Jens Meiert

How to Become a Solid Web Developer, the Short Version

Every once in a while people ping me on how to master web development and design. Given that there’s still so much I have to learn this makes me blush. Chronically short on time I typically reply …

¶ February 12, 2010, filed under Web Development, Design.

WDR #4: Having Conversations in HTTP

The Web Dev Report, issue #4.

¶ January 12, 2010, filed under Web Development.

HTML/CSS Frameworks: Useful, Universal, Usable, Unobtrusive

A high quality HTML/CSS framework needs to have four attributes: useful, universal, usable, and unobtrusive. The four U’s.

¶ November 18, 2009, filed under Web Development, Usability.

The 3 Basic Rules for Writing HTML

The fundamentals every web developer should know: Respecting syntax and semantics, avoiding presentational and behavioral markup, and leaving out everything that is not absolutely necessary.

¶ October 27, 2009, filed under Web Development.

HTML, CSS, and Web Development Practices: Past, Present, and Future

Articles with a title consisting of more than 15,000 characters don’t need an introduction.

¶ October 15, 2009, filed under Web Development, Accessibility, Usability, User Experience.

Website Optimization Measures, Part VII

In this episode: Unquoted attribute value syntax, q elements, Google Friend Connect, feed styling, work/life balance. Served in no time.

¶ October 6, 2009, filed under Web Development, User Experience.

Becoming Friends with the HTML 5 Super Friends

The HTML5 Super Friends are a few web designers and developers who like to support and contribute to HTML 5. Here’s my personal take on their initiative. Apply with a grain of salt.

¶ September 30, 2009, filed under Web Development.

HTML 5 or HTML5?

It’s “HTML5,” not “HTML 5,” declares the most recent post on the WHATWG blog. A seemingly trivial matter, yet compare that to names of other HTML specifications …

¶ September 11, 2009, filed under Web Development.

The Real Advantage of CSS

Despite CSS being around for a long, long time, there are still some myths around it. Recently reading Mike’s post on CSS evangelism again I couldn’t just very much relate to Mike’s concerns, I also felt reminded of …

¶ September 8, 2009, filed under Web Development.

Diagnostic Styling Reloaded

Eric cultivated the concept of “diagnostic styling,” meaning using CSS to reveal specific problems within an HTML document. I myself have been working with diagnostic style sheets for quite a while, be it for general quality assurance or to track down specific semantics or maintainability problems …

¶ August 1, 2009, filed under Web Development, Accessibility.