{"id":896,"date":"2005-07-01T19:34:14","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T19:34:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"all-things-web-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/don.oninohana.com\/blog2\/2005\/07\/all-things-web-development\/","title":{"rendered":"All Things Web Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that it’s finally exciting to be involved in web development again. Five years or so ago when every web-based company was worth billions of dollars and new web-centric technologies were being developed like crazy, it was hard to stay up with the pace of change. Then the DotCom crash happened and the number of new technologies dropped dramatically. For a while we were stuck in a bit of a holding pattern. Sure every business continued to update their web presence and blogs became the hot new thing, but the overall usability of the Internet did not increase dramatically.<\/p>\n

Finally, in the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, we are seeing some really useful bleeding edge web development taking place. Here’s a couple of sites that show promising use of existing technology to enhance our on-line lives.<\/p>\n

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\n[*][url=http:\/\/maps.google.com]Google Maps[\/url] – I no longer use MapQuest. The use of JavaScript, XHTML, CSS and DOM ([url=http:\/\/www.adaptivepath.com\/publications\/essays\/archives\/000385.php]AJAX[\/url] – Get to know it. Live it.) makes Google’s foray into geogpraphy a success. Try out their “Satellite” view for a bird’s eye view of your neighborhood. I’m sure this application will be the basis for many useful tools now that Google has released an API to allow developers to build on Google’s base.
\n[*][url=http:\/\/www.flickr.com]Flickr[\/url] – This is not just another picture viewing site. Yahoo released Flickr into beta quite some time ago, but it wasn’t until recently that I realized what all the fuss is about. [url=http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/tags\/]Go ahead[\/url], check it out…I’ll be patient. Welcome back. It’s addicting isn’t it? The ability to search by keywords through your own and others’ photos is great. Sign up for an account and enjoy their AJAX (see link above) based Organizr.
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