
HTML entities (character references) which are used to define reserved characters or to express characters that cannot easily be entered with the keyboard are generally hard to remember.
EntityCode is a website that lists HTML entities in an easy-to-find format. Rather than a long list of entities, they are simply grouped like currency, math, direction, etc.
A must-bookmark for every web designer & developer.
Web Do’s & Don’ts (WebD&D) is a fresh website that presents links to tips, tricks & best practices for web designers/developers.
The website comes with an easy-to-read interface where you can find the do’s on one side & don’ts on the other.
Links are categorized as levels (beginner, intermediate & advanced) & users can vote on the tips. Also, anyone can submit new links.
Considering new links are added frequently, WebD&D will be a handy resource-link pool for web designers/developers.
Few weeks ago, a post at WebResourcesDepot was sharing 20+ Cheat Sheets Handy For Designers. Considering how helpful they are, here is another collection of cheat sheets specially for web designers & developers.
From the applications used to CSS & XHTML or JavaScript frameworks to url rewriting, there are 70+ well-categorized cheat sheets that will ease your everyday web tasks. Here they are:
Wiki applications, as they make storing & sharing the knowledge easier, are very popular & handy.
There are lots of wiki applications & it is hard to decide which one to choose. But there is a quality resource to help you decide.
WikiMatrix is a website that helps you compare wiki applications, guide you with a wiki choice wizard & provides helpful information on them.
The website is so detailed that it enables you to compare the markups of wikis as well.
You can find statistics on each application & wiki-related-discuss on forums.
To sum up, if you are planning to setup a wiki, it is a good choice to give WikiMatrix a look.
