Items tagged webdevelopment in Aug, 2012
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Can you use dropbox to host a wordpress site?
No. Running WordPress requires a web host that supports PHP. Dropbox only supports static content.
[... 30 words]Why weren’t the features of Sass originally built into CSS?
This is not a straight-forward issue: CSS has a very long, complicated history. A good starting point for understanding the reluctance of the CSS working group to add variables/constants etc to CSS is this essay by Bert Bos of the W3C (entitled Why “variables” in CSS are harmful) http://www.w3.org/People/Bos/CSS...
[... 66 words]How can a web developer keep up with new technology?
Keep an eye on Hacker News: http://news.ycombinator.com/
[... 111 words]Why do tech companies provide MacBooks for software development?
Smart tech companies give their engineers the laptops that they ask for. Engineers are EXPENSIVE, and anything you can do to increase their productivity is worth the money. If they prefer to work on a Mac, buy them a Mac.
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