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dmose··on Ask HN: Where do I start to learn how to develop?
You need to understand the fundamentals of a web application before diving in. For example, do you understand how a simple form works? How data is transferred from a web browser to a server and back?

I found that the when I was trying to learn the web, I was too obsessed with learning a particular language..rather understanding the basics first, like static html vs server side html, form POST/GET, Css, Js etc.

My suggestion? Write a series of static html pages with css and js. Get a simple page working with a form, then try to submit that form to a server to process.

Once you have a form posting to a server, try generating the entire static html page you wrote on the server side using a simple scripting language (php, asp.net etc)

dmose··on I’m done building Facebook apps for clients
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bret_Taylor
dmose··on Blippy Publishes User Credit Card Numbers
wtf?
dmose··on Making Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" in Ableton by Jim Pavloff
Props for this link. These guys were true pioneers that pretty much started the whole 'rave scene' back in the 90's. I saw them live in Toronto once, fantastic show.
dmose··on Ask HN: What do you think of GitX?
I love gitX ..I use it daily. Sometimes I find it hangs if you are switching branches via the command line though.
dmose··on Smule: I am T-Pain
Wow, would have never expected someone to cite Blackmoon on HN .. respect!
dmose··on The bar for success in our industry is too low
I would argue that prostitution is profitable from day one..
dmose··on JQTouch - jQuery plugin for mobile web development
Hey NICE work!! I've been looking for something like this for a while... iUI is great, but fails horribly on certain clients.
dmose··on What does HN think of the show Shark Tank?
I love Kevin..he's like the Simon Cowell of the VC industry
dmose··on SnapTalent (YC W08) Shuts Down
Couple guys from my University started Jobloft.com and they were recently acquired - although this was before the recession.
dmose··on The Trouble with the Segway
Cannondale bad boy > segway
dmose··on Hacker News is 2
Happy birthday! The only site on the net worth checking multiple times a dayIMO.
dmose··on Stefano’s Linotype: Why Programmers Suck at CSS Design (CSS Guide)
Great tips, but ironic that his page is busted as has horizontal overflowing...
dmose··on Microsoft launches Windows Azure, its "cloud OS"
Whitepaper on it:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/4/3/e43bb484-3b52-4...

dmose··on Website of the future: what does it look like?
I'm a big fan of the 'grunge' trend we're starting to see

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/01/29/grunge-style-in-m...

dmose··on JQuery finds its way into Microsoft and Nokia stacks
Fantastic news. MS's libraries are crude and far behind the existing open source alternatives.
dmose··on Ask YC: Review my app (Panoye)
Move search to the top of the page.
dmose··on Tim O'Reilly: Stop throwing sheep, do something worthy
No I think he's talking about the app that uses the accelerometer to simulate chugging a beer. That's it.
dmose··on Tonchidot Madness: The Video
I've been intrigued by barcode scanning on mobile phones for quite some time.

I'm wondering what UPC database they query? Does anyone know of a company that provides an API? (aside from http://www.upcdatabase.com/)

dmose··on Why IE will continue to win the enterprise browser wars
Anything is possible but the end result would be a clean response stream thats' compliant but the application would be horribly broken.

My mind melts just thinking of the king of regex matching you would need to do to pull this off.

dmose··on Stormpulse showered with tips.
Do elaborate..
dmose··on IE6 still kicking: New Gmail code base now for IE6 too
A step backwards IMO... legacy is legacy for a reason. Drop it like its hot.
dmose··on Death to Javascript Rock Stars
I had to justify it to my boss and my fellow developers because everyone has their preference. Some want to use YUI, some want to use prorotype. In the end, the boss makes the decision and the availability of an MIT license comes into play, so he's going to the homepage either way and the last thing I want him to see is some cheesy rockstar shit for a framework that's going into a massive line of business SaaS application.
dmose··on Product: ScaleOut StateServer is Memcached on Steroids
.NET folks have velocity http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/cc655792.aspx which is actually pretty nice, albeit late in the market
dmose··on Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)
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dmose··on Be a JavaScript Rockstar (jQuery site redesign)
Funny that you said this. I managed to convince my boss to incorporate jQuery into our app, using last week's page...
dmose··on Are we in a bubble? This company got over 8 million in funding
Anyone else think having 30 include files is a bad thing?
dmose··on 10 ASP.NET Performance and Scalability Secrets
Yeah, at work and play.
dmose··on Spat with Rogers leaves Canadian Apple stores without iPhones
Not like there are many Apple stores in Canada, but does the 10-20 unit sanction apply to each rogers store as well? In that case..the launch is going to be a complete flop, I couldn't be happier.
dmose··on CSS Tips
Packaging sucks but the tips are quite good.
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